Czech Tour 2026 – Stage 4 [FULL RACE]

August 16, 2026

Czech Tour 2026 🇨🇿 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 4 – Kroměříž – Pustevny : 160,2 km

Czech Tour is a UCI 2.Pro stage race run across a varied landscape of rolling terrain, sharp climbs, and selective mountain stages. The route can move from faster transitional roads into narrower, more demanding uphill finishes, with weather and wind often influencing how the peloton stretches across open sections. Riders must balance sustained pacing with repeated accelerations on short climbs, technical descents, and exposed approaches to the key stages. Race dynamics usually include controlled team riding on flatter days, breakaway pressure on rolling terrain, and decisive attacks on the harder summit or uphill finishes. Typical stages may feature several categorized climbs, circuit-style finales, and changing gradients that keep the race from settling into one pattern. The finishing style often depends on the stage profile, ranging from bunch sprints on easier days to reduced-group sprints or solo victories when the climbs accumulate. The race rewards versatility, careful energy use, and the ability to adapt to shifting terrain.

Andrew ‘AJ’ August (Netcompany-Ineos) continued his breakthrough season with overall victory at the Czech Tour, safely sealed on the final day despite not being crowned with a hattrick of stage wins.

Having won back-to-back stages on Friday and Saturday, and with a third straight hill-top finish on Sunday, the 20-year-old American was in the driving seat but only had an 11-second lead over Alessandro Fancellu (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort), who ended up winning the final stage.

August’s Netcompany-Ineos’ teammates effectively defended yellow for him, though, setting such a strong tempo on the final climb to Pustenvy that no one dared attack until the dying metres.

Fancellu opened it up at the end and, remarkably, slipped out of his right pedal before clipping back in and accelerating away to the stage win.

August accelerated himself as his rival struggled for speed but when he drew up alongside the Italian he suddenly sat back down in the saddle and slowed his cadence, holding back as the Italian roared ahead once more.

After the final bend August then truly opened the taps but settled for second place on the day, crossing the line in the slipstream. Nicolas Breuillard (TotalEnergies) rounded out the day’s podium on the same time.

Not letting Fancellu out of sight meant that August successfully defended the yellow jersey to clinch the first overall stage race success of his young career. His final margin of victory dropped from 11 seconds to seven seconds but he always looked in control throughout the final climb. Domenico Pozzovivo (Solution Tech Nippo Rali) rounded out the final overall podium, 40 seconds down.

The GC title is August’s fifth win of what is fast becoming a breakthrough year, following stage wins at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and Itzulia Basque Country, and the two stage wins already in this race.

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