Evenepoel blows away field on stage four of Criterium du Dauphiné to take overall lead

Belgian wins time trial 21 seconds ahead of Vingegaard

Pogacar drops to eighth overall before final three stages

Time-trial maestro Remco Evenepoel laid down a marker in the fourth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, winning the 17.4km race against the clock in style to move top of the overall classification.

The 25-year-old Belgian tasted Olympic gold in the discipline last year and is also the double time-trial world champion, and showed his pedigree by blowing away a field containing Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar.