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Theo Bos claims fourth stage win at Tour of Hainan

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IANS Sanya (China)

Theo Bos claimed his fourth stage victory at the Tour of Hainan cycling race here Thursday.

In the 187.1-km fifth stage of the tour, from Wanning to Sanya, the Belkin-Pro cyclist clocked four hours, 17 minutes and 15 seconds, beating teammate Moreno Hofland and Boris Shpilevskiy of RTS-Santic Racing team, reports Xinhua.

Hofland still retained the yellow jersey for leading the general individual classifications, while also keeping the green jersey.

"I'm pleased to keep the yellow jersey so far," said Hofland. "I'll tune to cooperate with Bos in the following races."

Vitaliy Buts, proved the best rider in the mountain stage and kept the polka dot jersey.

 

The 115.6-km sixth stage will start from Samua and finish at Wuzhishan Friday.

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First Published: Oct 24 2013 | 2:46 PM IST

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