Primoz Roglic beats UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar in Stage 4 of the Tour de France – in pictures

Slovenian overcomes compatriot in thrilling finish, as Alaphilippe keeps hold of yellow jersey

Team Jumbo-Visma rider Primoz Roglic celebrates winning Stage 4 of the Tour de France - ahead of UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar - on Tuesday, September 1. Reuters

The peloton during the 160.5km long Stage 4 from Sisteron to Orcieres-Merlette. EPA

The peloton during Stage 4. AFP

The peloton during Stage 4. Reuters

The breakaway group during Stage 4. EPA

Deceuninck-Quick Step rider Julian Alaphilippe after retaining the yellow jersey. Reuters

The peloton during Stage 4. EPA

UAE Team Emirates Solvenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the white jersey for best young rider after the race. Reuters

Primoz Roglic holhs off Tadej Pogacar to win the stage. Reuters

Left to right: Team Jumbo-Visma rider Amund Grondahl Jansen, Julian Alaphilippe of Deceuninck-Quick Step and his teammate Dries Devenyns. Reuters

The breakaway group during Stage 4. AP

Members of UAE Team Emirates. Reuters

The peloton during Stage 4. Reuters

France's Julian Alaphilippe, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, with the pack on Stage 4. AP

Trek-Segafredo rider Bauke Mollema, front left. Reuters

The peloton during Stage 4. AFP

Spectators applaud the riders during Stage 4. PA

The peloton during Stage 4. EPA

Spectators wait for the peloton during Stage 4. EPA

UAE Team Emirates riders before the start of Stage 4. Reuters

Primoz Roglic asserted his Tour de France credentials with a victory in the first mountain stage on Tuesday as Julian Alaphilippe kept the race leader's yellow jersey.

Roglic, a former ski jumper from Slovenia who won the Spanish Vuelta last year, posted his third career stage win at the famous race in the Alpine town of Orcieres-Merlette.

He crossed first ahead of UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar and Frenchman Guillaume Martin. Alaphilippe, also of France, was fifth in the same time behind Colombian climber Nairo Quintana.

Pogacar, who secured the white jersey for fastest young rider, said: "To wear the white jersey in the Tour is a really nice moment.

"I wasn't sure after I crossed the line if I had taken it or not. Wearing the white in the Vuelta was special but this is even more so.

"Today's stage was not so hard but the final part was full gas. Primoz was a bit faster than me in the final but I'm happy with my result.

"The team is good – [David] De La Cruz is still recovering from his crash but he's getting better. The motivation is really high in the group."

With his victory, Roglic erased all the doubts surrounding his form following his withdrawal from the Criterium du Dauphine earlier this month because of injuries he sustained in a crash.

“I’m coming back," Roglic said. “We can see that I can race and every day I feel a little better. It’s nice to be able to ride again. I already got proof that I was ready for the start. Now we need to continue the whole team with good job."