We start the day above the vignes of Beaujolais - where there's some serious cycling going on...
SCENERYVIGNES
It seems everyone is trying to make it into an escape or trying to chase an escape down...
This is the day's escape - Thomas Voeckler leads five men away...
EUROPCAR
HTC and Danny Pate are chasing for HTC and Matthew Goss - but this is also a hilly stage made for someone like Tony Martin...
PATE
Thomas de Gendt is also in the escape - and quite clearly the most determined of them all...
VACANSOLEIL
Remi di Gregorio lieads the escape through a twisty descent - they are hanging on to a four minute lead...
ASTANA
Matthew Goss descends as well, but the race-leader is not feeling very well right now...
HTC
HTC chase anyway - they have a lot to go for in this race - and they are keeping the escape within striking distance...
LIQUIGAS
Daniel Lloyd and Garmin replace HTC at the front as the hills begin...
GARMIN
De Gendt leads the quintet with formidable class - he could take back his race-lead today..!
Paris-Nice is ending the day as it started - by climbing the narrow climbs amongst the Beaujolais vignes...
Team Sky has put Xavier Zandio at the head of the chasing peloton - is there something about to happen..?
SKY
THE PELOTON ON STAGE FOUR OF THE 2011 PARIS-NICE
Linus Gerdemann is working hard for Maxime Monfort just behind the head of the peloton...
LEOPARD
Levi Leipheimer and Bradely Wiggins are in the chase as well - but it's Friday's time trial they are thinking about...
SHACK
Liquigas takes over the chase - these are anxious times for the overall favourites...
Meanwhile, De Gendt and his mates are proving very hard to chase down - they have one-minute with 10-kilomeres to go...
Rabobank and Radio Shack join the chase - yes, the peloton is getting desperate..!
TEN DAM
Oui, Yes! Thomas Voeckler wins stage four..!
Heinrich Haussler takes fifth place at about 15-seconds - and wonders what might have..!
Thomas de Gendt reflects on taking back the race-lead - what a talent this Belgian cyclist is becoming..!