Contador and Froome, first and second now in general classification, had put significant time into all other competitors. Both leading riders declared themselves pleased with their performances early in the season. Contador was optimistic about retaining his overall lead to the end of the race, while Froome pointed to Contador's plans to ride the 2015 Giro d'Italia as a reason for his better form. Stage 4 was another summit finish, with the climb of "Alto de Allanadas" coming after of racing. There were several small climbs before the steep climb to the finish. The final climb included sections of around 20% incline. The difficulty was increased by tricky weather conditions, including fog, rain and cold temperatures. The early part of the stage featured a breakaway of five riders: Edward Theuns (), Romain Sicard (), Hugh Carthy (), Simon Geschke () and Mirko Selvaggi (). With remaining, only Geschke and Selvaggi were left. As took up the chase at the foot of the climb, Selvaggi was on his own. Nicolas Roche did a long spell riding on the front of the lead group on behalf of Froome; after this, their teammate Peter Kennaugh made a solo attack that brought Selvaggi back. Another Sky rider, Mikel Nieve, then put in a brief attack, before Froome attacked on one of the steepest parts of the climb. Contador was able to stay with Froome for the first of his attack, but was then dropped. Froome then rode solo to the end of the stage, using his power meter to judge his effort, and was able to ride away from Contador. Despite Contador's best efforts, the time gap increased. At the finish line, Froome was 29 seconds ahead of Contador. He had been 27 seconds behind the Spaniard at the start of the stage, so he now moved into the overall lead of the race by two seconds. Froome took over the lead in both the overall and mountains classifications, while Contador retained his lead in the points competition. The final stage of the race was a route from Montilla to Alhaurín de la Torre. There was one classified climb on the route, which was fairly hilly throughout. The final part, however, was mostly flat or downhill until the last , which was uphill. The day's breakaway was formed by Johnny Hoogerland (), Peio Bilbao (), Songezo Jim, Merhawi Kudus (both ), Rodolfo Torres (), Maciej Paterski () and Victor Martin ().