Having won Stage Two, Greipel won the 163.9km stage from Nowy Targ to Krakow in pouring rain, finishing ahead of Belarus' Yauheni Hutarovich and Germany's Robert Forster.
"I knew the finish from last year, which was a help, and that it was better to wait as long as possible to start my last acceleration because my back wheel could have slipped a bit in the wet conditions," Greipel said to the HTC Colombia Press Office. "But my teammates did a great job, too, getting me right up there so I was in the perfect position to go for the win. It's a wonderful victory to have today as well, my sister has just had a daughter and I want to dedicate it to them."
HTC-Columbia's Mark Renshaw sprinted to win the fourth stage of the Tour of Denmark's stage four. Renshaw along with team mate Matt Goss crossed the line with their arms in the air, with Renshaw securing the team's second win of the Danish race at the end of a 99.2 kilometre stage from Nyborg to Odense.
Although there was a four man break early on, the move was brought back in time to set things up for a bunch sprint. And after Goss's victory on stage one, on stage four it was Renshaw's turn to get the winner's bouquet. As Brian Holm, HTC-Columbia's sports director at Denmark, said later, Renshaw's victory was a great reward for one of the team's key support workers.
"It's always really good when one of the guys who does a lot of work for another rider gets a chance to shine in his own right like today, and taking first and second for the team is something special, too. The whole team went to the front with three laps to go, and I think they won the stage quite easily. The key was HTC-Columbia moved to the head of the race at the right time, and set things up perfectly for Mark and Matt. Mark is in good shape at the moment, that's pretty clear, and we're sure he'll be getting back up there in the future as well."