Giro d’Italia 2016 – Stage 04 [LAST 9 KM]

May 10, 2016

Giro d’Italia 2016 – Stage 4 [Medium-mountain stage] – Catanzaro – Praia a Mare – 200 km

The 2016 Giro d’Italia will be 99th running of the Giro d’Italia, one of cycling’s Grand Tour races. The Giro will star t in Apeldoorn on 6 May with an 9.8 km (6 mi) individual time trial, and continue with two other stages in the Netherlands, both between Nijmegen and Arnhem. Then, after a rest day, there will be 18 further stages to reach the finish on 29 May. These stages are principally in Italy, although two stages take place partly in France. Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) claimed stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia during a dramatic day of racing. The Italian was on the front foot throughout the finale and finally broke free on the last climb of the day with 10 kilometres to go. He held off the chasing pack on the stage from Catanzaro to Praia a Mare to win ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) and Steven Kruijswijk (Team LottoNl-Jumbo). Overnight leader Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) was distanced twice during the stage and eventually relented in his chase to finish several minutes down. Dumoulin – who won stage 1 – finished second in an elite group, five second down on Ulissi and as a result moved back into the race lead. The majority of the GC contenders finished safely in the main field but Ryder Hesjedal (Trek-Segafredo) lost time. Dumulin now leads Bob Jungels (Etixx – QuickStep) by 20 seconds, with Ulissi at the same time in third place. Pre-race favourite Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) sits in sixth at 26 seconds.

Results :

1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – Merida 4:46:51
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:05
3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:06
5 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
8 Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
9 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge
10 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky

General classification after Stage 4:
1 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 14:00:09
2 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:20
3 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – Merida
4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:24
5 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:26
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:31
8 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:35
9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:00:37
10 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge