Overview

• Casper van Uden of Picnic-PostNL won stage four of the Giro d’Italia, marking his debut Grand Tour victory in a sprint finish in Lecce.
• The stage featured an early 130 km solo breakaway by Francisco Muñoz, who was caught with 56 km remaining, setting up a bunch sprint.
• Mads Pedersen retained the maglia rosa by finishing fourth, despite being slowed by a crash that also involved teammate Soren Kragh Andersen.
• Primož Roglič reduced his deficit in the general classification to seven seconds after securing a two-second bonus at an intermediate sprint.
• Stage five, a 151 km route to Matera, will challenge riders with a late category four climb and an uphill finish, favoring sprinters with climbing ability.