Overview

• Casper van Uden of Picnic-PostNL secured his maiden Grand Tour win in a dramatic sprint finish, leading an all-Dutch podium with Olav Kooij and Maikel Zijlaard in second and third.
• Stage 4 marked the Giro’s arrival in Italy, featuring a flat 189 km route from Alberobello to Lecce, setting the stage for a high-speed sprint finish.
• Mads Pedersen retained the maglia rosa after finishing fourth, maintaining a seven-second lead over Primoz Roglic, who gained time bonuses at an intermediate sprint.
• An early solo breakaway by Francisco Munoz lasted over 130 km before the peloton caught him with 56 km to go, paving the way for a bunch sprint.
• A crash 125 km from the finish took down several riders, forcing Nickolas Zukowsky to abandon with a suspected fractured collarbone, while Pedersen narrowly avoided significant setbacks.