Tour of Italy
The fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia brought a change at the top of the general classification. Norwegian Andreas Leknessund of Team DSM snatched the pink jersey from Remco Evenepoel on Tuesday after a strenuous 175 kilometers from Venosa to Lago Lacena in second place after riding in a breakaway group for a long time.
On the toughest stage so far, a leading group of seven riders formed well before the finish line, before they broke up on the last climb to the top of the pass three kilometers before the finish line and the leading duo decided to win among themselves. Leknessund, who was only the second Norwegian since Knut Knudsen (1981) to slip into the pink jersey of the overall leader of the Tour of Italy, was only beaten by Aurelien Paret-Peintre in the final sprint. For the 27-year-old Frenchman it was the first stage win in one of the grand tours.
The previously leading Belgian Evenepoel finished with the peloton with the Slovenian Primoz Roglic and 2:01 minutes behind and is now 28 seconds behind Leknessund in second place in the overall standings. The Belgian didn’t fight against the breakaway and the loss of the leader’s jersey with all his might. Rather, he successfully concentrated on the fact that Roglic did not take any time from him.
New leader at Giro d’Italia
Norway’s Andreas Leknessund slips into the leader’s pink jersey after the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia. Aurelien Paret-Peintre secured the stage win.
Patrick Konrad finished stage 37, 3:58 minutes behind. and is 31st overall. (+3:58), Lukas Pöstlberger finished more than 25 minutes behind in 146th place and fell back to 134th place in the overall ranking (+35:24). On Wednesday, cyclists in the Campania region will start on the fifth stage between Atripalda and Salerno. The Tour of Italy ends on May 28th with the final stage in the capital Rome.
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