The Spaniard outsprinted (Bora-Hansgrohe) Rafal Majka in the final sprint. Overnight race leader (Team Sky) Geraint Thomas suffered Late mechanical problems and his lead Damiano Caruso (BMC) takes over the lead.
The result leaves Caruso just one second ahead of Michal Kwiatkowski, 11 in front of Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb), and 20 ahead of Landa in fourth overall, with three stages left to run including tomorrow’s hilltop finish in Filottrano and Tuesday’s closing time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto.
How stage 4 Panned out
happened After Friday’s mammoth 234km stage, Tirreno-Adriatico’s queen stage was another long one at 219km. Three classified climbs dotted the sawtooth profile, each a cat three - San Ginesio at 137.6km, Gualdo at 151.3km, and Penna San Giovanni at 170.9km. Intermediate sprints came at Colmurano at 114.3km and Sarnano at 205.8km.
The day was primed for a big GC fight on the final climb of the day, however - a 13.2km ride to the finish at Sassotetto with an average gradient of 7.2 per cent and a maximum of 13 per cent.
Top Ten General Classification Result
1, Damiano Caruso (Italy) BMC Racing Team 17:14:49,
2, Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Team Sky 0:00:01,
3, Wilco Kelderman (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:00:11,
4, Mikel Landa (Spain) Movistar Team 0:00:20,
5, Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:26,
6, Rigoberto Uran (Colombia) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:31,
7, George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:33,
8, Davide Formolo (Italy) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:34,
9, Tiesj Benoot (Belgium) Lotto Soudal 0:00:36,
10, Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:41
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