Overview

• Casper van Uden of Team Picnic PostNL won Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia in a surprising bunch sprint finish in Lecce.
• Mads Pedersen finished fourth, maintaining the pink jersey with a seven-second lead over Primož Roglič in the general classification.
• Francisco Munoz launched a 133 km solo breakaway but was caught by the peloton 56 km from the finish line.
• Pedersen overcame the loss of his lead-out rider Sören Kragh Andersen to a crash 20 km from the finish to stay in contention during the sprint.
• Stage 5 on Wednesday will feature a 151 km route from Ceglie Messapica to Matera, with a hilly finale that could challenge pure sprinters.