Casper van Uden claims Giro d’Italia stage four on all-Dutch podium in Lecce

Casper van Uden claimed his maiden expansive circuit triumph successful a sprint decorativeness connected signifier 4 of the Giro d’Italia to apical an all-Dutch podium successful Lecce. The Picnic PostNL rider Van Uden powered up of his compatriot Olav Kooij (Visma–Lease a Bike) and Maikel Zijlaard (Tudor) successful a clump dash for the line. Mads Pedersen finished 4th to clasp the maglia rosa.

After the first 3 stages successful Albania and a consequent remainder day, the Giro returned to Italy successful Puglia, with a mostly-flat 189-kilometre tally from Alberobello to Lecce.

Following an aboriginal interruption from Spaniard Francisco Muñoz (Team Polti VisitMalta) determination was a clang successful the peloton with astir 125km near that saw Pedersen among those caught up arsenic good arsenic Tom Pidcock and Nickolas Zukowsky, some of Q36.5. The Canadian Zukowsky, making his debut successful the event, was forced to wantonness with a suspected fractured collarbone.

As the teams looked to support their sprinters successful presumption successful the closing metres, Van Uden timed his determination to perfection – securing his archetypal signifier triumph since June 2024.

In the wide classification, Pedersen of Lidl-Trek is 7sec up of Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), with Mathias Vacek (Lidl–Trek) third, 14sec down. Wednesday’s signifier 5 is simply a 151km way from Ceglie Messapica to Matera.