Giro stage 4: Ulissi wins, Dumoulin back in pink

A consummate opportunist, Diego Ulissi infiltrated a late breakaway, attacked the hard final climb, 10 kilometers from the finish, and won the Giro’s stage 4 on Tuesday. Lampre – Merida’s Italian leader rolled into Praia a Mare alone while close behind, Giant – Alpecin’s Tom Dumoulin attacked the chase to reclaim the GC lead on the race’s first day in Italy.

“It’s what we worked for. It was a hard final and we wanted to make the race hard already on the second climb of the day. We dropped Marcel Kittel there,” said Dumoulin, speaking of the Etixx – Quick-Step sprinter who had taken the pink jersey from him two days prior.

1. Diego ULISSI, LAMPRE – MERIDA, in 4:46:51 2. Tom DUMOULIN, TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN, at :05 3. Steven KRUIJSWIJK, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :05 4. Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :06 5. Gianluca BRAMBILLA, ETIXX – QUICK STEP, at :06 6. Vincenzo NIBALI, ASTANA PRO TEAM, at :06 7. Ilnur ZAKARIN, TEAM KATUSHA, at :06 8. Matteo BUSATO, SOUTHEAST – VENEZUELA, at :06 9. Jhoan Esteban CHAVES RUBIO, ORICA – GreenEDGE, at :06 10. Nicolas ROCHE, TEAM SKY, at :06

1. Tom DUMOULIN, TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN, in 14:00:09 2. Bob JUNGELS, ETIXX – QUICK STEP, at :20 3. Diego ULISSI, LAMPRE – MERIDA, at :20 4. Steven KRUIJSWIJK, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :24 5. Georg PREIDLER, TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN, at :24 6. Vincenzo NIBALI, ASTANA PRO TEAM, at :26 7. Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE, MOVISTAR TEAM, at :31 8. Jakob FUGLSANG, ASTANA …

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