Nacer Bouhanni claimed stage 4 of this year’s Giro d’Italia, in a sprint finish in the City of Bari today, after officials decided to neutralize the race – following a series of late crashes and protests from riders regarding hazardous conditions caused by rain and ice.
Indeed, riders entered the final finishing circuit at a greatly reduced pace out of concerns for safety, until race officials decided that times for the overall classification would be taken with one lap and 8.3 kilometers to go.
Meanwhile, Giacomo Nizzolo finished second in the sprint, with Tom Veelers (Giant-Shimano) third, with Michael Matthews retaining his overall lead in the race..
Marcel Kittel did not start today’s stage as a result of illness.
Stage 4 Results
FRA 1 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ.fr) 2:22:06 ITA 2 NIZZOLO, Giacomo (TREK FACTORY RACING) NED 3 VEELERS, Tom (GIANT-SHIMANO) ITA 4 FERRARI, Roberto (LAMPRE – MERIDA) ITA 5 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) ITA 6 MONTAGUTI, Matteo (AG2R LA MONDIALE) BEL 7 DE HAES, Kenny (LOTTO BELISOL) SLO 8 MEZGEC, Luka (GIANT-SHIMANO) BEL 9 DE BACKER, Bert (GIANT-SHIMANO) ITA 10 CHICCHI, Francesco (NERI SOTTOLI)
General Classification after Stage 4 AUS 1 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GreenEDGE) 12:28:43 ITA 2 PETACCHI, Alessandro (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) + 8 ITA 3 OSS, Daniel (BMC RACING) + 10 ITA 4 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 14 AUS 5 DURBRIDGE, Luke (ORICA GreenEDGE) CAN 6 TUFT, Svein (ORICA GreenEDGE) NED 7 WEENING, Pieter (ORICA GreenEDGE) COL 8 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) + 19 BEL 9 SERRY, Pieter (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) BEL 10 PAUWELS, Serge (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP)
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