Cycling
After his second place on Monday, Jonathan Milan has now scored a goal in the Giro. The Italian from Lidl-Trek sprinted to victory in the fourth stage, a mini version of Milan-Sanremo. Australian Kaden Groves came second, Tim Merlier fifth.
The fourth stage in the Giro promised to be a mini version of Milan-Sanremo. The course took the peloton along the Ligurian coast to Andora, with the Capo Mele – known for La Primavera – as the executioner three kilometers from the finish. The stage may have been announced as a boring sprinter’s stage, but Filippo Gana made sure that it was a race straight away. He opted for the early flight together with Franceso Muñoz, Lilian Calmejane and Stef de Bod.
Under Ganna’s pounding, the lead quickly increased, but when Lidl-Trek decided to pull the peloton into a line in the chase, Ganna saw the nonsense of his attempt. He let himself be walked back in. The three remaining escapees kept their courage up and persevered, with a lead of up to six minutes.
Assignment Girmay
It seemed to be a quiet day in the peloton, but the weather decided otherwise. In the aftermath of the Colle del Melogno, the rain made the road surface very slippery, and that took its toll. The main victim was Biniam Girmay. The Eritrean was third yesterday, but fell twice and had to abandon the fight disillusioned.
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At the front, the escapees continued to persevere in their pointless venture, but they were caught just before the foot of the Capo Mele. The signal for Ganna to re-animate the match. The Italian steam train took off like a rocket and immediately left a nice gap uphill. In the descent towards the finish, things seemed to be looking good for the Italian for a while, but thanks to the executioner work of Lidl-Trek, he was caught in the final kilometer.
Jonathan Milan was perfectly dropped by his Lidl-Trek teammates for the sprint and the Italian thanked himself with a win. He held the line but narrowly missed Australian Kaden Groves, who was stranded a wheel’s length away. After his victory on Monday, Tim Merlier now had to settle for fifth place. He also loses his purple points jersey to Milan, who finished second after Merlier on Monday. Tadej Pogacar had a carefree day as leader.
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