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Giro d'Italia: Narváez powers to stage four victory as Ciccone takes pink
Home rider takes lead after first shakeup in the race
TL;DR
- Jhonatan Narváez won stage four of the Giro d'Italia.
- Orluis Aular finished second, and Giulio Ciccone was third.
- Giulio Ciccone took the leader's pink jersey.
- The race returned to Italy for stage four after starting in Bulgaria.
- Narváez previously won Giro stages in 2020 and 2024.
- Narváez had not raced since a crash in January at the Tour Down Under in Australia.
- The stage was 138km from Catanzaro to Cosenza in Calabria.
- The decisive climb started 80km into the stage.
- Guillermo Thomas Silva, who wore the leader's jersey, finished over 12 minutes down.
- Narváez's teammate Jan Christen made an early move but ultimately supported Narváez's sprint.
- Christen moved into second overall, four seconds behind Ciccone.
- Kaden Groves abandoned the race due to injuries from an earlier crash.
- Stage five is a 203km hilly ride from Praia a Mare to Potenza.