Stage 4
Greipel through the wreckage
- Tuesday 10 May 2016
- 239 km
- 3,451 m climbed
- Won by André Greipel
The road
How it was won
- 6 km to go
Caught on the circuit
The four-man break is reeled in with six kilometres left as the race hits the twisting finishing circuit. Kittel, in trouble all day over 233 rolling kilometres, is already out the back.
- At the line
Greipel through the wreckage
Taaramäe loses his grip on a corner 1.5km out and scatters the lead-out trains. Ferrari waits in vain for Modolo, Colbrelli hesitates on the front, and André Greipel surges away inside 300 metres to win by lengths in Benevento.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | 5:40:35 |
| 2 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ | +0:00 |
| 3 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani - CSF | +0:00 |
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