Stage 4

The road

How it was won

1. 1151 km to go

   Polanc up the road

   After barely two kilometres Jan Polanc slips into the day’s breakaway, few giving the move any hope of surviving to the slopes of Etna.

2. 212 km to go

   Rolland flies the peloton

   With 12.4km to go Pierre Rolland attacks out of the bunch and builds 35 seconds, but out front Polanc, rocking with effort, refuses to yield.

3. 33 km to go

   Nibali probes on home roads

   Three kilometres from the top Nibali surges, trying to draw out Quintana, but the Colombian is too well supported to be caught out.

4. 42 km to go

   Zakarin’s late dart

   Ilnur Zakarin jumps clear of the GC group and scythes into Polanc’s lead, but the Slovenian has done just enough.

5. 5At the line

   Polanc survives on Etna

   Jan Polanc holds on atop Mount Etna for a surprise solo win as the favourites finally come alive behind him.

The result