Stage 4

The road

At the start

Sicily, and a wall at the end

The race lands in Catania with Rohan Dennis still one second ahead of Tom Dumoulin and Simon Yates seventeen back. 202 kilometres and 3,400 metres of climbing across the Sicilian interior, and the finish is a double-digit ramp up into Caltagirone — the first day this Giro gives the road a chance to take time out of somebody.

How it was won

1. 148 km to go

   Barbin tops the last climb

   The relentless Enrico Barbin kicks over the mountain sprint at Vizzini, the strongest climber in a break that has animated every road stage so far.

2. 213 km to go

   Conti attacks the run-in

   As the break is caught with 13km to go, Valerio Conti jumps clear alone, forcing Lotto to chase into the hilly finale.

3. 3At the line

   Wellens wins on the Caltagirone wall

   Tim Wellens channels his Ardennes punch to win on the double-digit ramp to Caltagirone, while the gradient and attacks catch out Froome, who loses precious seconds in the final kilometre.

The result