(Reuters) – AG2R Citroen rider Aurelien Paret-Peintre dug deep and launched a late attack to win stage four of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday, while Andreas Leknessund seized the leader’s maglia rosa jersey from Remco Evenepoel.
After an action-packed start to the stage, a seven-man group engineered a breakaway at the 79-km mark and gradually built a lead which was over five minutes at one point of the 175-km ride from Venosa to Lago Laceno.
The duo of Paret-Peintre and Leknessund (Team DSM) opened up a gap on the group on a steep climb close to the finish.
Wednesday’s stage five is a 171-km ride from Atripalda to Salerno, featuring numerous climbs before a flat finish.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
