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The 42
13-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Sam Bennett takes sixth in sprint finish at stage four of Giro d'Italia
DUTCH SPRINTER CASPER van Uden outsmarted the favourites to win stage four of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday while Mads Pedersen held the overall race lead finishing fourth. Olav Kooij of Visma was second and Maikel Zijlaard of Tudor was third for an all-Dutch podium after a nervy mass bunch sprint on a winding and relatively narrow home straight in downtown Lecce, in the heel of Italy. Ireland's Sam Bennett was part of that bunch and finished the stage in sixth place in a dramatic conclusion. Advertisement Darren Rafferty is in 112th place on the general classification with 12:05:2 while Bennett is in 150th position on 12:15:47, with Pedersen leading on 11:44:31. 🔻 A very fast final kilometer in Lecce, and a battle between the fastest legs of the Netherlands 🔻Un chilometro finale tiratissimo a Lecce, e poi la battaglia tra le gambe più veloci d'Olanda! ⏪ The @continentaltire Ultimo Kilometro ⤵️#GirodItalia — Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 13, 2025 The fourth stage rolled out of tourist town Alberobello, known for its atypical conical roofs, for a largely flat 189km run to Lecce with packed ranks of fans in towns and villages. Lone escapee in Spanish rider Francisco Munoz of Polti Visit Malta broke from the flag and rode the first 130km of the route on his own. The 23-year-old would later be caught as he spent the day in the spotlight. A crash at a feed zone brought down Dane Pedersen in the pink jersey, Briton Tom Pidcock and French climber Romain Bardet amongst others as Canadian Nickolas Zukowsky became the third rider to pull out of this year's Giro. Additional reporting by Sinéad Farrell – © AFP 2025
RTÉ News
13-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Casper van Uden claims Giro d'Italia stage win, Sam Bennett finishes sixth
Casper van Uden claimed his maiden Grand Tour victory in a sprint finish to stage four of the Giro d'Italia to top an all-Dutch podium in Lecce, with Ireland's Sam Bennett crossing the line in sixth for Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale. Picnic PostNL rider Van Uden powered ahead of compatriot Olav Kooij (Visma) and Maikel Zijlaard (Tudor) in a bunch dash for the line. Mads Pedersen finished fourth to retain the overall Maglia Rosa leader's jersey. Bennett had to settle for sixth. The Tipperary man is targeting wins at this Giro - it's almost five years since he took two stages plus the green jersey at the Tour de France, and just shy of three years since he took a pair of stages at the Vuelta a Espana. He's 150th in the general classification, while Co Tyrone's Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost) is 112th. After the first three stages had started in Albania and were followed by a rest day, the Giro returned to Italy in Puglia, with a mostly-flat 189km run from Alberobello to Lecce. Following an early break from Spaniard Francisco Munoz - who was later reeled back in - there was a crash in the peloton with around 125km left which saw Pedersen among those caught up as well as Britain's Tom Pidcock and Nickolas Zukowsky. The Canadian, making his debut in the event with Q36.5, was subsequently forced to pull out with a suspected fractured collarbone. As the teams all looked to keep their sprinters in position over the closing stages, Van Uden timed his move to perfection - securing himself a first stage win since June 2024. In the general classification standings, Lidl-Trek rider Pedersen sits seven seconds ahead of Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), with Mathias Vacek in third.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Dutch rider van Uden springs surprise to win Giro sprint
Dutch sprinter Casper van Uden outsmarted the favourites to win stage four of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday while Mads Pedersen held the overall race lead finishing fourth. Olav Kooij of Visma was in second place and Maikel Zijlaard of Tudor was third for an all-Dutch podium after a nervy mass bunch sprint on a winding and relatively narrow home straight in downtown Lecce, in the heel of Italy. The 23-year-old Van Uden's win comes on his first Grand Tour and he ran around in excitement hugging his teammates as they crowded around him. "I didn't do it alone. We did it with the whole team, all the boys here and all the staff," he said. "I didn't have to take any wind until the last 200m and so I just went for it and hoped for the best," the Picnic Post NL rider added. Dressed entirely in pink, Dane Pedersen was slightly boxed in on the home straight and had lost his teammates as he himself tried for the win and still came fourth. Lidl-Trek's Pedersen tops the overall rankings seven seconds ahead of pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic. None of the favourites for the overall title lost any time other than the two seconds Roglic gained on all of them in an intermediate sprint. The team however lost a key rider in a late fall with Soren Kragh Andersen crossing the line holding on with one hand. "The final was really something special," Pedersen said. "Wide roads and narrow roads and so on. So a stressful day in the end," the 29-year-old added. The fourth stage rolled out of tourist town Alberobello, known for its atypical conical roofs, for a largely flat 189km run to Lecce with packed ranks of fans in towns and villages. Lone escapee Spanish rider Francisco Munoz of Polti Visit Malta broke from the flag and rode the first 130km of the route on his own. The 23-year-old would later be caught as he spent the day in the spotlight. A crash at a feed zone brought down Pedersen in the pink jersey, Briton Tom Pidcock and French climber Romain Bardet amongst others as Canadian Nickolas Zukowsky became the third rider to pull out of this year's Giro. Stage five is a 188km run to the ancient hill town Matera where large parts of the James Bond movie No Time to Die were filmed. dmc/iwd
France 24
13-05-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Dutch rider van Uden springs surprise to win Giro sprint
Olav Kooij of Visma was second and Maikel Zijlaard of Tudor was third for an all-Dutch podium after a nervy mass bunch sprint on a winding and relatively narrow home straight in downtown Lecce, in the heel of Italy. The fourth stage rolled out of tourist town Alberobello, known for its atypical conical roofs, for a largely flat 189km run to Lecce with packed ranks of fans in towns and villages. Lone escapee in Spanish rider Francisco Munoz of Polti Visit Malta broke from the flag and rode the first 130km of the route on his own. The 23-year-old would later be caught as he spent the day in the spotlight. A crash at a feed zone brought down Dane Pedersen in the pink jersey, Briton Tom Pidcock and French climber Romain Bardet amongst others as Canadian Nickolas Zukowsky became the third rider to pull out of this year's Giro. © 2025 AFP
