General Classification update following Stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia as Remco Evenepoel loses the Maglia Rosa
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Remco Evenepoel is no longer the leader of the Giro d'Italia. The Belgian has given up the Maglia Rosa after stage 4 following first winning it in the opening time trial, just as he had previously mentioned was part of his plan.
In the fourth stage, as expected, a breakaway was successful and the victory went to the Frenchman Aurélien Paret-Peintre, who has now risen in the GC to third overall. The new leader, second on the day, is the young Norwegian from Team DSM Andreas Leknessund, who leads Evenepoel by almost half a minute.
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Joao Almeida and Primoz Roglic lose a couple of places and are fourth and fifth, respectively after the rapid rise of both Leknessund and Paret-Peintr. Rounding out the top 10 are Geraint Thomas, Aleksander Vlasov, Toms Skujins (another man from today's break), Tao Geoghegan Hart and Jay Vine. There have been no new time differences between the favourites.
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GIRO D'ITALIA CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 4
1.Andreas Leknessund
2. Remco Evenepoel at 28"
3. Aurélien Paret-Peintre at 30"
4. Joao Almeida at 1'00"
5. Primoz Roglic at 1'12"
6. Geraint Thomas at 1'26"
7. Aleksandr Vlasov at 1'26"
8. Tom Skujins at 1'29"
9. Tao Geoghegan Hart at 1'30"
10. Jay Vine at 1'36"
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- I had no idea about that either.
santiagobenites10-11-2026 - great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
- As he isn't currently with Red Bull, I guess if he want to race for one more year he needs to find a team. He's 37 so this will be his last year I would guess, unless he wants to race for almost nothing like Froome did.awp10-11-2026
- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
- Me too!!!!!Occam10-11-2026
- they can sign any 100 of top riders today but Pogi will win over Remco any time at the TDF unless something goes wrongabstractengineer10-11-2026
- the time for a GC rider to retire is when they cannot win stages, or have a significant level drop like from winner/podium into top 5/10 consistently. Roglic is still competitive and Froome raced even though he became pack fodder.abstractengineer10-11-2026
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