Giro d’Italia 2025 LIVE: Stage 4 updates, race standings and results today – UK Times

Casper van Uden wins for Picnic PostNL with Olav Kooij, probably the favourite for today, second. Tudor’s Maikel Zijlaard was third, Mads Pedersen fourth, and XDS-Astana’s Max Kanter fifth in another surprise result.

Kaden Groves, Sam Bennett, Paul Magnier, Ben Turner, and Matteo Moschetti round out the top 10.

Incredible scenes as Casper van Uden celebrates with his teammates. That was a masterful leadout by Picnic PostNL, they were perfectly positioned, and their sprinter just had so much in the tank.

Casper van Uden has just taken his first win of the season, his first ever Grand Tour stage win, in his first ever Grand Tour. What a day for the Dutchman.

A huge win for Picnic PostNL and they’re out of the WorldTour relegation zone!

Casper van Uden led from some couple of hundred metres out and held on to win it!

Alpecin-Deceuninck are caught out of position and Mads Pedersen is jostling with an XDS Astana rider. Picnic PostNL are on the front

Onto the right-hander and there’s a big gap… 1km to go and Visma are on the front with Pedersen right behind them!

One long line now into the final 2km and Kooij’s unmistakeable yellow jersey is way down the bunch. Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale and Alpecin-Deceuninck are on the front in Lecce; Pedersen is back, around 30th wheel or even further down. Egan Bernal and Ineos are well positioned at the front.

Is this Kaden Groves’ day?

It’s incredibly changeable now as Kooij and Pedersen, at the front until a corner/roundabout combo, slip down the bunch. Tudor and Ineos stay stuck to the front.

Into the last 5km and the GC men can breathe a sigh of relief.

After every roundabout and corner the gaps open up again. Josh Tarling puts Ineos Grenadiers into the best position on a major squeeze point as the the road narrows, protecting Egan Bernal; Primoz Roglic is moving up too as the GC men wait for the 5km mark to indicate they’re safe. It’s a very technical circuit and a bit of a headache for many of the riders.

It’s quite a tricky approach to the finish, with a sharp right-hander onto some pretty narrow roads and another couple of corners, before a left-hander just before the flamme rouge. From there it’s straightforward, but those corners could be a nightmare in the final.

It looks like Pedersen and Ciccone are back at the front now.