Jhonatan Narvaez wins the fourth stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia, the 138 kilometer Catanzaro-Cosenza, but Giulio Ciccone is the new pink jersey. Victory for the Ecuadorian from UAE Team Emirates Today’s stage was marked by strong winds, today’s escape was finalized by Martin Marcellusi (Bardiani CSF 7 Saber), Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost), Warren Barguil (Picnic PostNL), Mattia Bais (Polti VisitMalta) Niklas Larsen (Unibet Rose Rockets) and Johan Jacobs (Groupama-Fdj United): the six breakaways gained around 2’30». What made the difference was the climb of Cozzo Tunno, the only GPM of the day: the imposed pace allowed the group to mend the gap, on the long ramp several sprinters broke away, including Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), with Silva (in the pink jersey) wrecked. The men in the classification tried to make a sprint to get bonuses in the Red Bull kilometer (second place for Giulio Pellizzari, third Ciccone), around 40 of them remained to compete for the first stage in Italy after the great Bulgarian start. An action by Jan Christen in the last two kilometers allowed the Emirati team to catch everyone off guard and win with Narvaez. Tomorrow the fifth stage, the Praia a Mare-Potenza of 203 km.
The words of the winner
«It was a very good day, I’m happy to be in Italy, we made good use of the opportunity. We continue to fight, there are five of us left, for us this is a very important victory. Jan Christen? He’s a great rider, he had his opportunity at -2, I just had to manage my position, but I’m sure that in the future he will be able to wear the pink jersey.” Jhonatan Narvaez, winner of the fourth stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia, the 138 km Catanzaro-Cosenza, declared this to Rai Sport.
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