The Italian from Lidl-Trek redeemed his second place from the previous day, ahead of the Australian Kaden Groves and the German Phil Bauhaus
Italy can finally celebrate at Tour of Italy with Jonathan Milan. The Friulian of Lidl Trek he won the sprint in the fourth stage of the Corsa Rosa, overtaking the Australian at the finish line in Andora Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and German Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorius). The Olympic champion perfectly redeemed the disappointment of second place the previous day, thus taking back the cyclamen jersey dedicated to the points classification.
Very eventful start to the stage with Francisco Munoz (Team Polti Kometa), Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers), Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché-Wanty) And Stefan de Bod (Education Easy Post) ready to take off immediately in view of the mountain grand prix Colle del Melogno. Precisely along that ascent, considering the pursuit posed by the group, the “Verbania Locomotive” decided to get up again, leaving its colleagues to fly at over 5’30” above the main platoon.
However, the climb caused some victims among sprinters like Fabio Jakobsen (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) And Fernando Gaviria (Movistar Team) who lost the wheels of the main platoon and were forced to chase for several kilometers. When everything seemed to be going well and while Calmejane decided to be caught by the group, a fall decimated the riders, involving among others Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-Ag2R), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorius) And Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) with the latter coming out rather badly, slipping a second time after a few minutes and thus having to retire.
The platoon then broke into several sections until the passage of Savona when all the athletes returned, thus relaunching the pursuit of the two pacesetters, capable of remaining in front, they were at Capo Mele where Filippo Ganna tried to attack alone. Behind they moved Danny Van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) And Andrea Pasqualon (Bahrain-Victorius) as well as Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) but no luck.
In view of the final straight the blue was taken back with Simone Consonni (Lidl-Trek) who launched Jonathan Milan to perfection who released all his power by imposing himself ahead of Groves and Bauhaus, while in Italy the sixth place of Davide Ballerini (Astana Qazaqstan Team)the eighth of Edoardo Zanoncello (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) and the tenth of Giovanni Lonardi (Team Polti Kometa).
No changes in the general classification with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) who retains the pink jersey with 46 seconds on Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) and 47 up Daniel Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe).
