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Giro d’Italia: Richard Carapaz hangs on to win stage four

May 14, 2019, 5:41 pm By Coetzee Gouws

Primoz Roglic on stage nine of the 2019 Giro d'Italia
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic on stage nine of the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Photo: LaPresse
Primoz Roglic during his time-trial at the 2019 Giro d'Italia
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Primoz Roglic during his time-trial at the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Photo: LaPresse
Primoz Roglic wins the second time-trial of the 2019 Giro d'Italia
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic wins the second time-trial of the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Photo: LaPresse
Primoz Roglic during his time-trial at the 2019 Giro d'Italia
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic during his time-trial at the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Photo: LaPresse
Primoz Roglic took the 2019 Giro d'Italia lead
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic took the 2019 Giro d'Italia lead after winning the time-trial on the opening day. Photo: LaPresse
Primoz Roglic celebrates his overall lead after stage four of the 2019 Giro d'Italia
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic celebrates his overall lead after stage four of the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Photo: LaPresse
Primoz Roglic (in pink) at the start of stage four of the 2019 Giro d'Italia
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic (in pink) at the start of stage four of the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Photo: LaPresse
Primoz Roglic took the Giro d'Italia overall lead
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic took the Giro d'Italia overall lead after winning the time-trial in 2019. Photo: LaPresse-D'Alberto/Ferrari/Paolone/Alpozzi
Primoz Roglic took the Giro d'Italia overall lead
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic took the Giro d'Italia overall lead after winning the time-trial in 2019. Photo: LaPresse-D'Alberto/Ferrari/Paolone/Alpozzi
Primoz Roglic, pictured during stage 20 of last year's Tour de France
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic, pictured during stage 20 of last year's Tour de France, has been in top-form this year as he heads into the 102nd Giro d'Italia, which starts on Saturday. Photo: Alex Broadway/A.S.O
Primoz Roglic took this year's Tour de Romandie title
Tirreno-Adriatico 2019 - edizione 54 - crono individuale - da San Benedetto del Tronto a San benedetto del Tronto (10,1 km)
Primoz Roglic set the fastest time on the opening stage of Giro d'Italia in Bologna today. Photo: LaPresse/Fabio Ferrari
Jumbo-Visma's Primoz Roglic, pictured on stage 19 of last year's Tour de France
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Primoz Roglic pictured at the 2018 Tour de France. Photo: Bruno Bade/A.S.O.
Jumbo-Visma's Primoz Roglic, pictured here at the Tour of Britain last year, won the 180km sixth stage of the UAE Tour in Jebel Jais today. Photo: Photo credits
Primoz Roglic
Jumbo-Visma's Primoz Roglic, pictured here at the Tour of Britain last year, won the 180km sixth stage of the UAE Tour in Jebel Jais today. Photo: Photo credits
LottoNL-Jumbo's Primož Roglič got away on the final descent to solo to victory in stage 19 of the Tour de France today. Photo: ASO/Bruno Bade
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Primož Roglič during the 2018 Tour de France. Photo: ASO/Bruno Bade
Primoz Roglic during stage five of the Tour de France
Primoz Roglic
Primoz Roglic during stage five of the 2018 Tour de France. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet

Richard Carapaz held off a flying Caleb Ewan in the final few hundred metres to win the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia over 235km between Orbetello and Frascati.

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The Movistar rider, fourth overall last year, crossed the line in 5:58:17 with Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) and Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) completing the podium in the same time.

Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe), the winner of stage two, was fourth, followed by Florian Senechal (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and overall leader Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma).

They were part of a group of seven riders, including Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates), who went clear after dodging a fall about 6km from the end.

Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), a victim of the crash, was the biggest loser among the GC contenders.

“Yes, it was the perfect attack,” Carapaz told reporters afterwards. “I knew it would be hard to beat the sprinters, so I had to anticipate the action and I did it at the right moment.”

Earlier, Marco Frapporti (Androni-Sidermec), Mirco Maestri (Bardiani-CSF) and Damiano Cima (Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè) were in a stage-long breakaway, building a lead of 12:35.

With 20km to go and with their advantage quickly being whittled down, Frapporti attacked and dragged Maestri with him. However, the chase of the peloton was relentless and the duo shook hands when they conceded defeat with 10km to go.

Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) increased his lead over Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), who finished in the second group, to 35 seconds. Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) stayed in third, 39 seconds back.

“In a Grand Tour it is important to avoid the bad things that can happen,” Roglic said afterwards. “In time-trials and on mountains you know what will happen and it is quite easy to control.

“Stages like these I think are just super nervous and in the end we just want to come safe to the finish.”

Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) leads the king of the mountains competition and Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) the young rider classification.

The fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia will be contested over 140km from Frascati to Terracina.

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