La surprise du chef est signée Casper van Uden ! Alors que l'on s'attendait à un duel entre Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike) et Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), c'est le Néerlandais du Team Picnic PostNL qui a battu tout le monde sur cette 4e étape du Giro d'Italia. Lors d'un sprint final très houleux, Van Uden a été parfaitement lancé et a réussi à devancer Kooij et Maikel Zijlaard (Tudor Pro Cycling). Le maillot Rose Mads Pedersen a lui pris la 4e place et conserve donc la tête du classement général.
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Vidéo : Giro d'Italia
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00:00Desper, your first Grand Tour, your first sprint in a Grand Tour, and you are a winner.
00:08How did you do it?
00:09I didn't do it alone.
00:11We did it with a whole team, all the boys here and all the people, all the stuff back at the HQ as well.
00:17They did super work.
00:19I didn't have to take any wins until a bit more than 200 to go.
00:23I know I have a good long sprint, so I just went for it and hoped for the best.
00:28How were you organized, really, knowing that there were other top sprinters?
00:33Yeah, I think we just know we did a really good job already the whole season with the lead outs.
00:38In Turkey also, last week, the boys did a really good job.
00:43I know I just have to follow Brom and the boys.
00:46Brom, Edmo, Nicky, Gijs, Max, Roman and Chris, they just did a super good job for me.
00:55And I'm just really, really happy to give them something back.
00:59Did you come with a lot of confidence or is it a bit of a surprise for you too?
01:03I don't think it's a surprise.
01:05And I know the boys and everyone really believe in me.
01:09So sometimes I have to find that believe in myself a little bit, but this helps.
01:14And everyone from the team, they do a really good job helping me believe in myself.
01:19And it pays off.
01:2123 years of age, first Grand Tour.
01:24How do you see the future?
01:26We don't know the future, so I'm happy to live in the now and for now it's really good.
01:32Proficiat.
01:34Well, here they come to the rescue for Olaf Koy potentially.
01:37It is Picnic Post NL who have hit the front now as they hit 500 meters to go.
01:42And they're getting ready for this critical left-hander.
01:45It's the left-hand side of the road that you want.
01:47There's a battle for it.
01:48Royal between Eduardo Afini of Visma Lisa bike and Picnic Post NL.
01:52Picnic Post NL, Caspar van Ouden.
01:54300 meters to go at this point.
01:56It's time to unleash the fast men.
01:58Caspar van Ouden, the first of them to show his hand.
02:01Ben Turner with a big charge up on the left-hand side of the road.
02:03Maz Pedersen looking for space on the road by the barriers.
02:06Paul Magnier in the mix.
02:07Koy on the other side of the road.
02:09Van Ouden is going to be.
02:10Pedersen with the charge.
02:11Van Ouden takes it for Picnic Post NL.
02:13A first ever Grand Tour victory for the Dutchman.
02:16Perfection from Picnic Post NL.
02:18They can't quite believe what they have just done.
02:20Hats off to Maz Pedersen who was very, very close to another victory there.