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Narvaez powers to Giro stage four win, Ciccone in the pink
On Tuesday, Ecuador's Jhonatan Narvaez won stage four of the Giro d'Italia, outpacing Orluis Aular on the 138-kilometer route from Catanzaro to Cosenza, while Italian Giulio Ciccone took the leader's pink jersey after finishing third.
The race shifted from Bulgaria to Italy, causing a major shake-up on the climb to Cozzo Tunno where former leader Guillermo Thomas Silva cracked and finished over 12 minutes down on the winner.
Teammate Jan Christen moved into second overall, four seconds behind Ciccone, with Narvaez saying, "Jan is a great guy, he was trying to take the pink jersey." The performance eases disappointment of not winning his fourth Giro stage.
Ciccone claimed the pink jersey through bonus seconds at the finish and intermediate sprint, leading the standings by four seconds ahead of Jan Christen, Florian Stork, and Egan Bernal.
Wednesday's stage five is a 203-km hilly ride from Praia a Mare to Potenza, featuring nearly 4,000 meters of climbing and hardly any flat sections for the peloton.
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