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Giulio Ciccone takes the overall lead in the Giro d'Italia after finishing third in stage 4, while Ecuador's Jhonatan Narváez wins the stage. Thomas Silva, the previous leader, fell back significantly during the climb.
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Ecuador's Manuel Jhonatan Narvaez celebrates winning the 4th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, from Catanzaro to Cosenza, Italy, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Gian Mattia d'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)
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Ecuador's Manuel Jhonatan Narvaez celebrates winning the 4th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, from Catanzaro to Cosenza, Italy, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Gian Mattia d'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)
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Ecuador's Manuel Jhonatan Narvaez celebrates winning the 4th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, from Catanzaro to Cosenza, Italy, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Gian Mattia d'Alberto/LaPresse via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) COSENZA, Italy (AP) — Italian rider Giulio Ciccone moved into the overall lead of the Giro d’Italia as this year's race moved into his home country for the first time, and Jhonatan Narváez won the fourth stage on Tuesday. Guillermo Thomas Silva, the first Uruguayan to win a Giro stage and to don the pink jersey, had been in the lead as the race resumed in Italy following a rest day after the opening three stages in Bulgaria. But Thomas Silva cracked halfway up the lengthy, second-category climb in the latter half of the stage and eventually finished more than 10 minutes off the pace. Ciccone was fighting for the stage win but was outsprinted by Narváez, with Orluis Aular second at the end of the 138-kilometer route from Catanzaro, in the foot of Italy, to Cosenza. The four bonus seconds Ciccone picked up for finishing third was enough to lift him into the overall lead of the Giro, four seconds ahead of Jan Christen, Florian Stork and Egan Bernal. Wednesday’s fifth stage could shake up the general classification standings. It features nearly 4,000 meters of climbing and hardly any flat sections on the 203-kilometer route from Praia a Mare to Potenza. The 109th men’s Giro ends on May 31 in Rome. The women’s Giro runs from May 30-June 7 with Italian rider Elisa Longo Borghini as the defending champion. \\_ AP cycling:
Ecuador's Jhonatan Narváez won stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia 2026.
Thomas Silva cracked halfway up the climb and finished more than 10 minutes off the pace.
Giulio Ciccone became the overall leader by finishing third in stage 4, gaining four bonus seconds to lead by four seconds over Jan Christen.
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