Giro d'Italia

Stage 4: Acqui Terme - Andora

IT Italy Tuesday 07 May 2024 190 km

Giro d’Italia: Fifth for Merlier in Andora

Giro d’Italia: Fifth for Merlier in Andora

Tuesday afternoon, the peloton waved goodbye to Piemonte and made its way to Liguria. The home region of Fausto Coppi – one of the greatest cyclists in the world, winner of seven Grand Tours, the World Championships and multiple Monuments – awaited the riders with a finish resembling that of Milano-Sanremo, which made things spicier.

Wearing the coveted maglia ciclamino, which he received following his victory in Fossano – our team’s 120th Grand Tour stage success – Tim Merlier was eyeing another good result, this time in the picturesque town of Andora, where the day concluded. As expected, the short climb of Capo Mele was used as a launch pad by some riders who were determined to avoid a bunch sprint. Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) zipped away there, opening a seven-second gap by the time he crested the top.

Behind him, various teams chased hard and brought back the Italian, but this together with the fast finish made for a hectic mass gallop. Merlier was forced to make a big effort and start his sprint from way back, and the Belgian came close to repeating Monday’s win thanks to his massive acceleration. Unfortunately, Tim ran out of steam in the last 100 meters, but even in these conditions he took fifth on the line – a result that keeps him in contention for the points classification.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
4:16:03
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
3 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
4 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
5 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
6 Davide Ballerini
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:00
7 Fernando Gaviria Rendon
Movistar Team
0:00
8 Enrico Zanoncello
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
0:00
9 Madis Mihkels
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
10 Giovanni Lonardi
Team Polti Kometa
0:00
19 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
41 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
48 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
58 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
89 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
99 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
160 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
3:28
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
15:19:05
2 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
0:46
3 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
0:47
4 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:55
5 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
0:56
6 Lorenzo Fortunato
Astana Qazaqstan Team
1:07
7 Juan Pedro López Pérez
Lidl - Trek
1:11
8 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
1:13
9 Alexey Lutsenko
Astana Qazaqstan Team
1:26
10 Esteban Chaves Rubio
EF Education - EasyPost
1:26
14 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:44
41 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
8:09
94 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
28:42
127 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
39:26
135 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
39:38
142 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
39:58
162 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
43:48
1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
113 pt
2 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
81 pt
3 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
63 pt
4 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
46 pt
5 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
42 pt
6 Lilian Calmejane
Intermarché - Wanty
34 pt
7 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
27 pt
8 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
27 pt
9 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
26 pt
10 Francisco Muñoz Llana
Team Polti Kometa
24 pt
43 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
51 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-40 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
51 pt
2 Lilian Calmejane
Intermarché - Wanty
32 pt
3 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
26 pt
4 Andrea Piccolo
EF Education - EasyPost
18 pt
5 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
16 pt
6 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka
Lidl - Trek
11 pt
7 Lorenzo Fortunato
Astana Qazaqstan Team
9 pt
8 Giulio Pellizzari
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
8 pt
9 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
7 pt
10 Florian Lipowitz
BORA - hansgrohe
6 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-2 pt
1 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
15:20:00
2 Alex Baudin
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:45
3 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:49
4 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
1:12
5 Luke Plapp
Team Jayco AlUla
1:38
6 Henok Mulubrhan
Astana Qazaqstan Team
1:48
7 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
1:54
8 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
1:55
9 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
2:11
10 Florian Lipowitz
BORA - hansgrohe
2:13
48 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
38:43
1 INEOS Grenadiers 46:02:17
2 Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:14
3 BORA - hansgrohe 0:55
4 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1:04
5 VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè 3:51
6 EF Education - EasyPost 5:00
7 Team Jayco AlUla 5:42
8 Soudal Quick-Step 5:45
9 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 6:03
10 Movistar Team 10:30

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