Roglic wins Punchy Finish as Kämna takes Race lead

Primoz Roglic outguns Julian Alaphilippe and Adam Yates in the punchy finale of the Tirreno's 4th stage. Lennard Kämna moves into the lead of the general classification

Five riders broke clear just after the start including Davide Bais, Filippo Magli, Mads Würtz Schmidt, Valerio Conti and Lucas Eriksson, and carvde out a gap of over 6 minutes.

On the approach to the first climb to the finishing circuit the five were caught and the race started all over again.

Honoré attacked after the first finish passage and opened up a 30 seconds gap, but was caught as soon as the road went up again. Julian Alaphilippe attacked  and the  favourites birdged across except for Van der Poel and Girmay. They rejoined the first group just before the penultimate climb to the line, only to lose contact again and Pidcock and Sheffield were also dropped.

A regroupment took place before the finish climb, both Pidcock and Van Aert crashed with 4 kilometres to go.

Leader Ganna was dropped on the climb with Primoz Roglic sprintinf to a commanding victory ahead of Alaphilippe and Yates who finished in second and third place without ever being in real contention for the win.

Kämna is the new GC leader, while Roglic moves up to second place and Almeida now sits in third.

VIDEO: 2023 Tirreno-Adiatico Stage 4 Highlights

2023 Tirreno-Adiatico Stage 4 Top 10

1  ROGLIC Primož Jumbo-Visma 5:00:04
2  ALAPHILIPPE Julian Soudal - Quick Step 0:00
3  YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 0:00
4  KELDERMAN Wilco Jumbo-Visma 0:00
5  GEOGHEGAN HART Tao INEOS Grenadiers 0:00
6  MAS Enric Movistar Team 0:00
7  LAFAY Victor Cofidis 0:00
8  ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 0:00
9  VLASOV Aleksandr BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
10  CARTHY Hugh EF Education-EasyPost 0:00

2023 Tirreno-Adiatico GC Stage 4

1 KÄMNA Lennard BOH 15:38:46
2 ROGLIC Primož TJV 0:06
3 ALMEIDA João UAD 0:08
4 MCNULTY Brandon UAD 0:13
5 KELDERMAN Wilco TJV 0:15
6 VLASOV Aleksandr BOH 0:17
7 HINDLEY Jai BOH 0:18
8 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao IGD 0:19
9 CICCONE Giulio TFS 0:26
10 MAS Enric MOV 0:27