{"id":179800,"date":"2020-10-07T11:36:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T11:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=179800"},"modified":"2020-10-07T11:36:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T11:36:12","slug":"arnaud-demare-wins-in-a-photo-finish-ahead-of-sagan-in-stage-4-of-the-giro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/10\/07\/arnaud-demare-wins-in-a-photo-finish-ahead-of-sagan-in-stage-4-of-the-giro\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnaud D\u00e9mare Wins in a Photo Finish Ahead of Sagan in Stage 4 of the Giro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) went all in in the sprint but once again failed to win, if only by a couple of millimetres.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe Slovakian superstar launched with just under 200 m to go with Arnaud D\u00e9mare (Groupama-FDJ) on his left. The Frenchman quickly caught up as did Davide Ballerini (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) on Sagan\u2019s right. All three threw their bikes at the finish line and a long wait followed to see who actually won.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcf8 Check out the best photos from the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Giro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Giro<\/a> d&#39;Italia Stage 4 <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 Non perderti le migliori immagini della Tappa 4 del <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Giro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Giro<\/a> d&#39;Italia 2020 <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fXV9eXe6s2\">https:\/\/t.co\/fXV9eXe6s2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t4Bn1jOX26\">pic.twitter.com\/t4Bn1jOX26<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Giro d&#39;Italia (@giroditalia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/giroditalia\/status\/1313531968731181058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In the end, Arnaud D\u00e9mare was the one celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I went all out for the win,\u201d Peter Sagan said. \u201cIt was such a close finish, I didn\u2019t know who was first, second, or third, we all came to the line together and we had to wait for the photo finish. I did my best and sprints often go this way. At times, I won by a few centimetres and at times, it was like today. Our plan today was to go very hard on the climb in order to see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179803\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2020\/10\/profimedia-0561748615.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-179803 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2020\/10\/profimedia-0561748615-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Sagan Giro\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It took a long wait for the winner to be announced. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cconsolation prize\u201d for the Slovak is the ciclamino jersey. However, he only leads the points competition by a few points. He is determined to keep the jersey till the end. Do you think he\u2019ll manage it?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Geraint Thomas is out<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The leader of the Ineos Grenadiers Team fell heavily at the start of stage three after colliding with a stray bidon. He made it to the end of the stage, which is very impressive considering the outcome of his later medical examination. It was revealed that Thomas had suffered a fractured pelvis and so he had to abandon the race.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179804\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2020\/10\/profimedia-0561581823.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-179804 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2020\/10\/profimedia-0561581823-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Geraint Thomas\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After a crash, Geraint Thomas is out of Giro d&#8217;Italia. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so frustrating,\u201d Thomas admitted. \u201cI\u2019d put so much work into this race. I did everything I could and feel like I was in just as good if not better shape than when I won the Tour. I was feeling really good. So for it just to end like this is gutting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/11\/07\/geraint-thomas-is-fine-with-banning-power-meters\/\">The 34-year-old Welshman<\/a> did well in the opening time trial and was third in the general classification as the peloton approached the first mountain of the race \u2013 Mount Etna.<\/p>\n<p>With Thomas out, who do you think will win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giroditalia.it\/en\/classifiche\/\">GC?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) went all in in the sprint but once again failed to win, if only by a couple 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