Giro d'Italia 2023 Stage 4: Preview, how to watch, TV and live stream details, route map and profile, when race starts

08.05.2023 - 18:41 eurosport.com

Stage 4 of the 2023 Giro d'Italia will take riders from Veneso to Lago Laceno, with Remco Evenepoel once again in the leader's jersey for a medium mountain stage.

Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic and Geraint Thomas are among the big names that will be covering the hilly 175km stage, which finishes with an ascent from Montella to Lago Laceno.

Ad There are 3.5km of climbs ahead of the peloton, and on the Passo delle Crocelle, it's the first time the race goes above 1,000m altitude in a sign of things to come.

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