Kamna wins Stage 4 of the Giro on Mount Etna

Lennard Kamna won stage four of the Giro d'Italia and Juan Pedro Lopez took over the leader's pink jersey as the breakaway took the honours on Mount Etna. Richard Carapaz led home a group of overall favourites that included Britain's Simon Yates - who recovered from an early spill - a little over two and a half minutes after Kamna sprinted clear of Lopez to win his second career grand tour stage. "I'm so happy to have the stage win in the pocket," Bora-Hansgrohe's Kamna said.

"For the team it's great to earn a victory already and eases a lot of the pressure." Kamna and Lopez were the last survivors of a 14-strong breakaway that went away early on the 172km stage from Avola, but splintered at the start of the 22km climb to the finish. Lopez reeled in an early move from Stefano Oldani but was then caught by Kamna with 2.5km to go. The Trek-Segafredo rider tried to challenge Kamna for the win but almost crashed on the final corner, and had to settle for taking the pink jersey from Mathieu van der Poel, who rode in as part of the grupetto.

"I'm so happy to take the jersey," the Spaniard said. "I don't believe it in the moment but I need to enjoy tomorrow and today and every moment with the jersey. "We fought for the sprint, I nearly crashed.