2020 Giro d'Italia stage 4 highlights - Video
Check out the photo finish with Demare, Sagan, Ballerini
After 140.4km of racing it came down to mere millimetres at the finish in Villafranca Tirrena for stage 4 of the 2020 Giro d'Italia. French champion Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) went to the line with Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Davide Ballerini (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and took the win in a bike throw, his 11th victory of the season.
The three-time world champion, who has not won since July 2019 would finish second but came away with the points classification lead. Ballerini secured the third podium spot from the fray.
In the closing 200 metres, Sagan was the first to hit the afterburners, with Démare going to the left of him and Ballerini to the right. The threesome came together on the line and Démare won it by the tightest of margins.
Behind that line of three, Andrea Vendrame (AG2R la Mondiale) was fourth and Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis had to settle for fifth.
Race leader João Almeida (Deceuninck-Quickstep) had his own sprint excitement, taking two seconds at the time bonus prime in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto to pull clear ahead of stage 3 winner Jonathan Caicedo (EF Pro Cycling) in the overall standings.
Watch the stage 4 highlights from the Giro d'Italia above.
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Cyclingnews is the world's leader in English-language coverage of professional cycling. Started in 1995 by University of Newcastle professor Bill Mitchell, the site was one of the first to provide breaking news and results over the internet in English. The site was purchased by Knapp Communications in 1999, and owner Gerard Knapp built it into the definitive voice of pro cycling. Since then, major publishing house Future PLC has owned the site and expanded it to include top features, news, results, photos and tech reporting. The site continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative English voice in professional cycling.