2013 Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 4 Results

Nibali, Contador, and Froome battled it out in the last kilometers as we expected, last 2.7 km in Italian:


Top 10 GC:

1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 16:04:59
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:04
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:16
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:30
5 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:33
6 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard 0:00:40
7 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:00:55
8 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:04
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:16
10 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha

Tomorrow: The hardest climb in T-A will be tomorrow (Sunday) at the Passo Lanciano, 40km from the finish. 12 km with an average of 8.6% and sections of 13%. The riders will then face a 1500 meter 19% finish in Chieti after 230km.With three stages left still no clear winner.

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