Tom Dumoulin reclaims pink as Diego Ulissi solos to victory on Giro d'Italia stage four

The Italian attacked on the last climb of the stage and held of a chasing peloton on tough day at the Giro

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Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) booked himself in to a second stint in pink at the 2016 Giro d'Italia after finishing second behind stage winner Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) on a hard fought fourth day of the race.

Ulissi was able to exploit the difficult closing climbs of the 200km course to attack the 11-man breakaway group he made it into shortly after passing the 30km to go mark.

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