How long can Juan Pedro López stay in pink at the Giro d'Italia?

Trek-Segafredo's Spaniard has 39 seconds over Lennard Kämna

Juan Pedro López
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Almost 24 hours on from climbing into the pink jersey after stage four of the Giro d'Italia, one hopes Juan Pedro López has settled into the idea. 

"If it's a dream, don't wake me up, please", is what the Trek-Segafredo rider tweeted after claiming the maglia rosa on Mount Etna. What will be interesting to see now is how long that very real dream can keep going for.

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Adam Becket
News editor

Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling on tarmac, he's happy. Before joining Cycling Weekly he spent two years writing for Procycling, where he interviewed riders and wrote about racing, speaking to people as varied as Demi Vollering to Philippe Gilbert. Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.