Who is leading the Giro d'Italia 2026?

Giulio Ciccone in pink — Thomas Silva (XDS Astana) wearing the pink jersey after stage 3 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia.

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Giulio Ciccone of Lidl-Trek took control of the Giro d'Italia race lead on Tuesday after expertly winning bonus seconds at the Red Bull KM and the finish line.

As a result, the Italian pulled on the maglia rosa for the first time in his career, and leads the race by four seconds from Jan Christen of UAE Team Emirates-XRG. Christen now leads the young rider's classification.

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage four: Catanzaro > Cosenza (138km)

1. Jhonatan Narváez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, in 3:08:46
2. Orluis Aular (Ven) Movistar
3. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek
4. Ben Turner (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
5. Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling
6. Afonso Eulálio (Por) Bahrain Victorious
7. Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
8. Diego Ulissi (Ita) XDS Astana
9. Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
10. Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, all at same time

Giro d'Italia 2026 general classification after stage four

1. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek, in 16:18:51
2. Jan Christen (Sui) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, +4s
3. Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor
4. Egan Bernal (Col) Netcompany-Ineos, both at same time
5. Thymen Arensmen (Ned) Netcompany-Ineos, +6s
6. Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, at same time
7. Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto Intermarché, +10s
8. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar
9. Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost
10. Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling, all at same time

Giro d'Italia 2026 points classification after stage four

1. Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep, 105pts
2. Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek, 64pts
3. Jhonatan Narváez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 50pts
4. Tobias Lund Andresen (Den) Decathlon-CMA CGM, 42pts
5. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek, 37pts

Giro d'Italia 2026 mountains classification after stage four

1. Diego Sevilla (Uru) XDS Astana, 42pts
2. Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar, 18pts
3. Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber, 12pts
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike, 11pts
5. Orluis Aular (Ven) Movistar, 8pts

Giro d'Italia 2026 youth classification after stage four

1. Jan Christen (Swi) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, in 16:18:55
2. Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +2s
3. Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto Intermarché, +6s
4. Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost
5. Mathys Rondel (Fra) Tudor, both at same time

Giro d'Italia 2026 teams classification after stage four

1. EF Education-EasyPost, in 48:57:03
2. Tudor
3. Movistar, both at same time

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