2014 Giro d'Italia Stage 4 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 4 of the 2014 Giro d'Italia! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
Course Preview
Luca Scinto Says: Long transfers are complex and need staff at both ends to handle extra logistics. The important thing is to get the riders there with as little stress as possible because they accumulate enough of that over the three weeks. We think about the non-cycling stuff so they don’t have to. Since lots could go wrong, our job is to ensure that it doesn’t. It shouldn’t be too bad in this instance, and obviously we have a rest day to accomplish everything. The stage itself is a loop, and then a kermesse around Bari. Basically this will be three hours, pretty much flat-out, with a sprint at the end of it. It’s a huge day for the velocisti, obviously...
Local History: At 288 kilometres, the stage between Naples and Bari was the longest of the 1947 Giro. The crowd filling the Stadio della Vittoria expected to see sprinters Conte and Leoni fight for the finish but it was an outsider, Elio Bertocchi, who perfectly timed his escape. An interesting end to an otherwise long, hot day.
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