Tirreno-Adriatico stage 4 LIVE – An unpredictable day where anyone can win

Some other riders who could be involved after a great start to the race are Andrea Vendrame (Jayco-AlUla), Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor), Paul Lapeira (Decathlon-CMA CGM), Thomas Silva (XDS-Astana), Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) among others.

In reality, it’ll likely be a similar group that came to the line in San Gimignano on stage 2 with Van der Poel being key favourite yet again with some excellent training towards Milan-Sanremo on offer.

However, the final lumps are far smaller than the first and could see some sprinters who can climb, such as Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep), Lund Andresen, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech), all maybe have a chance.

All that action brings us to today, We are over the half way point in the Race of the Two Seas and we have a very tasty looking stage on offer to entertain us. 213km (or 210km depending on the page on Tirreno-Adriatico’s website) of racing with four categorised climbs with one topping out with just under 15km remaining.

And what a fascinating race it has been so far. The time trial on day one brought us some Ineos Grenadiers brilliance with three in the top four led by Filippo Ganna.

Day two was rather tame up until the final 10km where carnage ensued on the wet loose gravel and slippery paved roads to San Gimignano where Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) held off new race leader Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).

By contrast, day three was rather sedate. The longest day of the race saw a short lived solo break and a sprint finish. Albeit, Del Toro managed a single bonus second in the intermediate sprint and Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon-CMA CGM) beat the biggest of names to the line to continue his incredible purple patch.

Buongiorno and welcome to Cyclingnews’ live report on stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2026.