Casper Van Uden, a Grand Tour debutant who rides for Team Picnic-PostNL, edged out Olav Kooij as the three-week race resumed in the heel of Italy after the opening three stages in Albania.

His Picnic PostNL squad came from nowhere inside the final kilometre as the peloton jostled for position, with van Uden launching a long-range sprint from 500m out and holding off the day’s favourite, Olav Kooij, and Maikel Zijlaard for the win.

Casper van Uden claimed his first Grand Tour stage win by sprinting to victory in the Giro d'Italia. The Dutchman held off compatriots Olav Kooij and Maikel Zijlaard to claim the victory in a chaotic finish to stage four in Lecce.