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Leknessund takes pink jersey as Paret-Peintre wins stage four after breakaway

09-May-2023 15:51:35 | The Guardian

• Andreas Leknessund leads Remco Evenepoel by 28 seconds
• Aurelién Paret-Peintre pips Norwegian to stage victory

Andreas Leknessund seized the leader’s pink jersey from Remco Evenepoel but was pipped to the stage victory by Aurelién Paret-Peintre after a dramatic fourth stage.

After an action-packed start on Tuesday, a seven-man group engineered a breakaway at the 79km mark and gradually built a lead which was over five minutes at one point of the 175km ride from Venosa to Lago Laceno in southern Italy.