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3:45 back to the peloton now and one second-category climb left to go.
With 24 points he's now second in the classification behind Pinot on 30.
Ghebreigzabhier led the way over the top for 18 KOM points.
67km to go
2km to the top of the climb for the breakaway.
The peloton – or rather, Josef Cerny – is holding the gap to the break at four minutes here. All but Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier are within four minutes of the race lead.
Andreas Leknessund is the best-placed man in the move at 1:40 down.
Maglia rosa Evenepoel in the peloton.
Now the breakaway are starting the second of three second-category climbs of the day, the Valico di Monte Carruozzo (8.8km at 4.9%).
Armirail is caught by the peloton.
A loose dog runs along the side of the road in the opposite direction of the peloton, though it looks like the riders all passed through safely.
Four and a half minutes later, the peloton rolls across. Armirail is a minute up the road.
79km to go
There's no competition at the intermediate sprint as Albanese leads the break across the line.
Armirail is losing time to the break. 1:35 now and he's not going to reach the leaders.
Maglia azzurra Pinot on the first climb of the day earlier.
Soudal-QuickStep and Bora-Hansgrohe lead the peloton.
Up front, the breakaway riders are climbing again on the road to the intermediate sprint at Muro Lucano. 2.5km to go.
Israel-Premier Tech reporting that Williams is OK and back on his bike. Good news.
3:30 for the group now as Armirail continues to hang around 30 seconds down.
The seven breakaway men are working well together up front.
86km to go
No worries in the peloton as the pace eases up.
2:40 between the break and peloton as Armirail continues his battle to get across. He's losing time, though, and is 25 seconds down now.
Armirail 20 seconds off the leaders.
The riders are currently in the valley. A short climb to the intermediate sprint at Muro Lucano follows, then the next categorised climb at Valico di Monte Carruozzo.
Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ) is solo in the chase.
Up front, there's over a minute between the breakaway and the peloton.
Covili got going again quickly while Ulissi also got going again. De Bod was up and walking around. Williams looks the worst off of the four.
Three of them hit the deck together heading around a corner while Williams slid out and hit his shoulder hard just behind them.
94km to go
Stephen Williams, Diego Ulissi, Luca Covili, and Stefan De Bod have crashed on the descent.
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Trek-Segafredo) is out front along with his teammate Toms Skujins, Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo-Kometa), Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic), Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM), and Aurélien Paret-Peintre (AG2R Citroën).
Seven men off the front of the peloton.
Jumbo-Visma's Michel Hessmann has crashed on the descent. He slid out heading around a corner.
101km to go
A few riders are shooting off the front on the way down.
De Marchi also has a mechanical problem.
As I type that, Sam Oomen (Jumbo-Visma) suffers a double puncture.
No trouble on the way down for anyone in the peloton yet.
He has 30 points in total to Buitrago's 12.
Pinot led Buitrago, Ghebreigzabhier, Kuss, Leknessund, and Frigo over the climb.
The peloton is all together at the moment.
A long descent now. It's almost 20km to the valley.
The Frenchman beats Santiago Buitrago to the line.
111km to go
Pinot goes again at the top to grab the 18 KOM points.
Sepp Kuss up there marking him.
Thibaut Pinot jumps from the peloton 600 metres from the top of the climb.
Marco Frigo (Israel-Premier Tech) on the move.
Barguil is caught and now more attacks flow at the front.
Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) heads out on the attack.
They're brought back and it's all together again.
More riders counter, including Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious).
5km to the top of the climb and that group is caught.
117km to go
Stephen Williams (Israel-Premier Tech), Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM), Alessandro De Marchi (Jayco-AlaUla) and Cristian Scaroni (Astana Qazaqstan) try a move.
Paul Lapeira (AG2R Citroën) has abandoned the race.
The riders are on the climb of the Passo delle Crocelle now.
McNulty also there.
Ben Healy with yet another attack.
123km to go
Still no breakaway!
McNulty back at the front on the attack.
Almeida is back on the rear of the peloton now.
Ben Healy off the front again.
More climbing now – not the classified climb but the road to the base of it.
Formolo and Covi among the riders working for Almeida in the chase.
131km to go
Attacks continue to fly up front, meanwhile. Astana, Bardiani, Groupama, Jumbo, EF all involved.
Almeida and co are around 20 seconds back.
João Almeida is off the back! He wasn't in either of those groups and he has teammates with him in the chase behind the peloton.
136km to go
The groups are back together now. Evenepoel near the rear of the peloton with Louis Vervaeke shepherding him.
Just a few seconds between groups.
Primož Roglič is in the lead split while race leader Remco Evenepoel is behind!
140km to go
More attacks fly with still no breakaway. A large group has split off the front now.
Three second-category climbs on the route today. The riders are closing in on the first of them – the Passo delle Crocelle (7.2km at 5.1%).
A small group of around 10 men – McNulty included – has a small advantage on the way down.
Still no breakaway as the riders head downhill once again.
The weather is getting worse as the peloton race along, meanwhile.
149km to go
They're brought back and now another group goes.
Callum Scotson (Jayco-AlUla) and Alessandro Tonelli (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) on the move at the front.
Soudal-QuickStep boss is at the side of the road once again. He points out one of his riders out the back and following his team car closely to try and get back on.
Dombrowski can't get away, either.
He can't get away, though. Now Joe Dombrowski (Astana Qazaqstan) launches.
Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) on the move now after things came back together.
155km to go
Riders are coming across in numbers. The peloton right there, too.
After a descent the riders are heading back uphill again.
It's a group of around 12 riders off the front, though they don't have much more than 10 seconds or so.
Alessandro De Marchi also in the lead group.
163km to go
Ben Healy and Stefan Küng among a group attempting to get away at the moment.
All strung out at the front as riders continue to battle.
A brief pause in the attacking as the road heads uphill again. DSM, Arkéa, Cofidis, Astana, Bardiani among those on the attack now.
169km to go
No moves clear just yet...
The TV director is choosing to show several helicopter shots of nearby towns so we have no idea who is going on the attack here. Brilliant...
A short, sharp hill kicks off the stage as the attacks fly.
Plenty of riders on the move from the very start.
175km to go
The flag drops and racing is underway on stage 4!
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João Almeida is the second-best young rider after Evenepoel, but he has opted for his Portuguese national champions jersey over the white jersey, so Van Wilder wears white.
The jersey holders at the start today – Jonathan Milan, Thibaut Pinot, Remco Evenepoel, and Ilan Van Wilder.
A slow roll-out for the riders as they follow the race organisation car to the start. It's set to be a damp day out on stage 4 – some riders have their rain jackets on, some are in their regular jerseys.
The peloton has rolled out to start the neutral zone. 6.3km of riding before the flag drops and the stage begins.
Just seven minutes left until the riders roll out to start the stage in Venosa.
A look at today's route map and profile.
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