Giro d'Italia Race Stage 4 Result

Giro d'italia Race stage 4 Result:
STAGE 4 RESULTS
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita|LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) 4:15:04
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita|Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo)
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita|Liquigas)
4 Mauricio Soler (Col|Barloworld)
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita|Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli)
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA|Astana)
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe|Team Columbia - Highroad)
8 Ivan Basso (Ita|Liquigas)
9 Denis Menchov (Rus|Rabobank)
10 David Arroyo (Spa|Caisse d'Epargne)

Italy's Danilo Di Luca of LPR won Stage 4 of the Tour of Italy on Tuesday as Sweden's Thomas Lövkvist, riding for Columbia-Highroad, took the leader's pink jersey following the 162km stage from Padova to San Martino di Castrozza.
Di Luca, the 2007 champion, edged a furious final sprint to see off compatriots Stefano Garzelli and Franco Pellizotti as the event moved into the first mountainous section in the Dolomites, ending with a 13.7-kilometre climb.

Colombian Maurizio Soler of the Barloworld team looked poised for the stage win inside the last 1.5km until he was swept up by a closing bunch, eventually holding on for fourth place just ahead of former two-time champion Gilberto Simoni.
American Lance Armstrong had kept pace with the chasing pack throughout the day, and until the final kilometre, but once at the red flag the seven-time Tour de France champion ran out of juice eventually losing 15 seconds on the day.
Armstrong, however, is unlikely to be too concerned. Competing in his first ever Giro d'Italia with the stated intention of helping Astana team-mate Levi Leipheimer, Leipheimer lost no time on the stage, finishing sixth behind Italian Simoni.
Briton Ian Stannard joined an early six-man break which opened up a half-minute lead at the 10km mark after the race set off on flat roads bathed in warm sunshine. But the group soon fell back as the going got progressively tougher, culminating in a gruelling 70 kilometres of uphill grind. Only German Jens Voigt, of Saxo Bank, of the early escapees managed to stay the pace and even he was finally overhauled 2.5 kilometres out from the finish.
Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, who had gone into the day's racing clad in pink, began to struggle on the Croce d'Aune going into the final 50 kilometres leaving Lövkvist, 25, to hit the front of the overall standings two seconds ahead of 33-year-old Di Luca, who held on for his seventh career stage success.
Spaniard Francisco Perez meanwhile fell after 11 kilometres and was forced to quit the race with a right hand fracture.
Wednesday's fifth stage is a 125-km ride to Alpe de Siusi which includes a 24.9km climb reaching an average eight percent gradient over the final 10 kilometres.
With Lövkvist in the lead, Columbia-Highroad have several tactical options. Their big pink jersey hopeful is Australian Michael Rogers, who finished only six seconds down on Di Luca.
General classification after stage 4

1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe|Team Columbia - Highroad) 13:05:28
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita|LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) 0:00:02
3 Michael Rogers (Aus|Team Columbia - Highroad) 0:00:06
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr|Astana) 0:00:26
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA|Astana)
6 Lance Armstrong (USA|Astana) 0:00:28
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita|Liquigas) 0:00:32
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita|Lampre - N.G.C.) 0:00:42
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita|Lampre - N.G.C.)
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa|Cervelo Test Team) 0:00:49
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