Frenchman Aurélien Paret-Peintre (AG2R-Citroën) won the fourth stage of the Tour of Italy on Tuesday at Lago Laceno by winning in the sprint ahead of Norwegian Andreas Leknessund, who took the leader’s pink jersey. This is the third victory of his career, by far the best. The 27-year-old Savoyard climber used his burst of speed to raise his arms at the end of a long straight. Between Venosa and Lago Laceno (175 km), the two men proved to be the strongest in a breakaway of seven riders who resisted the return of the peloton in which Remco Evenepoel, as he had announced, let slip the lead in the general classification so as not to lose too much energy defending it. The Belgian is now second in the general classification, 28 seconds behind Leknessund, and two seconds ahead of Paret-Peintre, third.