Canada’s Clara Emonda crossed the line first on stage four of the Giro d’Italia Women, after 40km out front alone.
The EF Education-Cannondale rider had spent more than 80km of the 134km stage from Imola to Urbino out front, as she was part of the early break.
A strong chase group followed close behind into the hill-top finish, which came after a succession of climbs in the second half of the stage.
Then, around a minute after Emonda had crossed the line, came the GC favourites, with Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) drag-racing each other to the line, the Italian edging it by a few centimetres.
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