Who is leading the Giro d’Italia? Maglia rosa and general classification standings

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Mads Pedersen ceded pink to Primoz Roglic after stage two’s time trial but was resplendent in the Giro d’Italia leader’s jersey once more after winning stage three to double up on sprint victories.

The Lidl-Trek rider became the first Dane to wear pink to victory on stage one in Albania and took the honours at the end of a 160km run to Vlore on Sunday.

His win took him ahead of Roglic in the general classification by nine seconds thanks to the ten seconds available on the line, having started the day one behind.

That lead was cut to seven seconds as the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider picked up two bonus seconds at the Red Bull kilometre on stage four, the first day on Italian soil, won by Casper van Uden as the sprinters battled for the honours. Pedersen’s fourth place on a stressful, chaotic day in Lecce was enough to keep the maglia rosa, with his teammate Mathias Vacek rounding off the overall podium, 14 seconds back.