Pierpaolo De Negri, winner of the third stage of the Tour de Hokkaido, close today stage in 9th position, winning the special points ranking and blue jersey. Really close also to the general ranking leader, he close in the second position just few seconds behind the leader Masuda. 6th place in today stage for Riccardo Stacchiotti.
Pierpaolo De Negri after winning the point ranking in Tour of Japan double also in Tour de Hokkaido, winning again this special jersey. In Hokkaido he went very close also to the General Ranking jersey, coming second for few seconds. To decide the Tour de Hokkaido has been this 4th long stage with an escape of 5 riders up to the finish line. The escape do not permit to De Negri and #OrangeBlue riders to fight for final victory of General Ranking.
In the group sprint a good placement for Riccardo Stacchiotti (6th of today stage), just in front of Pierpaolo De Negri 9th in this stage.
Today special and final reward ceremony is expected in few hours.