Italian Davide Formolo was rewarded for going it alone with victory on stage four of the Giro d’Italia.

Michael Matthews won stage three of the Giro d’Italia which saw Italian rider Domenico Pozzovivo suffer a frightening crash to bring back memories of the accident which killed Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt in the 2011 edition.

Irish professional rider Daniel Martin (Garmin-Transitions) continued his winning ways by taking a splendid victory at the 1.1 ranked Tre Valli Varesine race in Italy earlier today.

PHILIP DEIGNAN and Nicolas Roche finished 17th and 22nd respectively after contesting 177km gruelling miles in the U23 World cycling road championship in Verona yesterday.