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Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas)

Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) (Image credit: Sirotti)

Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) has won the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia, the final one before the second rest day. On another uphill finish, Pellizotti timed his sprint to perfection to beat his 18 breakaway companions, with Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) taking second ahead of Liberty's Sergey Yakovlev. Belgian Axel Merckx (Phonak) tried to replicate the feat of his countryman Rik Verbrugghe a few days ago, by attacking with 15 km to go, but was caught with just 150m left. In the overall classification, Pellizotti moved himself up from 23rd to 4th, thanks to a 3'23 gap over the main peloton at the finish.

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