McCartney and Bak make break, miss win

Team Saxo Bank held the upper hand in Thursday's Giro d'Italia stage to Benevento with one extra rider in the final escape group, but the team's Jason McCartney and Lars Bak were unable to respond to the sprint of Michele Scarponi.

"We should have done better. We were both strong, but maybe we were too aggressive," Denmark's Bak told Cyclingnews.

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