Spain's Pello Bilbao won the
seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia after a breakaway on Friday.
Italy's Valerio Conti kept the leader's pink jersey for the
second day.
France's Tony Gallopin came in second and Italy's Davide
Formolo third after the 185km stage from Vasto near Chieti to
L'Aquila.
Colombian climber Fernando Gaviria, a fancied contender,
pulled out with knee problems - the second big loss after the
exit through injury after a fall of 2017 winner Tom Dumoulin,
second favourite to Slovenia's Primoz Roglic.
How they finished:
1. Pello Bilbao (Spa) in 4h06'27" (+10" bonus)
(av.speed 45.040 km/h)
2. Tony Gallopin (Fra) at 00'05" (+06" bonus)
3. Davide Formolo (Ita) s.t. (+04" bonus)
4. Lucas Hamilton (Aus) at 00'09"
5. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) s.t.
6. José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) at 00'30" (+03" bonus)
7. Sebastian Henao (Col) at 00'48"
8. Antonio Pedrero (Spa) at 01'01"
9. Valentin Madouas (Fra) at 01'07" (+02" bonus)
10. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) s.t.
16. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) s.t.
17. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) s.t.
18. Simon Yates (Gbr) s.t.
20. Primoz Roglic (Slo) s.t.
48. Valerio Conti (Ita) s.t.
General classification:
1. Valerio Conti (Ita) in 29h29'34"
(1,221.8 km raced, av speed 41.424 km/h)
2. José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) at 01'32"
3. Giovanni Carboni (Ita) at 01'41"
4. Nans Peters (Fra) at 02'09"
5. Valentin Madouas (Fra) at 02'17"
6. Amaro Antunes (Por) at 02'45"
7. Fausto Masnada (Ita) at 03'14"
8. Pieter Serry (Bel) at 03'25"
9. Andrey Amador (Crc) at 03'27"
10. Sam Oomen (Ola) at 04'57"
11. Pello Bilbao (Spa) at 05'23"
12. Primoz Roglic (Slo) at 05'24"
15. Simon Yates (Gbr) at 05'59"
16. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) at 06'03"
17. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) at 06'08".
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