Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen powered away in the final straight to clinch the rainy seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia on Friday.

The Team Columbia rider, second on Thursday, came in ahead of South Africa’s Robert Hunter and Russian Pavel Brutt.
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Michele Scarponi of Italy won the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia Thursday as the race crossed into Austria.

Scarponi covered the lengthy 248-kilometer (154-mile) leg, which began in Bressanone, in an unofficial time of 5 hours, 49 minutes, 57 seconds.

Danilo Di Luca held on to the overall leader’s pink jersey after finishing 36 seconds back.

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SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA, Italy (AP) — Italy’s Danilo Di Luca has won the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia in an uphill finish, with Lance Armstrong 15 seconds behind.

Sweden’s Thomas Lovkvist took the overall leader’s pink jersey from Alessandro Petacchi of Italy on Tuesday.

Di Luca of the LPR Brakes team covered the 101 miles from Padua to San Martino di Castrozza in the Dolomite range in an unofficial time of 4 hours, 15 minutes, 3 seconds.

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(AP) — Alessandro Petacchi of Italy won his second straight stage Monday to take the overall lead in the Giro d’Italia.

Petacchi covered the 198-kilometer (123-mile) third stage from Grado to Valdobbiadene at the footsteps of the Dolomite Range in 4 hours, 45 minutes, 27 seconds to take the overall leader’s pink jersey from Mark Cavendish of Britain.

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Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi of the LPR Brakes team wins the second stage of the Giro d’Italia and Briton Mark Cavendish of Columbia-High Road will retain the Maglia Rosa.

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Team Columbia-Highroad wins Stage one of the Centenary edition of the Giro d’Italia to put Mark Cavendish into the Maglia Roas.

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