In a day that seemed to be plagued with crashes, Daniele Bennati of Liquigas managed to stay out of trouble and come out on top in the mass sprint of today’s 221 km stage from Catania to Milazzo.
There was a huge crash with about 70 kilometers to go, and another at 20 kilometers that knocked out [...]

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It doesn’t happen often, but today’s stage saw a long breakaway maintained all the way to the finish. Kjell Carlström (Liquigas), Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) and Bradley McGee (CSC)went off the front just 8km into the race. McGee dropped off on the final climb, but Carlström and Lhôtellerie held on till the end and battled for the [...]

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