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Stage 7, Friday, May 10: San Salvo - Pescara, 177 km

Rated Ascents:

• Km 124.6: Villamagna (255m), 4.9 km long, Category 4
• Km 138.8: Chieti-Pietragrossa (284m), 2.7 km long, Category 3
• Km 153.4: Santa Maria de Criptis (252 km), 2.5 km long, Category 3
• Km 169.6: San Silvestro (149m), 2.2 km long, Category 4

The Race: Stage 7's relentlessly hilly profile was perfect for breaks. With 25 km to go Adam Hansen and Emanuele Sella were two minutes ahead of the Pink Jersey group with several riders in between. The rain-slickened roads were a constant menace and riders were falling in the corners.

On the Santa Maria de Criptis ascent Danilo Di Luca exploded off the maglia rosa group but he was quickly marked by Nibali and Scarponi, shutting down the move. Meanwhile, with 15 km to go Adam Hansen was now alone continuing his break with a two-minute lead.

On a descent before the San Silvestro Nibali tried to use his spectacular descending skills to open a gap, but crashed and slid for quite a way. He was up and chasing almost immediately. Wiggins, who had been looking uncomfortable for a lot of the day, fell on the San Silvestro descent and never joined the front group. Lots of riders fell on the dangerous road. Hansen, who had been away since km 30, rode the descent very carefully and arrived at the bottom safely and drove for home. It was a hard, brutal, difficult and dangerous day.

Results:

1. Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) 4hr 35min 48sec
2. Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani-CSF) @ 1min 7sec
3. Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantini) s.t.

4. Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) s.t.
5. Damiano Caruso (Cannondale) s.t.
6. Cadel Evans (BMC) s.t.
7. Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani-CSF) s.t.
8. Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) s.t.
9. Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
10. Ryder Hejedal (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
11. Giampaolo Caruso (KAtusha) s.t.
12. José rodolfo Serpa (Lampre-Merida) s.t.
13. Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2r) s.t.
14. Benat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.
15. Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil) s.t.
16. Wilco Kelderman (Blanco) s.t.
17. Steven Krruijswijk (Blanco) s.t.
18. Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
19. Robert Gesink (Blanco) s.t.
20. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.
21. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) s.t.
22. Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) s.t.
23. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) s.t.
24. Robert Kiserlovski (Radio Shack) s.t.
25. Ivan Santaromita (BMC) s.t.
26. Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
27. Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) s.t.
28. Simone Stortoni (Lampre-Merida) s.t.
29. Tanel Kangert (Astana)@ 1min 27sec
30. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r) @ 1min 49sec
31. Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
32. Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
33. Yury Trofimov (Katusha) s.t.
34. Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) @ 1min 52sec
35. Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 2min 31sec
36. Matteo Rabottini (Vini Fantini) s.t.
37. Fabio Aru (Astana) s.t.
38. Jens Keukeleire (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
39. Darwin Atapuma (Colombia) s.t.
40. Stefano Locatelli (Bardiani-CSF) s.t.
41. Francis de Greef (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
42. Andrey Zeits (Astana) s.t.
43. Filipe Oliviera (Radio Shack) s.t.
44. Tiago Machado (Radio Shack) s.t.
45. Petr Ignatenko (Katusha) s.t.
46. Andres Duarte (Colombia) s.t.
47. Rory Sutherland (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
48. Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia) s.t.
49. Robinson Chalapud (Colombia) s.t.
50. Evgeni Petrov (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
51. Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel) s.t.
52. Francis Mourey (FDJ) s.t.
53. Juan Manuel Garate (Blanco) s.t.
54. Luca Paolini (Katusha) s.t.
55. Bradley Wiggins (Sky) s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

1. Benat Intxausti (Movistar) 28hr 30min 4sec
2. Vincenzo Ninbali (Astana) @ 5sec
3. Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) @ 8sec
4. Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) @ 10sec
5. Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) @ 13sec
6. Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 16sec
7. Robert Gesink (Blanco) @ 19sec
8. Ivan Santaromita (BMC) @ 28sec
9. Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 29sec
10. Robert Kiserlovski (Radio Shack) @ 34sec
11. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 52sec
12. Steven Kruijswijk (Blanco) @ 53sec
13. Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) @ 57sec
14. Przenyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) s.t.
15. Luca Paolini (Katusha) @ 58sec
16. Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
17. Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil) @ 59sec
18. Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 1min 2sec
19. Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1min 8sec
20. Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli) @ 1min 11sec
21. Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2r) @ 1min 15sec
22. Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 1min 27sec
23. Bradley Wiggins (Sky) @ 1min 32sec
24. Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantini) @ 1min 41sec
25. Sergio Henao (Sky) @ 1min 44sec
26. Wilco Kelderman (Blanco) @ 1min 55sec
27. Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
28. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r) @ 1min 57sec
29. José Rodolfo Serpa (Lampre-Merida) @ 2min 6sec
30. Damiano Caruso (Cannondale) @ 2min 12sec
31. Fabio Aru (Astana) @ 2min 13sec
32. Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani-CSF) @ 2min 29sec
33. Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani-CSF) @ 2min 40sec
34. Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) @ 2min 42sec
35. Jorge Azanza (Eukaltel) @ 2min 50sec
36. Tanel Kangert (Astana) @ 3min 14sec
37. Steve Morabito (BMC) s.t.
38. Juan Manuel Garate (Blanco) @ 3min 40sec
39. Evgeni Petrov (Saxo-Tinkoff) 2 3min 44sec
40. Diego Rosa (Androni Giocattoli) @ 3min 49sec
41. Tiago Machado (Radio Shack) @ 3min 51sec
42. Rory Sutherland (Saxo-Tinkoff) 2 3min 55sec
43. Darwin Atapuma (Colombia) @ 3min 57sec
44. Francis de Greef (Lotto-Belisol) 2 4min 1sec
45. Andres Duarte (Colombia) @ 4mn 4sec
46. Francis Mourey (FDJ) @ 4min 7sec
47. Petr Ignatenko (Katusha) @ 4min 16sec
48. Simone Stortoni (Lampre-Merida) @ 4min 58sec
49. Vladimir Karpets (Movistar) @ 5min 17sec
50. Peter Stetina (Garmin-Sharp) @ 6min 46sec

Points Competition:

1. Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step): 58 points
2. Elia Viviani (Cannondale): 52
3. Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani-CSF): 45
4. Cadel Evans (BMC): 40
5. Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol): 39

Climber's Competition:

1. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar): 14 points
2. Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli): 13
3. Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani-CSF): 12
4. Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol): 12
5. Robinson Chalapud (Colombia): 9

Young Rider:

1. Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) 28hr 31min 12sec
2. Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2r) @ 7sec
3. Wilco Kelderman (Blanco) @ 47sec
4. Fabio Aru (Astana) @ 1min 5sec
5. Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani-CSF) @ 1min 21sec

Team Classification:

1. Katusha: 84hr 47min 54sec
2. Blanco @ 19sec
3. Astana @ 23sec
4. BMC @ 1min 4sec
5. Lampre-Merida @ 1min 24sec

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

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Stage 7 photos:

The day started out nice enough. Here the tifosi gather outside the Vini Fantini motorhome.

Luca Paolini enjoys his last day in pink.

Adam Hansen descends the San Silvestro with skill and care.

Danilo Di Luca

Samuel Sanchez

Michele Scarponi

Cadel Evans

Mauro Santambrogio

Ryder Hesjedal

Vincenzo Nibali fell, but was able to rejoin the front group.

This Colombian was one of many riders who fell victim to the day's treacherous, slippery roads

The final ascent was one climb too many for race leader Luca Paolini.

After falling, Wiggins descended very slowly, costing him dearly.

Emanuele Sella has every right to look grumpy. He crashed at least twice today.

Shock new Giro leader Benat Intxausti

Bravo! A beautiful ride earned Adam Hansen a well-deserved stage victory.

Enrico Battaglin wins the field sprint.

Stage winner Adam Hansen

New GC leader Benat Intxausti