Michele Scarponi won the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint Thursday after a long breakaway, and Denis Menchov of Russia held on to the overall leader's pink jersey.
Scarponi, an Italian with the Diquigiovanni team, clocked 4 hours, 7 minutes, 41 seconds over the 182-kilometer (113-mile) leg from Sulmona to Benevento.
Felix Rafael Cardenas of Colombia finished second and Danny Pate of the United States was third, both with the same time as Scarponi.
Scarponi also won the sixth stage in Mayrhofen Im Zillertal, Austria, and the Tirreno-Adriatico race in March _ his first victory since serving an 18-month ban for involvement in the Spanish …
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