Gabriele Bosisio of Italy, Giro d’Oro winner, pulled away from his escape companions at 3 kilometers to go in the Giro d’Italia’s seventh stage to Pescocostanzo. The 27 year-old LPR Brakes racer won ahead of Bielorussia’s Vasil Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Italy’s Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) and Colombia’s Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Barloworld).

A select group launched their attack on the Pietransieri climb, forming a strong group with 2007 race winner, Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes), 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador (Astana) and Saunier Duval’s Leonardo Piepoli and Riccardo Riccò. Italian Di Luca led the move home, 2′30″ back, for fifth place over Riccò.

Results

1 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes
2 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems
3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
4 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes
6 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana

General classification after stage 7

1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step