Pozzato snatches stage win

Team Katusha's Filippo Pozzato recorded the first Italian stage win in this year's Giro D'Italia after a tight sprint finish to stage 12. The 206-kilometre haul from Citta Sant'Angelo to Porto Recanati did not witness a repeat of stage 11's sensational...

Team Katusha's Filippo Pozzato recorded the first Italian stage win in this year's Giro D'Italia after a tight sprint finish to stage 12.

The 206-kilometre haul from Citta Sant'Angelo to Porto Recanati did not witness a repeat of stage 11's sensational events, which saw an entirely new top 10 after a mass early breakaway.

That remains unchanged, with Australian Richie Porte retaining the race leader's pink jersey for Team Saxo Bank, but a measure of order was restored on the day.

Bouygues Telecom's Thomas Voeckler led and paced the crucial late break but Pozzato got up to pip the Frenchman on the line.

Voeckler was edged out by half a wheel length as Pozzato came up trumps in the sprint for the line, with Jerome Pineau following in third for Quickstep. Vinokourov crossed the line fifth for Astana.

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