Australian Robbie McEwen won the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia from Viterbo to Marina di Grosseto yesterday. The Davitamon rider beat Jaan Kirsipuu of Estonia and Volodymyr Bileka of the Ukraine in a sprint finish.

Italy's Alessandro Petacchi crashed 3.5 kms from the finish and was unable to contest the sprint. He was unhurt but finished almost two minutes behind McEwen.

Thanks to taking a six-second intermediate bonus sprint, Paolo Bettini retook the race leader's pink jersey from Danilo Di Luca.

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