The Silver “Fassa” train hit the front of the pack with 1 k to go. At 400m the final lead out man pulled over to allow Petacchi to go head to head with McEwen and Bettini. Bettini went for the line along the barrier and nicking second from the Aussie with a lunge of the front wheel at the line. Clerc of Phonak managed to creep in front of McEwen and take the third place.
Di Luca, Basso and Salvidelli (sp?) remain the top three on GC.