Italy's Alessandro Petacchi of the Milram team won the 254-km seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia from Spoleto to Scarperia near Florence on Saturday.
Petacchi beat Norway's Thor Hushovd and compatriot Paolo Bettini in a sprint finish on the Mugello motor racing circuit.
Nicolas Roche finished 1:52 behind Pettachi in today's stage.
Italy's Marco Pinotti retained the overall race lead.
Sunday's 200-km eighth stage is from Barberino di Mugello to Fiorano Modenese near Bologna.
Seventh stage result:
1. Alessandro Petacchi (Italy / Milram) 6 hours 14 mins 44 secs
2. Thor Hushovd (Norway / Credit Agricole) same time
3. Paolo Bettini (Italy / Quick-Step)
4. Danilo Napolitano (Italy / Lampre)
5. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne)
6. Alexandre Usov (Belarus / AG2R)
7. Maximiliano Richeze (Argentina / Panaria)
8. Enrico Gasparotto (Italy / Liquigas)
9. Assan Bazayev (Kazakhstan / Astana)
10. Koldo Fernandez (Spain / Euskaltel)
Overall standings
1. Marco Pinotti (Italy / T-Mobile) 29 hours 59 mins 16 secs
2. Hubert Schwab (Switzerland / Quick-Step) +3:30
3. Danilo Di Luca (Italy / Liquigas) +4:12
4. Franco Pellizotti (Italy / Liquigas) +4:38
5. Andrea Noe (Italy / Liquigas) +4:47
6. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Liquigas) +4:47
7. Luis Felipe Laverde (Colombia / Panaria) +4:49
8. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg / Team CSC) +5:05
