Italy's Bosisio wins 7th stage, Visconti still in pink

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PESCOCOSTANZO, Italy (AFP) — Gabriele Bosisio of LPR won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy here on Friday on a day when Giovanni Visconti retained the overall lead and Danilo di Luca and Riccardo Ricco went on the attack.

Those Italian riders had an impressive day in the saddle during this 176km mountain stage from Vasto to Pescocostanzo though Visconti had a tough time on the hardest climb about 20km from the finish line.

Bosisio got away from his breakaway companions to win by 46 seconds from Belarussian Vasili Kiryienka with Italy's Emanuele Sella third, just over a minute behind and who lost all chances of a stage victory following his puncture in the final section. Colombia's Felix Cardenas was fourth.

Sella said: "I really made efforts to win the...