Petacchi and Di Luca at Giro d’Italia stage 18
A recurrent theme of the 2007 Giro d'Italia is becoming Alessandro Petacchi wins the stage and Danilo Di Luca retains the lead.
It was true again on Thursday for the essentially flat, 126-mile race from Udine to Riese Pio X; Petacchi posted his fourth stage win of the three-week Giro and Di Luca accepted the overall leader's pink jersey for the 10th time.
As Di Luca holds a gap of 2-minutes-24 -- or more -- over the field, it's beginning to look very likely that he'll hold the pink jersey all the way to the finish in Milan on Thursday. ...
