Australian Caleb Ewan won a dramatic sprint finish to claim victory in the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia in Alberobello on Friday.
The Orica-Scott rider held off Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step) and Ireland's Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) to edge home over the final 300 metres.
The overall standings remained largely unchanged after a relatively flat stage which only burst into life in the dying stages.
Kristijan Koren (Cannondale-Drapac) attempted a late breakaway but was soon hauled back by the sprinters with Ewan holding his nerve the best.
It means Luxembourg's Bob Jungels (Quick-Step) retains his six-second lead over Team Sky's Geraint Thomas in the overall standings.
Thomas finished safely amid the peloton in 12th place, a result which pleased Team Sky sport director Dano Cioni.
Cioni told Team Sky’s official website: “For us the biggest challenge today was for us to be well-placed if there was cross wind and we knew that there was a quite difficult circuit at the end.
“The goal was to be well-placed in the loop as once in the loop it would be difficult to gain positions and the guys did a pretty good job.”
