Satre Is Back Winner Giro d'italia stage 16 - Pergola - Monte Petrano 237KM

GIRO D'ITALIA STAGE 16 RESULTS:
1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 7.11.54
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.25
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.26
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.29
5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.19
6 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.21
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2.11
9 José Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 2.35
10 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 2.51
11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana

General classification after stage 16
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 70.06.30
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.39
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2.19
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3.08
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3.19
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 3.21
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.54
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.24

Carlos Sastre of the Cervélo Test Team won the monstrously hilly 237km Stage 16 from Pergola to Monte Petrano Monday, moving up to third overall in the 2009 Giro d'Italia.

Rabobank's Denis Menchov holds onto the leader's pink jersey going into the second rest day, finishing second ahead of LPR's Danilo Di Luca by 1 second, while Astana's Levi Leipheimer slipped back after finishing nearly three minutes behind Sastre. Ivan Basso (Liquigas) was fourth on the day.

Sastre, the 2008 Tour de France winner, sits third overall, 2:19 behind Menchov. Leipheimer is sixth.

Following tomorrow's second and final rest day, there's a brief opportunity for riders to get back into the swing of things, as the 83km Stage 17 from Chieti to Blockhaus heads to and then along the coast. From there, it's up all the way to the top of Blockhaus – to more than 2000m. Ivan Basso took the maglia rosa on this climb in 2006, but that day finished at the Lanciano pass, and that's at 1306m. Wednesday's blast goes right to the summit of the Blockhaus, where the last two kilometres are particularly testing.
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