Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) has won Stage 7 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia. The Australian of Italian extraction (he has Italian and Australian passports) surged away from Emanuele Sella (Androni Giacattoli-Venezuela) in the rain on the day's penultimate climb. Hansen won the rugged, 177-km ride from Marina di San Salvo to Pescara in 4:35:49.

Lotto-Belisol's Adam Hansen soloes to victory in stage 7 of Giro d'Italia 2013 ahead of Enrico Battaglin and Danilo Di Luca; Benat Intxausti takes overall Giro d'Italia lead ahead of Vincenzo Nibali. General classification favorite Bradley Wiggins crashes.

Denmark's Lars Bak - Team Lotto-Belisol's strong and tireless man for long breakaways - is returning to training on the roads after the crash in GP La Marseillaise two weeks ago in which he fractured one of his scaphoid bones.