ROME, March 16, 2009 (AFP) – Michele Scarponi of Italy won the sixth and penultimate stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race between Civitanova Marche and Camerino on Monday ahead of two compatriots – Stefano Garzelli and Ivan Basso.

The win also vaulted Scarponi into the overall lead deposing Andreas Kloden of Germany.

Stage:
1. Michele Scarponi (ITA) Diquigiovanni 6hr 36min 12sec, 2. Stefano Garzelli (ITA) Acqua e Sapone at 1sec, 3. Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas 3, 4.
Danilo Di Luca (ITA) LPR 1min 09sec, 5. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP) Caisse d’Epargne 1:11, 6. Julien El Fares (FRA) Cofidis 1:15, 7. Davide Rebellin
(ITA) Diquigiovanni, 8. Luca Mazzanti (ITA) Katusha, 9. Thomas Lövkvist (SWE) Columbia, 10. Daniele Pietropolli (ITA) LPR all same time

Overall:
1. Michele Scarponi (ITA) Diquigiovanni 23hr 27min 36sec, 2. Stefano Garzelli (ITA) Acqua e Sapone at 25sec, 3. Andreas Kloden (GER) Astana 1min 07sec, 4. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE) Columbia 1:10, 5. Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas 1:13, 6. Davide Rebellin (ITA) Diquigiovanni 2:06, 7. Linus Gerdemann (GER) Milram 2:32, 8. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) Garmin 2:33, 9. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR) Columbia 2: