sentences:  He maintained the lead for the rest of the race, winning it for the first time.After the completion of the race, he reconnoitred more stages for Giro d'Italia, studying the stages due to be held in the Dolomites.In the Giro, after a "satisfying" team time trial by the team on day one, Scarponi almost won the seventh stage, finishing second to Bart De Clercq by a tyre's length, after trying to chase him down in the final kilometre.