In The (Time) Zone by David Olle, Italy, +39 333 5959 217 (twitter feed @DavidOLLE)

Stage 7, May 13, Maddaloni - Montevergine di Mercogliano 100 km

Results
1 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2:54:47
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana

GC after stage seven:
1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 23:09:59
2 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 0:00:02
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 0:00:02

Bart De Clercq from Belgium, took today's stage ahead of a rampaging chase group led by Italy's Michele Scarponi.  Well done to him.

Skippy report:  Still not a lot to report, not much more than a bandage going on with Richie Porte, he's down the list, and unlikely to feature like he did last year.  As we all should be well aware, he is working for his team captain, Alberto Contador, and while Alberto is upright, Richie will be beside him, keeping him out of the wind and fetching bottles.  That's his job, that's what he is paid to do.  Simple as that.

Cuisine Report:  The barrels in the attic.  I could write a book about Modena vinegar barrels, and how they have split families, disappeared without a trace, been vandalized etc.  All this from a town with zero unemployment and no mafia.  But let's leave it ‘til next year.  

Tomorrow we depart Italy as we are hosting a group in the French Alps, returning to the Giro next Friday.  Don't worry, we're taking the tele with us, and after riding the Cols of Glandon, Croix de Fer, Galibier, Telegraphe, Ornon, Alpe d'Huez et al, in the mornings, we'll be catching all the action live on the tele in the arvos, getting the odd tip from the race front, and keeping everyone up to date, as usual.
Tomorrow:  Stage 8, May 14, Sapri - Tropea 214 km One more to keep the sprinter's teams occupied.