-0.9°C Fog 
MACERATA, Italy - Mikhail Ignatiev won the penultimate stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Monday while Michele Scarponi held on to a slim overall lead in the weeklong race.
Ignatiev, a Russian with the Katusha team, covered the hilly 134-kilometre route from Montecosaro to Macerata in three hours 18 minutes nine seconds.
Stefano Garzelli of Italy beat world champion Cadel Evans in a two-man sprint for second. Both finished five seconds behind.
Scarponi, the defending champion, finished sixth in the stage - six seconds back - and had his overall lead ahead of Garzelli sliced to two seconds.
Scarponi hurt his wrist in a fall Sunday.
"It's not over. Two seconds are nothing," Garzelli said. "I'm not going to throw in the towel until San Benedetto."
The race ends Tuesday with a mostly flat 164-kilometre leg from Civitanova Marche to San Benedetto Del Tronto.
The race is a warmup for the Milan-San Remo, the opening single-day classic of the cycling season on Saturday.
