Marcel Kittel sprinted to a second straight stage victory in a wet third leg of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, while Michael Matthews retained the overall leader's pink jersey. But the German cyclist came from behind to edge out Ben Swift on the line and deny the Briton a maiden Grand Tour stage victory. Matthews - whose Orica-GreenEdge team won Friday's opening time trial - will lead the race back to Italy and the Australian has an eight-second advantage over Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi. I got to wear my pink jersey, and the crowds made it even better ... I'm so happy I get to wear it in Italy on Tuesday.'' Rain fell intermittently for most of the day and wet roads caused several crashes, including two large ones, but all the riders were able to continue. More...