Results and standings in the Giro d'Italia after the 143km seventh stage from Matera to Brindisi on Friday: 1. Arnaud Demare (FRA/Groupama-FDJ) 2hr 47min 28sec, 2. Peter Sagan (SVK/BOR) same time, 3. Michael Matthews (AUS/SUN) s.t., 4. Ben Swift (GBR/INE) s.t., 5. Alvaro Hodeg (COL/DEC) s.t., 6. Rudy Barbier (FRA/ISR) s.t., 7. Davide Ballerini (ITA/DEC) s.t., 8. Enrico Battaglin (ITA/BAH) s.t., 9. Filippo Fiorelli (ITA/BAR) s.t., 10. Elia Viviani (ITA/COF) s.t., 11. Fernando Gaviria (COL/UAE) s.t. Selected: 16. Joao Almeida (POR/DEC) s.t. Overall 1. Joao Almeida (POR/Deceuninck) 24hr 48min 29sec, 2. Peio Bilbao (ESP/BAH) at 43sec, 3. Wilco Kelderman (NED/SUN) 48, 4. Harm Vanhoucke (BEL/LOT) 59, 5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/TRE) 1:01, 6. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/DDT) 1:05, 7. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 1:19, 8. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/JUM) 1:21, 9. Patrick Konrad (AUT/BOR) 1:26, 10. Rafal Majka (POL/BOR) 1:32 Selected: 21. Simon Yates (GBR/MIT) 3:52, 106. Peter Sagan (SVK/BOR) 51:21, 129. Arnaud Demare (FRA/FDJ) 1hr 02:22. afp