Cervelo's Gerrans wins at San Luca in classic style Menchov holds the lead as Leipheimer loses a few seconds

Cervelo TestTeam's Simon Gerrans out-muscled his breakaway companions on the steep finish climb to win the Giro d'Italia's stage 14, a mountainous 172km stage.

Denis Menchov (Rabobank) held onto his overall lead as second-placed Danilo di Luca's LPR Brakes team was unable to reel in a large day-long break in time to contest for the stage win and the time bonuses on offer there.

Most of the major GC favorites finished together about a minute behind Gerrans. Levi Leipheimer (Astana), in third overall, lost about three seconds to di Luca.

Up next: Stage 15

Sunday's stage from Forlì to Faenza is a mountainous 161k (100 miles), finishing with a long downhill run-in to the finish at Faenza's Piazza del Popolo.