Giro d'Italia 2008: A Daily Journal of CyclingRevealed's Perspective on the race
Stage by Stage Recap
Below our pictorial review of the Giro provides a convenient way to capture the stage by stage action.
Simply click on the stage winner's pictures below.
Race Leaders:
Stage 1 Vander Velde |
Stage 2-5 Pellizotti |
Stage 6-13 Visconti |
Stage 14 Bosisio |
Stg 15-21 Contador |
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Race Leaders ( Images © La Gazetta )
Stage Winners 1 to 9: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]
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Stage 1 Slipstream |
Stage 2 Ricco |
Stage 3 Bennati |
Stage 4 Cavendish |
Stage 5 Brutt |
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Stage 6 Priamo |
Stage 7 Bosisio |
Stage 8 Ricco |
Stage 9 Bennati |
Click on the picture for each story Stg 1-9 ( Images © La Gazetta )
Standings after Stage 9:
1 |
Giovanni Visconti |
(Ita) |
QST |
42h14'16" |
2 |
Matthias Russ |
(Ger) |
GST |
+34" |
3 |
Gabriele Bosisio |
(Ita) |
LPR |
+5'53" |
4 |
Danilo Di Luca |
(Ita) |
LPR |
+7'27" |
5 |
Emanuele Sella |
(Spa) |
CSF |
+7'32" |
6 |
Riccardo Ricco |
(Ita) |
SDV |
+7'33" |
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Felix Cardenas |
(Ita) |
BAR |
+7'46" |
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Alberto Cantador |
(Ita) |
AST |
+7'56" |
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Franco Pellizotti |
(Ita) |
LIQ |
+8'11" |
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Vincenzo Nibali |
(Ita) |
LIQ |
+8'15" |
Stage Winners 10 to 16: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]
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Stage 10 Bruseghin |
Stage 11 Bertolini |
Stage 12 Bennati |
Stage 13 Cavendish |
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Stage 14 Sella |
Stage 15 Sella |
Stage 16 Pellizotti |
Click on the picture for each story Stg 10-16 ( Images © La Gazetta )
Standings after Stage 16:
1 |
Alberto Cantador |
(Spa) |
AST |
68h47'31" |
2 |
Riccardo Ricco |
(Ita) |
SDV |
+41" |
3 |
Gilberto Simoni |
(Ita) |
SDA |
+1'21" |
4 |
Marzio Bruseghin |
(Ita) |
LAM |
+2'00" |
5 |
Franco Pellizotti |
(Ita) |
LIQ |
+2'05" |
6 |
Danilo Di Luca |
(Ita) |
LPR |
+2'18" |
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Denis Menchov |
(Rus) |
RAB |
+2'47" |
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Emanuele Sella |
(Ita) |
CSF |
+4'25" |
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Jurgen Van Den Broack |
(Bel) |
SIL |
+4'26" |
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Domenico Pozzovivo |
(Ita) |
CSF |
+5'25" |
Stage Winners 17 to 21: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]
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Stage 17 Greipel |
Stage 18 Voigt |
Stage 19 Kiryienka |
Stage 20 Sella |
Stage 21 Pinotti |
Click on the picture for each story Stg 17-21( Images © La Gazetta )
Final Standings:
1 |
Alberto Cantador |
(Spa) |
AST |
89h56'49" |
2 |
Riccardo Ricco |
(Ita) |
SDV |
+1'57" |
3 |
Marzio Bruseghin |
(Ita) |
LAM |
+2'54" |
4 |
Franco Pellizotti |
(Ita) |
LIQ |
+2'56" |
5 |
Denis Menchov |
(Rus) |
RAB |
+3'37" |
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Emanuele Sella |
(Ita) |
CSF |
+4'31" |
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Jurgen Van Den Broeck |
(Bel) |
SIL |
+6'30" |
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Danilo Di Luca |
(Ita) |
LPR |
+7'15" |
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Domenico Pozzovivo |
(Ita) |
CSF |
+7'53" |
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Gilberto Simoni |
(Ita) |
SDA |
+11'03" |
Giro podium (L to R) Marzo Bruseghin, Alberto Contador, and Riccardo Ricco ( Images © La Gazetta )
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