May 15, 2008__

 

 

By Graham Jones and Barry Boyce
CyclingRevealed Historians

 

 

Giro d'Italia Champions Living and Dead

 

All for One and One for All

CyclingRevealed's Giro '08 Perspective

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 pictures below.

Race Leaders:

Stage 1 Vander Velde
Stage 2-5 Pellizotti
Stage 6-13 Visconti
Stage 14 Bosisio
Stg 15-21 Contador
Giro Victory!

Race Leaders ( Images © La Gazetta )

Stage Winners 1 to 9: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]

Stage 1 Slipstream
Stage 2 Ricco
Stage 3 Bennati
Stage 4 Cavendish
Stage 5 Brutt
 
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:

Pos. Name
Nat.
Team
Time
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"
7
 Felix Cardenas
(Ita)
BAR
 +7'46"
8
 Alberto Cantador
(Ita)
AST
 +7'56"
9
 Franco Pellizotti
(Ita)
LIQ
 +8'11"
10
Vincenzo Nibali
(Ita)
LIQ
 +8'15"

 

Stage Winners 10 to 16: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]

Stage 10 Bruseghin
Stage 11 Bertolini
Stage 12 Bennati
Stage 13 Cavendish
 
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:

Pos.
Name
Nat.
Team
Time
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"
7
 Denis Menchov
(Rus)
RAB
+2'47"
8
 Emanuele Sella
(Ita)
CSF
+4'25"
9
 Jurgen Van Den Broack
(Bel)
SIL
 +4'26"
10
Domenico Pozzovivo
(Ita)
CSF
 +5'25"

 

Stage Winners 17 to 21: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]

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:

Pos. Name
Nat.
Team
Time
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"
6 Emanuele Sella
(Ita)
CSF
 +4'31"
7
 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
(Bel)
SIL
+6'30"
8
 Danilo Di Luca
(Ita)
LPR
+7'15"
9
 Domenico Pozzovivo
(Ita)
CSF
 +7'53"
10
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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