Giro d'Italia 2008 - Stage Seventeen

The 2008 Giro d'Italia held from May 10 until June 21 covering 21 stages.

Just when we thought Mark Cavendish was about to score a third 2008 Giro win, he seemimgly gifts the victory to High Road team mate Andre Greipel, who won the 17th stage into Locarno.

Andre Greipel and Mark Cavendish celebrate - Pic fotoreporter sirotti

Germany's Tour Down Under winner Andre Greipel recorded his first ever stage win in a major Tour.

Both Greipel and Cavendish raised their arms in triumph as they crossed the line almost in unison.

Cavendish had worked his heart out for his team-mate and on several occasions stopped Italian rider Daniele Bennati from overtaking them - he eventually finished third.

Earlier Russia's Mikhail Ignatiev had led a three man breakway - they had an eight minute lead at one point - with him being the last of the trio to be swept up just four kilometres from the line.

Tour de France titleholder Alberto Contador retained the overall leader's pink jersey with just four stages remaining before they cross the finishing line.

1 Greipel André GER THR 03:27:05
2 Cavendish Mark GBR THR 00:00
3 Bennati Daniele ITA LIQ 00:00
4 Zabel Erik GER MRM 00:00
5 Bazayev Assan KAZ AST 00:00
6 Usov Alexandre BLR ALM 00:00
7 Gasparotto Enrico ITA BAR 00:00
8 De Groot Bram NED RAB 00:00
9 Serov Alexander RUS TCS 00:00
10 Trussov Nikolai RUS TCS 00:00
11 Krauss Sven GER GST 00:00
12 Dall'antonia Tiziano ITA CSF 00:00
13 Hondo Danilo GER SDA 00:00
14 Martin Tony GER THR 00:04
15 Bertolini Alessandro ITA SDA 00:04
16 Ricco' Riccardo ITA SDV 00:04
17 Contador Alberto ESP AST 00:04
18 Loosli David SUI LAM 00:04
19 Nocentini Rinaldo ITA ALM 00:04
20 Simoni Gilberto ITA SDA 00:04
21 Kloden Andreas GER AST 00:04
22 Bruseghin Marzio ITA LAM 00:04
23 Missaglia Gabriele ITA SDA 00:04
24 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 00:04
25 Colom Mas Antonio ESP AST 00:04
26 Van Den Broeck Jurgen BEL SIL 00:04
27 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 00:04
28 Di Luca Danilo ITA LPR 00:04
29 Jegou Lilian FRA FDJ 00:04
30 Perez Lezaun Alan ESP EUS 00:04
31 Bettini Paolo ITA QST 00:04
32 Scognamiglio Carlo ITA BAR 00:04
33 Nibali Vincenzo ITA LIQ 00:04
34 Valjavec Tadej SLO ALM 00:04
35 Dean Julian NZL TSL 00:04
36 Thomas Geraint GBR BAR 00:04
37 Pasamontes Luis ESP GCE 00:04
38 Devenyns Dries BEL SIL 00:04
39 Seeldrayers Kevin BEL QST 00:04
40 Krivtsov Yuriy UKR ALM 00:04
41 Bosisio Gabriele ITA LPR 00:04
42 Cardenas Felix Rafael COL BAR 00:04
43 Szmyd Sylvester POL LAM 00:04
44 Tonti Andrea ITA QST 00:04
45 Larsson Gustav Erik SWE CSC 00:04
46 Cherel Mikael FRA FDJ 00:04
47 Canada Gracia David ESP SDV 00:04
48 Voigt Jens GER CSC 00:04
49 Nardello Daniele ITA SDA 00:04
50 Baldato Fabio ITA LAM 00:04
51 Hartmann Nicolas FRA COF 00:04
52 Pozzovivo Domenico ITA CSF 00:04
53 Ardila Cano Mauricio A. COL RAB 00:04
54 Bailetti Paolo ITA LPR 00:04
55 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 00:04
56 Baliani Fortunato ITA CSF 00:04
57 Laverde Jimenez Luis F. COL CSF 00:04
58 Velo Marco ITA MRM 00:04
59 Leipheimer Levi USA AST 00:04
60 Spilak Simon SLO LAM 00:04
61 Visconti Giovanni ITA QST 00:04
62 Camano Ortuzar Iker ESP SDV 00:04
63 Irizar Markel ESP EUS 00:04
64 Lowik Gerben NED RAB 00:04
65 Lloyd Matthew AUS SIL 00:04
66 Mizourov Andrey KAZ AST 00:04
67 Miholjevic Vladimir CRO LIQ 00:04
68 Hesjedal Ryder CAN TSL 00:04
69 Eltink Theo NED RAB 00:04
70 Menchov Denis RUS RAB 00:04
71 Pietropolli Daniele ITA LPR 00:04
72 Levarlet Guillaume FRA FDJ 00:04
73 Sorensen Nicki DEN CSC 00:04
74 Schwab Hubert SUI QST 00:04
75 Mangel Laurent FRA ALM 00:04
76 Frohlinger Johannes GER GST 00:04
77 Gusev Vladimir RUS AST 00:04
78 Jurco Matej SVK MRM 00:04
79 Buffaz Mickael FRA COF 00:04
80 Iglinskiy Maxim KAZ AST 00:04
81 Karpets Vladimir RUS GCE 00:04
82 Sorensen Chris DEN CSC 00:04
83 Garate Juan Manuel ESP QST 00:04
84 Monier Damien FRA COF 00:04
85 Roy Jérémy FRA FDJ 00:04
86 Noe' Andrea ITA LIQ 00:04
87 Veikkanen Jussi FIN FDJ 00:04
88 Siutsou Kanstantsin BLR THR 00:04
89 Blaudzun Michael DEN CSC 00:04
90 Efimkin Alexander RUS QST 00:04
91 Ochoa Carlos José VEN SDA 00:04
92 Spezialetti Alessandro ITA LPR 00:04
93 Golcer Jure SLO LPR 00:04
94 Velasco Murillo Ivan ESP EUS 00:04
95 Kozontchuk Dmitry RUS RAB 00:04
96 Rousseau Nicolas FRA ALM 00:04
97 Ongarato Alberto ITA MRM 00:04
98 Rujano Guillen José VEN GCE 00:04
99 Vandevelde Christian USA TSL 00:04
100 Serpa Perez Jose Rodolfo COL SDA 00:04
101 Lund Anders DEN CSC 00:04
102 Le Boulanger Yoann FRA FDJ 00:04
103 Sonnery Blaise FRA ALM 00:04
104 Perez Arango Marlon A. COL GCE 00:04
105 Savoldelli Paolo ITA LPR 00:04
106 Gates Nick AUS SIL 00:04
107 Petrov Evgeni RUS TCS 00:04
108 Benitez Roman Jose A. ESP SDV 00:04
109 Mazzanti Luca ITA TCS 00:04
110 Chiarini Riccardo ITA LPR 00:04
111 Deignan Philip IRL ALM 00:04
112 Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin ESP GCE 00:04
113 Capecchi Eros ITA SDV 00:04
114 Galparsoro Dionisio ESP EUS 00:04
115 Illiano Raffaele ITA SDA 00:04
116 Ermeti Giairo ITA LPR 00:04
117 Martens Paul GER RAB 00:04
118 Facci Mauro ITA QST 00:04
119 Perez Sanchez Francisco ESP GCE 00:04
120 De Greef Francis BEL SIL 00:04
121 Van Huffel Wim BEL SIL 00:04
122 Perez Cuapio Julio Alberto MEX CSF 00:04
123 Klimov Serguei RUS TCS 00:04
124 Ivanov Ruslan MDA SDA 00:04
125 Horrach Rippoll Joan ESP GCE 00:04
126 Engels Addy NED QST 00:04
127 Pinotti Marco ITA THR 00:04
128 Mccartney Jason USA CSC 00:04
129 Vanotti Alessandro ITA LIQ 00:04
130 Pate Danny USA TSL 00:04
131 Agirre Josu ESP EUS 00:04
132 Gudsell Timothy NZL FDJ 00:37
133 Wiggins Bradley GBR THR 00:49
134 Millar David GBR TSL 00:51
135 Perget Mathieu FRA GCE 01:16
136 Lastras Garcia Pablo ESP GCE 01:16
137 Rabon Frantisek CZE THR 01:16
138 Hansen Adam AUS THR 01:38
139 Gavazzi Francesco ITA LAM 01:57
140 Possoni Morris ITA THR 02:24
141 Eichler Markus GER MRM 02:27
142 Ignatiev Mikhail RUS TCS 03:07
143 Huguet Yann FRA COF 03:10
144 Cummings Steven GBR BAR 03:49
145 Wegelius Charles GBR LIQ 03:49
146 Carlstrom Kjell FIN LIQ 03:49

General Classification (Maglia Rosa)
1 Contador Alberto ESP AST 72:14:40
2 Ricco' Riccardo ITA SDV 00:41
3 Simoni Gilberto ITA SDA 01:21
4 Bruseghin Marzio ITA LAM 02:00
5 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 02:05
6 Di Luca Danilo ITA LPR 02:18
7 Menchov Denis RUS RAB 02:47
8 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 04:25
9 Van Den Broeck Jurgen BEL SIL 04:26
10 Pozzovivo Domenico ITA CSF 05:25
11 Nibali Vincenzo ITA LIQ 07:02
12 Valjavec Tadej SLO ALM 08:44
13 Kloden Andreas GER AST 08:44
14 Larsson Gustav Erik SWE CSC 10:49
15 Cardenas Felix Rafael COL BAR 11:24
16 Baliani Fortunato ITA CSF 11:25
17 Savoldelli Paolo ITA LPR 14:28
18 Bosisio Gabriele ITA LPR 14:58
19 Szmyd Sylvester POL LAM 15:18
20 Leipheimer Levi USA AST 16:41
21 Bettini Paolo ITA QST 19:54
22 Le Boulanger Yoann FRA FDJ 21:08
23 Petrov Evgeni RUS TCS 22:30
24 Sorensen Chris DEN CSC 22:57
25 Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin ESP GCE 23:23
26 Ardila Cano Mauricio A. COL RAB 24:44:00
27 Laverde Jimenez Luis F. COL CSF 24:55:00
28 Tonti Andrea ITA QST 27:18:00
29 Miholjevic Vladimir CRO LIQ 28:12:00
30 Visconti Giovanni ITA QST 30:02:00
31 Veikkanen Jussi FIN FDJ 32:09:00
32 Karpets Vladimir RUS GCE 32:33:00
33 Noe' Andrea ITA LIQ 32:35:00
34 Sorensen Nicki DEN CSC 33:25:00
35 Siutsou Kanstantsin BLR THR 37:45:00
36 Garate Juan Manuel ESP QST 37:56:00
37 Lloyd Matthew AUS SIL 38:03:00
38 Serpa Perez Jose Rodolfo COL SDA 38:33:00
39 Spezialetti Alessandro ITA LPR 39:38:00
40 Vandevelde Christian USA TSL 39:54:00
41 Colom Mas Antonio ESP AST 40:09:00
42 Golcer Jure SLO LPR 40:20:00
43 Pasamontes Luis ESP GCE 41:09:00
44 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 42:27:00
45 De Greef Francis BEL SIL 45:55:00
46 Nardello Daniele ITA SDA 48:46:00
47 Possoni Morris ITA THR 48:52:00
48 Rujano Guillen José VEN GCE 49:41:00
49 Voigt Jens GER CSC 50:09:00
50 Frohlinger Johannes GER GST 50:12:00
51 Gusev Vladimir RUS AST 54:43:00
52 Van Huffel Wim BEL SIL 56:22:00
53 Mazzanti Luca ITA TCS 56:27:00
54 Iglinskiy Maxim KAZ AST 56:44:00
55 Spilak Simon SLO LAM 57:54:00
56 Nocentini Rinaldo ITA ALM 57:54:00
57 Pietropolli Daniele ITA LPR 58:24:00
58 Blaudzun Michael DEN CSC 01:02:01
59 Pinotti Marco ITA THR 01:02:04
60 Mizourov Andrey KAZ AST 01:02:19
61 Ochoa Carlos José VEN SDA 01:06:32
62 Velasco Murillo Ivan ESP EUS 01:09:02
63 Kozontchuk Dmitry RUS RAB 01:12:40
64 Ivanov Ruslan MDA SDA 01:15:48
65 Cherel Mikael FRA FDJ 01:16:07
66 Lastras Garcia Pablo ESP GCE 01:18:17
67 Perez Sanchez Francisco ESP GCE 01:19:06
68 Hesjedal Ryder CAN TSL 01:20:12
69 Loosli David SUI LAM 01:21:26
70 Canada Gracia David ESP SDV 01:23:06
71 Bennati Daniele ITA LIQ 01:23:26
72 Perez Lezaun Alan ESP EUS 01:24:38
73 Irizar Markel ESP EUS 01:25:12
74 Deignan Philip IRL ALM 01:27:50
75 Zabel Erik GER MRM 01:33:08
76 Bertolini Alessandro ITA SDA 01:33:23
77 Camano Ortuzar Iker ESP SDV 01:33:52
78 Missaglia Gabriele ITA SDA 01:34:18
79 Vanotti Alessandro ITA LIQ 01:35:12
80 Gasparotto Enrico ITA BAR 01:36:07
81 Horrach Rippoll Joan ESP GCE 01:36:17
82 Gavazzi Francesco ITA LAM 01:36:54
83 Velo Marco ITA MRM 01:38:46
84 Eltink Theo NED RAB 01:39:46
85 Sonnery Blaise FRA ALM 01:40:01
86 Perez Arango Marlon A. COL GCE 01:40:40
87 Bailetti Paolo ITA LPR 01:40:54
88 Martens Paul GER RAB 01:41:02
89 Wegelius Charles GBR LIQ 01:43:37
90 Efimkin Alexander RUS QST 01:44:28
91 Seeldrayers Kevin BEL QST 01:44:47
92 Mccartney Jason USA CSC 01:47:31
93 Millar David GBR TSL 01:49:22
94 Bazayev Assan KAZ AST 01:50:21
95 Ermeti Giairo ITA LPR 01:52:11
96 Dall'antonia Tiziano ITA CSF 01:54:21
97 Jegou Lilian FRA FDJ 01:54:33
98 Perez Cuapio Julio Alberto MEX CSF 01:56:22
99 Roy Jérémy FRA FDJ 01:57:31
100 Rabon Frantisek CZE THR 02:00:47
101 Engels Addy NED QST 02:02:22
102 Capecchi Eros ITA SDV 02:02:44
103 Baldato Fabio ITA LAM 02:04:08
104 Mangel Laurent FRA ALM 02:04:50
105 Perget Mathieu FRA GCE 02:04:53
106 Lund Anders DEN CSC 02:05:02
107 Schwab Hubert SUI QST 02:07:14
108 Hansen Adam AUS THR 02:07:50
109 Hondo Danilo GER SDA 02:08:28
110 Benitez Roman Jose A. ESP SDV 02:08:34
111 Klimov Serguei RUS TCS 02:09:19
112 Krivtsov Yuriy UKR ALM 02:09:44
113 Lowik Gerben NED RAB 02:09:59
114 Monier Damien FRA COF 02:11:09
115 Levarlet Guillaume FRA FDJ 02:11:57
116 Galparsoro Dionisio ESP EUS 02:11:57
117 Devenyns Dries BEL SIL 02:12:41
118 Thomas Geraint GBR BAR 02:14:14
119 Rousseau Nicolas FRA ALM 02:15:22
120 De Groot Bram NED RAB 02:16:23
121 Usov Alexandre BLR ALM 02:16:26
122 Trussov Nikolai RUS TCS 02:17:15
123 Illiano Raffaele ITA SDA 02:17:35
124 Facci Mauro ITA QST 02:18:04
125 Buffaz Mickael FRA COF 02:20:11
126 Cummings Steven GBR BAR 02:21:13
127 Chiarini Riccardo ITA LPR 02:23:25
128 Carlstrom Kjell FIN LIQ 02:24:33
129 Serov Alexander RUS TCS 02:24:45
130 Hartmann Nicolas FRA COF 02:26:06
131 Scognamiglio Carlo ITA BAR 02:27:38
132 Martin Tony GER THR 02:30:22
133 Jurco Matej SVK MRM 02:33:06
134 Ongarato Alberto ITA MRM 02:34:13
135 Krauss Sven GER GST 02:38:48
136 Dean Julian NZL TSL 02:41:36
137 Cavendish Mark GBR THR 02:43:21
138 Wiggins Bradley GBR THR 02:47:13
139 Greipel André GER THR 02:48:00
140 Huguet Yann FRA COF 02:48:30
141 Agirre Josu ESP EUS 02:53:55
142 Gudsell Timothy NZL FDJ 02:54:15
143 Gates Nick AUS SIL 02:54:39
144 Pate Danny USA TSL 02:56:29
145 Ignatiev Mikhail RUS TCS 02:59:34
146 Eichler Markus GER MRM 03:20:11

Mountains (Verde)
1 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 127
2 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 28
3 Baliani Fortunato ITA CSF 27
4 Bertolini Alessandro ITA SDA 20
5 Bosisio Gabriele ITA LPR 19
6 Cardenas Felix Rafael COL BAR 19
7 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 17
8 Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin ESP GCE 15
9 Lastras Garcia Pablo ESP GCE 12
10 Rujano Guillen José VEN GCE 12

Points (Ciclamino)
1 Bennati Daniele ITA LIQ 160
2 Cavendish Mark GBR THR 106
3 Ricco' Riccardo ITA SDV 105
4 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 103
5 Bettini Paolo ITA QST 92
6 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 81
7 Zabel Erik GER MRM 80
8 Di Luca Danilo ITA LPR 66
9 Contador Alberto ESP AST 63
10 Bruseghin Marzio ITA LAM 50