Giro d'Italia 2008 - Stage Nineteen

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

The Giro returned to the mountains for the 19th stage, a 228km run from Legnano to Monte Pora.

Ricco attacks Sella and Contador - Pic fotoreporter sirotti

Stage winner Vasil Kiryienka - Pic fotoreporter sirotti

Di Luca follows Savodelli's wheel, as does Nibali - Pic fotoreporter sirotti

There is a point on the stage when Milan is just 20 kilometres away, but rather than end it all there, the race took in the Passo del Vivione, a 20 km climb followed by three more, the last a summit finish.

Belarussian Vasil Kiryienka, of the Tinkoff team, won the the stage following a long breakaway.

Danilo Diluca jumped away on the wheel of his LPR Brakes team mate Paulo Savodelli to gain time on race leader Alberto Contador (Astana) and Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duvall) escaped from the Contador group to end the day just four seconds down in second on GC.

It was reigning Giro champion Danilo Di Luca who made up most ground, in third spot overall 21 seconds behind the leader. Di Luca attacked in the descent at Vivione behind the wheel of teammate Paolo Savoldelli of Italy about 45 kilometres from the line.

The duo, accompanied by Italy's Vincenzo Nibali, surged ahead of the Contador group, and Di Luca kept up the pace over the closing kilometres on the climbs at Presolana, then Monte Pora, before gaining second place in the stage more than four and a half minutes from Kiryienka.

Ricco made a breakaway from the Contador group with four kilometres to go till the line to gain 37 seconds on the overall leader.

Italy's Gilberto Simoni, third overall at the start of the stage, was left behind at the Presolana climb and was not able to keep up with the pace of Contador and the other challengers for overall victory.

The 26-year-old Kiryienka, world champion in the points race on the track in Manchester at the end of March, won his first Giro stage having already earned two runners-up spots -- at Pescocostanzo (7th stage) and at Alpe de Pampeago (14th stage).

Soecuial mention of Steve Cummings (Barloworld) who featured in the break and eventually claimed fourth.

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

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

Mountains (Verde)
1 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 127
2 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 63
3 Baliani Fortunato ITA CSF 27
4 Bertolini Alessandro ITA SDA 20
5 Efimkin Alexander RUS QST 20
6 Bosisio Gabriele ITA LPR 19
7 Cardenas Felix Rafael COL BAR 19
8 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 17
9 Di Luca Danilo ITA LPR 17
10 Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin ESP GCE 17

Points (Ciclamino)
1 Bennati Daniele ITA LIQ 180
2 Ricco' Riccardo ITA SDV 117
3 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 113
4 Cavendish Mark GBR THR 106
5 Bettini Paolo ITA QST 106
6 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 90
7 Di Luca Danilo ITA LPR 86
8 Zabel Erik GER MRM 80
9 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 74
10 Contador Alberto ESP AST 69