Giro d'Italia 2008 - Stage Twenty One

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

Pinotti beat his team mate Martin by 7 seconds - Pic fotoreporter sirotti

Marzio Bruseghin - Alberto Contador - Riccardo Ricco on the podium - Pic fotoreporter sirotti

After 20 stages and over 89 hours in the saddle the 2008 Giro came down to a straight run off over a 28 kilometre time trial course into Milan on Sunday

Could Riccardo Ricco in second place beat the better time trialist, Alberto Contador by over four seconds? And behind, the battle for third was covered by 40 seconds between - Marzio Bruseghin (@ 2m), Franco Pellizotti (@2:05), Emanuele Sella (@2:35) and Denis Menchov (@2:47).

On the streets of Milan, Alberto Contador (Astana) was able to extend his lead over Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duvall Scott) to 1.57 whilst the stage victory went to Marco Pinotti of High Road.

Third place on GC went to Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) with just two seconds in hand over Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas).

Contador did not land a stage win throughout but showed great consistency throughout the three weeks of racing to shrug off his initial uncertainty going into the event at Palermo on May 10.
"I was only told I was in a week beforehand," explained the champion, whose Astana team was only invited officially those few days before the start having initially been barred by organisers.

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

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

Mountains (Verde)
1 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 136
2 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 63
3 Baliani Fortunato ITA CSF 48
4 Perez Cuapio Julio Alberto MEX CSF 20
5 Bertolini Alessandro ITA SDA 20
6 Colom Mas Antonio ESP AST 20
7 Efimkin Alexander RUS QST 20
8 Bosisio Gabriele ITA LPR 19
9 Cardenas Felix Rafael COL BAR 19
10 Rujano Guillen José VEN GCE 18

Points (Ciclamino)
1 Bennati Daniele ITA LIQ 189
2 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 138
3 Ricco' Riccardo ITA SDV 131
4 Cavendish Mark GBR THR 106
5 Bettini Paolo ITA QST 106
6 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 96
7 Di Luca Danilo ITA LPR 87
8 Contador Alberto ESP AST 86
9 Zabel Erik GER MRM 80
10 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 76