| The Giro d'Italia, also known as the Giro has just | | | | 3. Damiano Cunego (Ita-LAM) 1'48" |
| finished its 10th stage. The winner was the Italian | | | | 4. Franco Pellizotti (Ita-LIQ) 2'05" |
| Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas who now moves to the | | | | 5. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita-DSC) 2'35" |
| fourth position of the overall classification, after | | | | 6. Sergey Gonchar (Ukr-TMO) 2'43" |
| finishing 3 minutes and 23 seconds ahead of the race | | | | 7. Danilo Di Luca (Ita-LIQ) 2'48" |
| leader and countryman Ivan Basso. Before this race, | | | | 8. Gilberto Simoni (Ita-SDV) 3'20" |
| Pellizotti was in the 23rd place. | | | | 9. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita-LSW) 3'23" |
| The Italian beat Russia's Vladimir Efimkin and | | | | 10. Tom Danielson (USA-DSC) 3'31" |
| Kazakhstan's Serguei Yakovlev on the short uphill | | | | Points classification: |
| finish at the end of the 190-km stage from Termoli | | | | 1. Robbie McEwen (Aus-DVL) 89pts |
| to Peschici. | | | | 2. Paolo Bettini (Ita-QSI) 83 |
| As the overall leader of the Tour de France is | | | | 3. Olaf Pollack (Ger-TMO) 68 |
| awarded a yellow jersey, since 1931 the overall leader | | | | 4. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita-DSC) 61 |
| in the Giro gets the Maglia Rosa (pink jersey). The | | | | 5. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu-A2R) 59 |
| "King of the Mountains" wears the Maglia Verde | | | | Mountains classification: |
| (green jersey). The leader of the point's classification | | | | 1. Ivan Basso (Ita-CSC) 15pts |
| wears the Maglia Ciclamino (mauve jersey). The Giro | | | | 2. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel-COF) 13 |
| d'Italia also has a daily competition called the Intergiro | | | | 3. Damiano Cunego (Ita-LAM) 10 |
| and leader is awarded the Maglia Azzura (sky-blue | | | | 4. José Gutierrez Cataluna (Esp-PHO) 9 |
| jersey). The current user of the Pink Jersey is Ivan | | | | 5. Juan Manuel Garate (Esp-QSI) 9 |
| Basso from the CSC Team. | | | | Combination classification: |
| The 10th Stage Results | | | | 1. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita-DSC) 441pts |
| Stage results: | | | | 2. José Gutierrez Cataluna (Esp-PHO) 251 |
| 1. Franco Pellizotti (Ita-LIQ) 4h39'47" | | | | 3. Danilo Di Luca (Ita-LIQ) 197 |
| 2. Vladimir Efimkin (Rus-IBC) s.t. | | | | 4. Stefan Schumacher (Ger-GST) 164 |
| 3. Sergei Yakovlev (Kaz-LSW) 0'02" | | | | 5. Mickael Delage (Fra-FDJ) 152 |
| 4. Hubert Dupont (Fra-A2R) s.t. | | | | Teams classification: |
| 5. Theo Eltink (Ned-RAB) 0'03" | | | | 1. Liquigas (Ita) 117h20'43" |
| 6. Jose-Luis Carrasco (Esp-IBC) s.t. | | | | 2. Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (USA) 0'10" |
| 7. Marco Pinotti (Ita-SDV) 0'05" | | | | 3. Phonak Hearing Systems (Sui) 1'22" |
| 8. Sven Krauss (Ger-GST) s.t. | | | | 4. Lampre-Fondital (Ita) 3'27" |
| 9. Alexandre Kolobnev (Rus-RAB) s.t. | | | | 5. Team CSC (Den) 7'40" |
| 10. Joan Horrach (Por-IBC) s.t. | | | | Pellizotti reached and overtook Axel Merckx, son of |
| General classification: | | | | cycling pro Eddy (who won the Giro five times), in |
| 1. Ivan Basso (Ita-CSC) 39h29'40" | | | | the final hundred meters of the stage. The Belgian |
| 2. José-Enrique Gutierrez (Esp-PHO) 1'34" | | | | was disappointed after finishing 11th. |