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