trompe le monde said:From sporza be:
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) in 10u44'00"
2. Ivan Basso (Ita) 13"
3. Valerio Agnoli (Ita) 20"
4. André Greipel (Dui) 26"
5. Matthew Goss (Aus) 26"
6. Alexandr Vinokoerov (Kaz) 33"
7. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) 39"
8. Richie Porte (Aus) 45"
9. David Millar (GBr) 45"
10. Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) 59"
13. Linus Gerdemann (Dui) 1'04"
27. Cadel Evans (Aus) 1'59"
32. Carlos Sastre (Spa) 2'13"
38. Michele Scarponi (Ita) 2'35"
41. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) 2'49"
14 seconds separate Sastre and Evans. Sunday's stage up the Terminillo should be the day when the fireworks commence.
Meh, the Terminillo isn't that hard. It's going to be a case of finding out if any of the 3/4/5 we consider the contenders, don't actually have the form to contend.
It's very traditional of the Giro
Somewhere between the 4th-8th day a flat stage with a not-so-hard mountain at the end, and the "real" mountain stages in the final 8 days.