There are plenty of attacks, but no-one can get away into the strong headwind...
After about 50-kilometres, seventeen men have slipped away, led by Greg Henderson and Cameron Meyer - they quickly gain six minutes...
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Paul Voss sees the chance to gain climbing points today...
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Cervelo with Ted King have taken up the chase, they see Carlos Sastre as a potential winner of this Giro...
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"You wanna fight then"? Tyler Farrar and Cadel Evans sense the chance to play while others do the work today...
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Commonwealth representatives figure at the rear of the peloton as well - Millar, Brown. Dean, Goss, Roberts, and McEwen are having a day off too...
New Zealander Henderson has a great chance to win the stage of things go his way...
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Liquigas is concerned enough to take over the chasing on the first climb...
Richie Porte still looks the perfect race-leader doesn't he..?
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Vladimir Karpets has attacked from the peloton and launched himself with 60-kilometres still to go...
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Linus Gerdemann has gone after Karpets, but he won't catch the Russian today...
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Charly Wegelius has crashed on the tricky descent - but he'll get back on the next climb...
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Massive crowds cheer the peloton on the climb made famous by Marco Pantani - they see a peloton seven minutes down on the escape...
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Rubens Bertogliati has a small advantage over the top of the next hill...
Meyer chases across to the two leaders...
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Henderson was dropped on the climb but is slowly getting back on the descent...
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Kall Kriit has come alive at the end of the stage - he's attacking with Klimov and Mayoz...
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Tom Stamsnijder has got across to them in the last 10-kilometres - it looks like this is the winning move..!
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Manuel Belletti wins stage thirteen after a regroupment brought him and Henderson across in the last kilometres - Henderson takes second place...
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Big star, little star - Richie Porte is greeted by ski legend Alberto Tomba on the podium...