Giro d'Italia stage 8: Fiuggi > Campitello Matese, 186kms
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The stage has begun with a series of attacks near the front - Tom Danielson leads this one, but it won't get far...
It's looking like another grim day for the sprinters, with Andre Greipel the first to drop back on the steep climb...
There are only about 95 riders left in the leading peloton after the first ascent...
Steven Kruijswijk has attacked on the second ascent, with the 'flying sprint' now over and Tinkoff more relaxed...
Franco Pellizotti is chasing Kruijswijk with about a dozen others, and they are four minutes ahead of the peloton...
Ivan Basso has been dropped by the Tinkoff-led peloton, but he's fighting back with Manuele Boaro...
Contador orders a truce while the dropped riders get back on - there's more racing to come later-on..!
Kruijswijk has yet to be caught as he climbs the Forca de Acero after 80-kilometres of racing...
Carlos Betancur has started chasing Kruijswijk with Pellizotti behind him...
The Vini-Fantini team is earning some pocket money chasing for bigger teams, but the gap has closed to about seven minutes because of them...
Betancur is chasing at one-minute, but he'll be caught by the chasers soon...
Luis Leon Sanchez launches Astana up the final climb about five-minutes back...
Reichenbach and Intxausti have also pulled up closer to Vandewalle and Kruijswijk...
Mikel Landa has attacked too - and he might even win the stage..!
