| The Giro d'Italia, also known as the Giro has just | | | | (Ita-LAM) 1'48" 4. Franco Pellizotti (Ita-LIQ) 2'05" 5. |
| finished its 10th stage. The winner was the Italian | | | | Paolo Savoldelli (Ita-DSC) 2'35" 6. Sergey Gonchar |
| Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas who now moves to the | | | | (Ukr-TMO) 2'43" 7. Danilo Di Luca (Ita-LIQ) 2'48" 8. |
| fourth position of the overall classification, after finishing | | | | Gilberto Simoni (Ita-SDV) 3'20" 9. Giampaolo Caruso |
| 3 minutes and 23 seconds ahead of the race leader | | | | (Ita-LSW) 3'23" 10. Tom Danielson (USA-DSC) 3'31" |
| and countryman Ivan Basso. Before this race, Pellizotti | | | | Points classification: |
| was in the 23rd place. | | | | 1. Robbie McEwen (Aus-DVL) 89pts 2. Paolo Bettini |
| The Italian beat Russia's Vladimir Efimkin and | | | | (Ita-QSI) 83 3. Olaf Pollack (Ger-TMO) 68 4. Paolo |
| Kazakhstan's Serguei Yakovlev on the short uphill | | | | Savoldelli (Ita-DSC) 61 5. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu-A2R) 59 |
| finish at the end of the 190-km stage from Termoli to | | | | Mountains classification: |
| Peschici. | | | | 1. Ivan Basso (Ita-CSC) 15pts 2. Staf Scheirlinckx |
| As the overall leader of the Tour de France is | | | | (Bel-COF) 13 3. Damiano Cunego (Ita-LAM) 10 4. |
| awarded a yellow jersey, since 1931 the overall leader | | | | José Gutierrez Cataluna (Esp-PHO) 9 5. Juan |
| in the Giro gets the Maglia Rosa (pink jersey). The | | | | Manuel Garate (Esp-QSI) 9 |
| "King of the Mountains" wears the Maglia Verde | | | | Combination classification: |
| (green jersey). The leader of the point's classification | | | | 1. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita-DSC) 441pts 2. José |
| wears the Maglia Ciclamino (mauve jersey). The Giro | | | | Gutierrez Cataluna (Esp-PHO) 251 3. Danilo Di Luca |
| d'Italia also has a daily competition called the Intergiro | | | | (Ita-LIQ) 197 4. Stefan Schumacher (Ger-GST) 164 5. |
| and leader is awarded the Maglia Azzura (sky-blue | | | | Mickael Delage (Fra-FDJ) 152 |
| jersey). The current user of the Pink Jersey is Ivan | | | | Teams classification: |
| Basso from the CSC Team. The 10th Stage Results | | | | 1. Liquigas (Ita) 117h20'43" 2. Discovery Channel Pro |
| Stage results: | | | | Cycling Team (USA) 0'10" 3. Phonak Hearing Systems |
| 1. Franco Pellizotti (Ita-LIQ) 4h39'47" 2. Vladimir Efimkin | | | | (Sui) 1'22" 4. Lampre-Fondital (Ita) 3'27" 5. Team CSC |
| (Rus-IBC) s.t. 3. Sergei Yakovlev (Kaz-LSW) 0'02" 4. | | | | (Den) 7'40" |
| Hubert Dupont (Fra-A2R) s.t. 5. Theo Eltink (Ned-RAB) | | | | Pellizotti reached and overtook Axel Merckx, son of |
| 0'03" 6. Jose-Luis Carrasco (Esp-IBC) s.t. 7. Marco | | | | cycling pro Eddy (who won the Giro five times), in the |
| Pinotti (Ita-SDV) 0'05" 8. Sven Krauss (Ger-GST) s.t. 9. | | | | final hundred meters of the stage. The Belgian was |
| Alexandre Kolobnev (Rus-RAB) s.t. 10. Joan Horrach | | | | disappointed after finishing 11th. |
| (Por-IBC) s.t. | | | | The Giro will transfer to Tuscany on Wednesday for |
| General classification: | | | | to have the second rest day of this year's competition. |
| 1. Ivan Basso (Ita-CSC) 39h29'40" 2. José-Enrique | | | | The Giro d'Italia will start again on Thursday with a 50 |
| Gutierrez (Esp-PHO) 1'34" 3. Damiano Cunego | | | | km individual time trial around Pontedera. |