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Results for the Giro d’Italia, both for stage 8 and the overall:

Stage 8
1. Giovanni Visconti (ITA/QST) 208km in 36h44:06.
2. Matthias Russ (GER/GST) at 0:34.
3. Gabriele Bosisio (ITA/LPR) 5:53.
4. Danilo Di Luca (ITA/LPR) 7:27.
5. Riccardo Ricco (ITA/SDV) 7:33.
6. Emanuele Sella (ITA/CSF) 7:36.
7. Félix Cardenas (COL/BAR) 7:46.
8. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 7:56.
9. Franco Pellizotti (ITA/LIQ) 8:11.
10. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 8:19.
11. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/CSC) 8:28.
12. Paolo Savoldelli (ITA/LPR) 8:30.
13. Leonardo Piepoli (ITA/SDV) 8:38.
14. Andreas Klöden (GER/AST) 8:39.
15. Gustav Larsson (SWE/CSC) 8:39.
16. Davide Rebellin (ITA/GST) 8:40.
17. Chris-Anker Sörensen (DEN/CSC) 8:55.
18. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/GCE) 8:56.
19. Marzio Bruseghin (ITA/LAM) 8:57.
20. Gilberto Simoni (ITA/SDA) 9:13.

OVERALL
1. Riccardo Ricco (ITA/SDV), 209km in 4hr 41min 05sec
2. Paolo Bettini (ITA/QST) s.t.
3. Davide Rebellin (ITA/GST) s.t.
4. Franco Pellizotti (ITA/LIQ) s.t.
5. Daniele Pietropolli (ITA/LPR) s.t.
6. Danilo Di Luca (ITA/LPR) s.t.
7. Emanuele Sella (ITA/CSF) s.t.
8. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/CSF) s.t.
9. Paolo Savoldelli (ITA/LPR) s.t.
10. Félix Cardenas (COL/BAR) s.t.
11. Andreas Klöden (GER/AST) s.t.
12. Tadej Valjavec (SLO/A2R) s.t.
13. José Rujano (VEN/GCE) s.t.
14. Levi Leipheimer (USA/AST) s.t.
15. Dries Devenyns (BEL/SIL) s.t.
16. Jussi Veikkanen (FIN/FDJ) s.t.
17. Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP/GCE) s.t.
18. Morris Possoni (ITA/THR) s.t.
19. Evgeni Petrov (RUS/TCS) s.t.
20. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/SIL) s.t.