May 9, 2004 – Brad McGee (FDJ.Com) took the Giro 2004 Prologue and the pink jersey beating Gerolsteiner's Olaf Pollack and Colnago's Landbouwkrediet-Colnago. In Stage 1, sprinter extraordinaire Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) won over Pollack and Italy's Crescenzo D'amore (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo), as Pollack took over the pink jersey. Check out the pics from Cor Vos.

Prologue

1. Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 8.30
(48.705 km/h)
2. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.10
3. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.20
4. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.24
5. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.27
6. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.30
7. Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.32
8. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
9. Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.33
10. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34

Stage 1
1. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.41.56
2. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3. Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
4. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
5. Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
6. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com
7. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre
8. Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre
9. David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com
10. Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems