May 9, 2006 – Some brief results from the Giro today:

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.38.51 (41.527 km/h)
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic
3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni
4 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team
6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance
9 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

Overall

1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.52.55
2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.13
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.23
4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.29
5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.31
6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team
7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux
8 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.32
9 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33
10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.35