May 19, 2003 – It was a mixed day for World Champion Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze-Elitron). The disappointing news in the morning that his Domina Vacanze-Elitron has not been invited to the Tour de France was followed by a decisive victory,thereby establishing a new stage win record for the Giro d’Italia of 42 victories, beating Italian legend Alfredo Binda’s record. Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-SO.DI) leads over Gilberto Simoni (Team Saeco) and with 2 weeks left of racing, and several long, hard climbs ahead… the pink jersey is far from secure.

Stage 9:
1. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 40.51.08
2. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 0.31
3. Andrea Noe’ (Ita) Alessio 0.54
4. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 1.36
5. Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 1.38
6. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 1.50
7. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.56
8. Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 2.04
9. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.26
10. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 3.12

Overall:
1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.41.58 (43.249 km/h)
2. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
3. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
4. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre
5. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
6. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
7. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 0.03
8. Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco
9. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips
10. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips