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Stage 8: Saturday, May 17, Foligno - Montecopiolo, 179 km

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The Race: This weekend's racing will bring a lot of clarity to this year's Giro, with both Saturday's and Sunday's stages having summit finishes. It is one of three stages in this year's edition dedicated to Marco Pantani.

The situation with 16 km to go, on the penultimate climb: Trek rider Julian Arredondo has left the day's break behind with a 70-second lead on Stefano Pirazzi and Pierre Rolland, a trio with Edvald Boasson Hagen chasing and the group with the main contenders 2min 40sec behind Arredondo. Maglia Rosa Michael Matthews was dropped long ago and Astana hope Michele Scarponi was struggling and losing time. His GC ambitions were clearly over.

Over the crest of the Villagio del Lago, Arredondo was hanging tough, maintaining a minute gap to Rolland and 1min 46sec to the Cadel Evans group, led by Ag2r.

Under the 5km banner Rolland has closed to within 40 seconds of Arredondo, who was beginning to rock in his saddle and look tired, and the Evans group was 1min 20sec back.

Just past the 3 km mark Rolland caught and later dropped Arredondo, but the Evans group, led by BMC rider Steve Morabito, was just 45 seconds behind.

Rolland went under the red kite with just 15 seconds. Daniel Moreno went after Rolland and then the rest of the chasers went by the Frenchman as well. Diego Ulissi unleashed a magnificent attack with Robert Kiserlovski going with him. But Ulissi was not to be denied and took an impressive stage win.

Cadel Evans, finishing fifth today, takes over the maglia rosa with a 57-second lead over Rigoberto Uran.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 37.320 km/hr

1	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	4hr 47min 47sec
2	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing
3	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	@ 6 seconds
4	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	0:06
5	Cadel Evans	BMC	0:08
6	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r
8	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:14
9	Fabio Aru	Astana	0:17
10	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	0:20
11	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:22
12	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	0:24
13	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
14	Francis Mourey	FDJ
15	Pierre Rolland	Europcar
16	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY	0:28
17	Mikel Landa	Astana
18	Daniel Moreno	Katusha	0:33
19	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:35
20	Steve Morabito	BMC
21	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol	1:22
22	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	1:26
23	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	1:47
24	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	2:17
25	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ	2:59
26	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	3:07
27	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	3:10
28	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia	3:12
29	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	3:18
30	José Herrada	Movistar
31	Fernando Andre Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	3:47
32	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	4:50
33	Chris Anker Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	6:06
34	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo
35	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
36	Davide Malacarne	Europcar	6:12
37	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	6:31
38	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	7:09
39	Igor Anton	Movistar	7:12
40	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia	7:12
41	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano	7:14
42	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r
43	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	7:20
44	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
45	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
46	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge
47	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida
48	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida	7:30
49	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r	7:44
50	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	8:28
51	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	8:28
52	Julien Berard	Ag2r	8:45
53	Rodolfo Torres	Colombia	8:53
54	Marc Goos	Belkin	9:09
55	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	9:21
56	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo
57	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha	9:30
58	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	9:39
59	Andrey Zeits	Astana	9:39
60	Michele Scarponi	Astana
61	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
62	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar
63	Alguacilalberto Losada	Katusha
64	Romain Sicard	Europcar
65	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli
66	Perrig Quemeneur	Europcar	10:42
67	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	13:43
68	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
69	Ben Hermans	BMC	15:08
70	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY	15:16
71	Carlosjulian Quintero	Colombia	16:14
72	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	16:37
73	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
74	Martijn Keizer	Belkin	16:52
75	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol
76	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli	16:59
77	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia	20:09
78	Philip Deignan	SKY	21:52
79	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
80	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing
81	Dario Cataldo	SKY
82	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol
83	Fabio Leonardo Duque	Colombia
84	Sebastian Henao	SKY
85	Maxim Belkov	Katusha
86	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
87	Valerio Agnoli	Astana
88	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli
89	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
90	Axel Domont	Ag2r
91	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
92	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol
93	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha
94	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ
95	Manuel Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
96	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
97	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia
98	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	25:18
99	Adriano Malori	Movistar	27:01
100	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
101	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida
102	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
103	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol
104	Danilo Wyss	BMC
105	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin
106	Brent Bookwalter	BMC
107	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin-Sharp
108	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
109	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
110	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
111	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli
112	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar
113	Angelo Tulik	Europcar
114	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	27:06
115	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
116	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	28:42
117	Paoloi Longo Borghin	Cannondale	29:32
118	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
119	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol
120	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
121	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Belisol
122	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r
123	Rick Flens	Belkin
124	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida
125	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
126	Andrey Amador	Movistar
127	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
128	David Tanner	Belkin
129	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF
130	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
131	Ben Swift	SKY
132	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	33:02
133	Edwin Alcibiad Avila	Colombia	33:32
134	Luca Paolini	Katusha
135	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar
136	Jeffry Johan Romero	Colombia
137	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale
138	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
139	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
140	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin
141	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF
142	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
143	Manuel Quinziato	BMC
144	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp
145	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing
146	Antonio Murilo Fischer	FDJ
147	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
148	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli
149	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
150	Jos Van Emden	Belkin
151	Manuel Belletti	Androni Giocattoli
152	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
153	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
154	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
155	Michel Koch	Cannondale
156	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
157	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
158	Borut Bozic	Astana
159	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge
160	Bert  De Backer	Giant-Shimano
161	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge
162	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
163	Tony Hurel	Europcar
164	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
165	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
166	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
167	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
168	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale
169	Laurent Pichon	FDJ
170	Jetse Bol	Belkin
171	Arnaud Courteille	FDJ
172	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF
173	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF
174	Christopher Sutton	SKY
175	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ
176	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ
177	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol
178	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
179	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
180	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
181	Yannick Eijssen	BMC
182	Daniel Oss	BMC
183	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	35:01
184	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge	35:29
185	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	35:44

GC after Stage 8:

1	Cadel Evans	BMC	34hr 22min 35sec
2	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 57 seconds
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:10
4	Steve Morabito	BMC	1:31
5	Fabio Aru	Astana	1:39
6	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	1:43
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	1:44
8	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	1:45
9	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	1:49
10	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	1:50
11	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	2:01
12	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:52
13	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	2:56
14	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:03
15	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol	3:41
16	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	3:52
17	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	4:03
18	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	4:25
19	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	4:30
20	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	5:03
21	Francis Mourey	FDJ	5:07
22	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	5:36
23	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY	5:42
24	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ	5:58
25	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	6:02
26	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia	6:33
27	José Herrada	Movistar	6:37
28	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	8:06
29	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo	8:27
30	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	8:38
31	Daniel Moreno	Katusha	9:15
32	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r	9:26
33	Davide Malacarne	Europcar	9:27
34	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano	9:32
35	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano	10:05
36	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia	10:06
37	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	10:08
38	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida	10:42
39	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	10:56
40	Chris Anker Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	11:02
41	Michele Scarponi	Astana	11:38
42	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	13:03
43	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	13:04
44	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	14:48
45	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	15:07
46	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar	15:55
47	Romain Sicard	Europcar	19:32
48	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	20:51
49	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	21:32
50	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	22:03
51	Mikel Landa	Astana	22:20
52	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	22:31
53	Julien Berard	Ag2r	22:42
54	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	23:02
55	Rodolfo Torres	Colombia	23:22
56	Dario Cataldo	SKY	23:59
57	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo	25:44
58	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge	26:18
59	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	26:22
60	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	26:23
61	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	26:46
62	Sebastian Henao	SKY	27:38
63	Marc Goos	Belkin	28:00
64	Igor Anton	Movistar	28:31
65	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol	28:57
66	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli	29:24
67	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	30:05
68	Ben Hermans	BMC	31:34
69	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	31:56
70	Johan Le Bon	FDJ	32:13
71	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	32:14
72	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	33:06
73	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	33:24
74	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	33:50
75	Axel Domont	Ag2r	34:06
76	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha	34:22
77	Alberto Losada	Katusha	34:44
78	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia	34:56
79	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY	35:09
80	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	35:28
81	Carlosjulian Quintero	Colombia	36:01
82	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida	36:14
83	Eros Capecchi	Movistar	36:15
84	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha	36:46
85	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli	36:55
86	Fabio Leonardo Duque	Colombia	37:08
87	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar	37:51
88	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	38:32
89	Dylan Baarle Van	Garmin-Sharp	38:35
90	Perrig Quemeneur	Europcar	39:00
91	Philip Deignan	SKY	39:22:
92	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol	39:43
93	Salvatore Puccio	SKY	39:52
94	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia	40:05
95	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	40:54
96	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	41:05
97	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	41:36
98	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge	41:39
99	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	42:25
100	Danilo Wyss	BMC	43:07
101	Daniel Oss	BMC	43:14
102	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	43:33
103	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	43:43
104	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	43:52
105	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	45:08
106	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	45:43
107	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin	46:08
108	Martijn Keizer	Belkin	46:19
109	Andrey Zeits	Astana	46:34
110	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	46:49
111	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	46:56
112	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	47:50
113	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar	47:56
114	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	48:19
115	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	48:44
116	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Belisol	49:16
117	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	49:18
118	Yannick Eijssen	BMC	49:20
119	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin-Sharp	49:34
120	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	49:54
121	Maxim Belkov	Katusha
122	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r	50:39
123	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp	50:41
124	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	50:51
125	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana	51:24
126	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin	52:48
127	Angelo Tulik	Europcar	52:50
128	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	54:01
129	Adriano Malori	Movistar	54:02
130	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol	54:07
131	Jos Van Emden	Belkin	54:17
132	Manuel Quinziato	BMC	54:35
133	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	55:05
134	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar	55:30
135	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	56:52
136	Borut Bozic	Astana	57:01
137	Luca Paolini	Katusha	57:53
138	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF	58:11
139	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	58:38
140	Edwin Alcibiad Avila	Colombia	58:55
141	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale	59:04
142	David Tanner	Belkin	59:40
143	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	59:52
144	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	1:00:01
145	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	1:00:16
146	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	1:00:16
147	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF	1:01:12
148	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:01:41
149	Andrey Amador	Movistar	1:01:51
150	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:01:54
151	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	1:02:37
152	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	1:02:46
153	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol	1:03:01
154	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale	1:03:03
155	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	1:03:33
156	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:03:50
157	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:03:59
158	Antonio Murilo Fischer	FDJ	1:04:39
159	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	1:04:42
160	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	1:04:49
161	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	1:04:57
162	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	1:05:15
163	Tony Hurel	Europcar	1:05:43
164	Manuel Belletti	Androni Giocattoli	1:06:23
165	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:06:26
166	Jeffry Johan Romero	Colombia	1:07:07
167	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	1:07:20
168	Ben Swift	SKY	1:07:33
169	Rick Flens	Belkin	1:07:47
170	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:07:55
171	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	1:07:55
172	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	1:08:21
173	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge	1:08:28
174	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ	1:08:32
175	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	1:10:12
176	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp	1:12:48
177	Michel Koch	Cannondale	1:13:09
178	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	1:17:06
179	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	1:20:04
180	Christopher Sutton	SKY	1:23:27
181	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge	1:25:11
182	Arnaud Courteille	FDJ	1:27:33
183	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol	1:27:39
184	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge	1:29:38
185	Jetse Bol	Belkin	1:31:11

Points Classification:

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	166 points
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	150
3	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	139
4	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	121
5	Ben Swift	SKY	92
6	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	90
7	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	53
8	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	52
9	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	52
10	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	48

Mountains Classification:

1	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	47 points
2	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	35
3	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	26
4	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	20
5	Cadel Evans	BMC	15
6	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	14
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	14
8	Perrig Quemeneur	Europcar	14
9	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin	12
10	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	10

Young Rider:

1	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	34hr 23min 45sec
2	Fabio Aru	Astana	0:29
3	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	0:33
4	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	0:34
5	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	0:35
6	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	6:56
7	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano	8:22
8	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano	8:55
9	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	11:54
10	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	19:41

Team Classification:

1	BMC Racing Team	102hr 23min 29sec
2	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	@ 41 seconds
3	Ag2R La Mondiale	2:56
4	Lampre - Merida	10:45
5	Tinkoff Saxo	10:57
6	Astana Pro Team	11:02
7	Movistar Team	11:48
8	Team Europcar	18:49
9	Trek Factory Racing	22:36
10	Colombia	23:01

Stage 8 photos:

Julian Arredondo on his solo quest for a stage win.

Michael Matthews during his last moments in pink.

Panorama

Pierre Rolland chasing Arredondo.

Steve Morabito leads Cadel Evans up the final climb.

Daniel Moreno (red Katusha kit) and the rest of the chasers overtaking lone breakaway Pierre Rolland.

Diego Ulissi's powerful attack was perfectly timed.

Robert Kiserlovski finished second today.

Stage winner Diego Ulissi.

Cadel Evans in pink.

Stage 8 map and profile:

Stage 8 map

Stage 8 profile

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