May 16, 2004: Giffoni Valle Piana - Policoro (215 km):
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo       04:52:49
2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                           
3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                
5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                              
6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
7 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax                                           
8 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres              
9 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
10 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo  
13 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre                                      
14 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                          
15 Denys Kostuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  
16 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                       
17 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                 
18 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 
19 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
20 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                
21 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
22 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                     
23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      
24 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi                                       
25 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                
26 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze                                  
27 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
28 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
30 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com                                       
31 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo    
32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           
33 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre                                         
34 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                       
35 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                          
36 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
37 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                      
38 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    
39 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                           
40 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                       
41 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                    
42 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
43 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    
44 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
45 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   
46 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco                                     
47 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
48 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
49 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                   
50 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                            
51 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                    
52 Nicola Loda (Ita) Tenax                                              
53 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Tenax                                          
54 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                         
55 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
56 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                                     
57 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco                                             
58 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                          
59 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre                                 
60 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
61 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
62 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
63 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
64 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                      
65 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                     
66 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
67 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
68 Francisco Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                               
69 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
70 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                           
71 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                
72 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
73 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                        
74 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                     
75 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                       
76 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi                                     
77 Sergey Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        
78 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                           
79 Mauricio Al Ardila Cano (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 
80 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'            
81 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                        
82 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                              
83 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
84 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
85 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                         
86 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                         
87 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia               
88 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
89 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
90 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                      
91 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
92 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia                             
93 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi                                     
94 Volodimyr Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                         
95 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo     
96 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
97 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo      
98 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                  
99 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
100 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
101 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
102 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
103 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
104 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
105 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                              
106 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                     
107 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
108 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                      
109 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
110 Nico Siymens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                          
111 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
112 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                      
113 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia                       
114 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                
115 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
116 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com                                    
117 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo (relegated from second place)
118 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo   0.24
119 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com                                     
120 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                       0.44
121 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                
122 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
123 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                        
124 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
125 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                     
126 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                         
127 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo                                      
128 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
129 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo  
130 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                        
131 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
132 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                                 
133 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
134 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
135 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax                                     
136 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                         
137 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               
138 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                          
139 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Tenax                                      
140 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                         
141 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi                                      
142 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco                                         
143 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf  
144 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     
145 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                      1.08
146 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         1.13
147 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                  1.22
148 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          1.42
149 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  1.56
150 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres    3.18
151 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia                    5.16
152 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax                                        
153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com                                  11.12
154 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com                                  
155 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax                                             
156 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax                                          
157 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Tenax                                         
158 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                        
159 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                          
DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
DNS Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

Overall rankings after stage 8:
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco       37:54:37
2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                        0.10
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            0.28
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago         0.31
5 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres           0.52
6 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                    1.08
7 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              1.10
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       1.15
9 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  1.17
10 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                        1.29
11 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                       1.43
12 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                          1.47
13 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                               1.49
14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems               2.18
15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             2.23
16 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                 2.25
17 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo   2.42
18 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                3.02
19 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 3.06
20 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre                            3.08
21 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  3.16
22 Francisco Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                            3.38
23 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            3.54
24 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco                                  4.04
25 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                         4.18
26 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                     4.19
27 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco                                          4.56
28 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia      5.06
29 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'           5.15
30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                5.20
31 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'   6.12
32 Mauricio Al Ardila Cano (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf   6.27
33 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 6.43
34 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo      6.46
35 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo       6.48
36 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             7.05
37 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                                  8.09
38 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo               8.11
39 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       8.49
40 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                8.52
41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           8.59
42 Denys Kostuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf               9.22
43 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                   9.29
44 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   9.52
45 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf       9.58
46 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo       11.49
47 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             12.02
48 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                       12.14
49 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                12.35
50 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems             13.39
51 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems             13.40
52 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres            13.56
53 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi                                 14.31
54 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                15.32
55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                      17.11
56 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           17.46
57 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                     18.45
58 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi                                   19.00
59 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi                                 19.39
60 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres   20.31
61 Sergey Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             21.16
62 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                21.56
63 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                22.04
64 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                   22.28
65 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             23.39
66 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    23.53
67 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                       24.22
68 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             24.26
69 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo                                   24.41
70 Nicola Loda (Ita) Tenax                                          24.48
71 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres          24.49
72 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres   27.10
73 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Tenax                                      27.12
74 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        27.35
75 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                     28.09
76 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         30.25
77 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                          31.14
78 Volodimyr Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                31.44
79 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    31.47
80 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            31.59
81 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                               32.21
82 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    32.52
83 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo   33.17
84 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia            33.20
85 Nico Siymens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   33.26
86 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          33.39
87 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                             34.57
88 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                 35.07
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                  35.18
90 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   35.22
91 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo   35.47
92 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax                                  35.57
93 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco                                      36.20
94 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       36.53
95 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             37.16
96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 37.34
97 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres              37.40
98 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               37.41
99 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      38.49
100 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre                                    39.25
101 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo    39.34
102 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             39.41
103 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        39.46
104 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            40.21
105 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        40.33
106 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com                                40.38
107 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                      40.57
108 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 40.58
109 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf       41.09
110 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          41.58
111 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com                                  42.18
112 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi                                  42.42
113 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                42.48
114 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                    44.10
115 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze                             45.37
116 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                 46.42
117 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                    47.02
118 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago         47.11
119 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 47.18
120 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               48.31
121 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   51.19
122 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres              51.43
123 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             52.08
124 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               52.15
125 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                    52.30
126 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                           53.10
127 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                     53.15
128 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia                   53.40
129 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax                                         53.58
130 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  54.03
131 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               54.32
132 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                      54.42
133 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           55.05
134 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Tenax                                     55.15
135 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                          55.25
136 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                             55.34
137 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           56.26
138 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                        56.40
139 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf  57.15
140 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          59.49
141 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com                               1.00.25
142 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre                               1.00.35
143 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               1.02.35
144 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax                                   1.03.19
145 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Tenax                                1.04.03
146 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                               1.05.08
147 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                   1.07.39
148 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf  1.07.49
149 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia                      1.08.08
150 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax                                  1.10.12
151 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                   1.12.43
152 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                 1.14.06
153 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia                  1.14.21
154 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.15.14
155 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com                            1.19.01
156 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago               1.21.39
157 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                  1.23.51
158 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax                                    1.25.27
159 Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com                                1.32.55