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Giro d'Italia - Lido Di Camaiore - Santuario Nostra Signora Della

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  1. 15:55 - Piepoli takes his third stage win in the Giro following his double success last year. Di Luca is next at around 18 seconds followed by Schleck, Simoni, Ricco, Savoldelli, Cunego, Pellizotti, Popovych, Noe, Arroyo, Sella.

  2. 15:50 - Under the 1km to go banner it's Piepoli, Di Luca-Schleck, Riccardo Ricco-Yaroslav Popovych and then Cunego leading the small bunch.

  3. 15:48 - 21-year-old Schleck from Luxembourg, in his first Grand Tour, is closing in on Piepoli as Di Luca attacks again behind.

  4. 15:45 - Emanuele Sella and Andy Schleck are in pursuit of Piepoli.

  5. 15:42 - Paolo Tiralongo has dragged up an elite group to Parra/Di Luca....and then Leonardo Piepoli attacks with 4.5km left.

  6. 15:39 - Di Luca has gone early in pursuit of Parra as the maglia rosa Marco Pinotti struggles.

  7. 15:32 - Parra jumps off the front with 7km remaining.

  8. 15:31 - The concluding 8.8km climb to the finish has an average gradient of 8%.

  9. 15:28 - Gilberto Simoni has had a rear wheel change but is back towards the front of the bunch as the peloton trail the leaders by 61 seconds with 10km remaining.

  10. 15:18 - Lampre really driving the pace on the front of the peloton as Dupont is absorbed. Damiano Cunego, 22nd on GC, must fancy his chances as they trail the four leaders by 1:13 with 17km remaining.

  11. 15:08 - At the summit with 27km remaining, it was Baliani from Parra and Losada with Hincapie back in contact with the leading trio. Lampre lead the peloton at 1:04.

  12. 15:05 - Losada, Baliani and Parra have dropped Ardila, Dupont and Hincapie on the climb.

  13. 15:00 - The leaders have begun the third category ascent of Campi which is a 4.3km long climb.

  14. 14:55 - 2:10 is the gap with 35km to go. Parra, who is amongst the escapees, won stages 13 and 14 last year and the main pack has obviously recognised the threat of the Colombian.

  15. 14:45 - Parra took the honours at the Garibaldi sprint with 43km remaining. Liquigas lead the peloton who trail by 2:40.

  16. 14:30 - The speed for the fourth hour was 41.6kmh. 42.4kmh was the third hour. The pace has obviously dropped after the rapid start.

  17. 14:15 - It's a hot day for the riders with the temperatures in the low 30s.

  18. 14:00 - 3:20 is now the gap with 60km to race.

  19. 13:40 - The leaders are in the valley and keeping their advantage at over four minutes.

  20. 13:15 - Ardila (Rabobank) has fallen on the descent and is trailing his fellow escapees by a few seconds. Baliani took the green jersey points at the summit.

  21. 13:00 - At the summit of the 2nd cat climb, the Passo del Biscia, the gap is four minutes from our leading six to the peloton.

  22. 12:40 - The gap is 4:30 with 100km of racing remaining.

  23. 12:20 - At the feed zone after 107km, the gap is 3:30.

  24. 12:05 - Juan José Haedo (CSC) is the latest sprinter to climb off his bike.

  25. 11:50 - Greg Henderson, T-Mobile's New Zealand sprinter, has retired from his first Grand Tour.

  26. 11:40 - The escapees have increased their lead on a descent and now have a 4:25 advantage on the peloton at the 85km mark.

  27. 11:30 - Finally after a host of attacks, a group of six has formed in the lead. The persistent Baliani is there along with Hubert Dupont (AG2r), Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne), Ivan Parra (Cofidis), George Hincapie (Discovery) and Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank). They have a lead of 1:15 after 77km.

  28. 11:15 - After 65km, Baliani and Belotti have been joined by five other riders. Wegelius has slipped back into the bunch.

  29. 11:00 - Francesco Bellotti (Crédit Agricole) has bridged the gap to the leaders.

  30. 10:55 - British rider Charly Wegelius has launched an attack after 54km along with Fortunato Baliani (Panaria).

  31. 10:45 - The average speed in the first hour is an incredible 51.2kmh. The bunch is still together however.

  32. 10:30 - But Bouygues team-mate Yohann Gene is the latest rider to abandon the race.

  33. 10:15 - The intermediate sprint after 28km was won by Pierre Drancourt of Bouygues Telecom.

  34. 10:00 - There are two further mountains today. After 144km we reach the summit of the Passo del Biscia - a 16.3km second category ascent. And 31km from the end the riders begin the the third category ascent of Campi which is a 4.3km long climb.

  35. 09:45 - Alberto Ongarato (Milram) did not start this morning. 180 riders signed on.

  36. 09:30 - Today's 10th stage is sure to test the riders as it is raced over 250km from Camaiore to Notre-Dame de la Garde climaxing with an 8.8km climb to the finish at an average gradient of 8%. (All times BST).