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Giro d'Italia - Vestone - Milano

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  1. 16:52 - It's the perfect leadout for Petacchi and he wins by a huge margin, around six or seven bike lengths. That's his fifth stage win of this year's race while Danilo Di Luca finishes safely in the peloton to complet overall victory in the Giro d'Italia!!!!

  2. 1km** - Petacchi's Milram squad lead the way.

  3. 5km** - The Astana rider is caught and the peloton prepare for the last lap all together...as everyone has known all long, it's going to be an eye balls out sprint.

  4. 9km** - Just six seconds the gap now with two laps remaining.

  5. 14km* - With three laps to go Ignatiev leads England's Steve Cummings by 15 seconds with the peloton a further five seconds back.

  6. 20km* - The Russian leads by 16 seconds.

  7. 25km* - Ignatiev has attacked.

  8. 33km* - The pace is beginning to pick up - 40.8kmph on lap three and 42.6kmph on lap four.

  9. 43km* - Nine laps to go and still no movement. The sun is peaking out from behind the clouds with the temperature around 25 degrees.

  10. 50km* - Di Luca's Liquigas team lead the peloton into Milan.

  11. 75km* - Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff) takes the final Garibaldi sprint to claim that particular classification ahead of Mickael Buffaz of Cofidis.

  12. 90km* - Marco Pinotti is the latest rider to meet relatives as the pace picks up slightly to 30.7kmh.

  13. 110km - Still no movement in the pack. This whole race has been a triumph for Di Luca who has been long regarded as a one-day specialist after winning four big Classics - the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, Amstel Gold and Flèche Wallonne in 2005 and Liège-Bastogne-Liège earlier this year.

  14. 120km - A run down of the other jersey winners - Alessandro Petacchi takes the maglia ciclamino as points winner, Leonardo Piepoli claims the mountains classification with Saunier Duval top in the team competition and Andy Schleck notching the young riders' classification as well as second place overall.

  15. 135km - The Acqua Sapone trio of local boys Stefano Garzelli, Dario Andriotto and Massimo Codol have just gone ahead of the peloton to meet family at the roadside.

  16. 148km - Frédéric Bessy (Cofidis) takes the final mountain points of the race at the third cat Passo Tre Termini. Leonardo Piepoli has already claimed the mountains classification.

  17. 160km - Just 26.3km covered in the opening hour as the peloton take it easy.

  18. 165km - The bunch has caught the early escapees.

  19. 175km - Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) and Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff) have gone off the front early, building up a 90 second lead over the peloton.

  20. 180km - This will be a victory parade for Danilo Di Luca who holds a one minute 55 second lead over race sensation Andy Schleck of Luxembourg.

  21. 11:25 - Welcome to the final stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 188km trek from Vestone which culminates in ten 4.8km laps of Milan.