Riccardo Ricco leaves Paolo Bettini and Davide Rebellin trailing in his wake as he sprints to victory in stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia in Tivoli. Giovanni Visconti finishes safely in the pack to keep the maglia rosa.
Italy's Alessandro Petacchi is sacked by his Milram team after he was banned for doping earlier this month for testing positive for excess salbutamol in the Giro d'Italia last year.
Italy's Gabriele Bosisio of the LPR Brakes team wins the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia from Vasto to Pescocostanzo.
Estonian rider Rene Mandri suffers a perforated chest, and broken rib, vertebra and radius in a crash in Thursday's sixth stage of the Giro D'Italia. The AG2R La Mondiale rider is in hospital and will not be transported back to France before next week.
Italy's Matteo Priamo of the CSF Group team wins the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia from Potenza to Peschici.
Russian Pavel Brutt claims an uphill win in stage five of the Giro D'Italia as fellow break-away member David Millar dramatically suffers a chain malfunction in the final kilometre and tosses his bicycle off of the road in frustration.