Man, that was hard! Ricco and Pellizotti cross the line with Simoni, out of focus (in white), just behind them.

Gilberto Simoni, a gifted climber and 2-time Giro winner, shows the strain of five and a half hours of hard racing.

It doesn't look like Danilo Di Luca left anything on the table either.

Sella scores a brilliant win after leaving his breakaway companions on the penultimate major climb, the Manghen.