Bernucci leads the break over the only climb, and amazingly the break still lead with 3km to go and have a bigger gap than Bertogliati had on Stage 7.
And Marco Velo wins it. He was dropepd on the only climb, but found his way back. Meanwhile in the pack another split! Di Luca and Cunego gain yet another minute on their rivals, this is just getting idiotic now.
1
Marco Velo
TEAM MILRAM
4h18'09
2
Gene Bates
SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
s.t.
3
Lorenzo Bernucci
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
4
Laurent Mangel
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
5
Daniele Bennati
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
6
Thor Hushovd
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
7
Paolo Bettini
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
8
Allan Davis
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
9
Robert Hunter
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
s.t.
10
Vladimir Bileka
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
11
Cristian Moreni
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
12
Axel Merckx
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
13
Mirko Lorenzetto
TEAM MILRAM
s.t.
14
Robbie McEwen
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
15
Danilo Di Luca
ASTANÁ
s.t.
16
Fabio Baldato
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
17
Michail Ignatiev
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
s.t.
18
Damiano Cunego
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
19
Michael Rogers
TEAM MILRAM
s.t.
20
Sergei Ivanov
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
21
Mauro Facci
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
22
Addy Engels
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
+ 1'22
23
Rubens Bertogliati
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
s.t.
24
Luca Mazzanti
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
25
José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
26
Giovanni Visconti
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
27
Rik Verbrugghe
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
28
Assan Bazajev
ASTANÁ
s.t.
29
Gilberto Simoni
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
30
Dmitri Muravjev
ASTANÁ
s.t.
31
Michiel Elijzen
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
32
Cyril Dessel
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
33
Timothy Cassidy
MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY
s.t.
34
Leonardo Bertagnolli
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
35
Devis Miorin
KIO ENE - TONAZZO - DMT
s.t.
36
Xavier Florencio
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
37
Andrea Tonti
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
38
Kim Kirchen
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
39
Rubén Plaza
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
40
Marco Marzano
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
41
Jürgen Van de Walle
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
42
Maxime Monfort
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
43
Giuseppe Guerini
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
44
Vladimir Efimkin
ASTANÁ
s.t.
45
Bradley Wiggins
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
46
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
47
Nick Nuyens
TEAM MILRAM
s.t.
48
Ivan Parra Pinto
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
49
Patrik Sinkewitz
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
50
Hubert Schwab
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
Bettini is also making the splits and is up to 5th in the standings. He should drop down again soon though. Another man making the splits is Merckyx, he has a better hope of hanging on for a top 10, it is unlikely though.