2008 Giro d'Italia
Route and stages
The race began for the second year in succession with a team time trial on one of Italy's islands, in this case Sicily (in 2007 it had been Sardinia).

2008 Giro d'Italia

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The race began for the second year in succession with a team time trial on one of Italy's islands, in this case Sicily (in 2007 it had been Sardinia).

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	10 May	Palermo	23.6 km (14.7 mi)	Team time trial	Slipstream–Chipotle

2	11 May	Cefalù to Agrigento	207 km (129 mi)	Intermediate stage	Riccardo Riccò (ITA)

3	12 May	Catania to Milazzo	221 km (137 mi)	Flat stage	Daniele Bennati (ITA)

4	13 May	Pizzo Calabro to Catanzaro-Lungomare	183 km (114 mi)	Flat stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)

5	14 May	Belvedere Marittimo to Contursi Terme	203 km (126 mi)	Intermediate stage	Pavel Brutt (RUS)

6	15 May	Potenza to Peschici	231.6 km (143.9 mi)	Intermediate stage	Matteo Priamo (ITA)

7	16 May	Vasto to Pescocostanzo	180 km (112 mi)	Intermediate stage	Gabriele Bosisio (ITA)

8	17 May	Rivisondoli to Tivoli	208 km (129 mi)	Intermediate stage	Riccardo Riccò (ITA)

9	18 May	Civitavecchia to San Vincenzo	218 km (135 mi)	Flat stage	Daniele Bennati (ITA)

19 May	Rest day

10	20 May	Pesaro to Urbino	39.4 km (24.5 mi)	Individual time trial	Marzio Bruseghin (ITA)

11	21 May	Urbania to Cesena	199 km (124 mi)	Intermediate stage	Alessandro Bertolini (ITA)

12	22 May	Forlì to Carpi	172 km (107 mi)	Flat stage	Daniele Bennati (ITA)

13	23 May	Modena to Cittadella	177 km (110 mi)	Flat stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)

14	24 May	Verona to Alpe di Pampeago	195 km (121 mi)	Mountain stage	Emanuele Sella (ITA)

15	25 May	Arabba to Passo Fedaia	153 km (95 mi)	Mountain stage	Emanuele Sella (ITA)

16	26 May	San Vigilio di Marebbe to Plan de Corones	12.8 km (8.0 mi)	Individual time trial	Franco Pellizotti (ITA)

27 May	Rest day

17	28 May	Sondrio to Locarno (Switzerland)	146 km (91 mi)	Flat stage	André Greipel (GER)

18	29 May	Mendrisio (Switzerland) to Varese	147 km (91 mi)	Intermediate stage	Jens Voigt (GER)

19	30 May	Legnano to Presolana	238 km (148 mi)	Mountain stage	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)

20	31 May	Rovetta to Tirano	224 km (139 mi)	Mountain stage	Emanuele Sella (ITA)

21	1 June	Milan	28.5 km (17.7 mi)	Individual time trial	Marco Pinotti (ITA)

Total	3,407 km (2,117 mi)

Sentence(s)

The sixth stage was 231.6 km (143.9 mi) long.

final_sentence: The sixth stage was 231.6 km (143.9 mi) long.