Lampre rode into 10th place in Palermo, 45-seconds off the winning mark...

Quick-Step raced into 9th place, 42 seconds back...

Tinkoff started almost first and ended in eighth place, 33-seconds down...

Vladimir Gusev led Astana to a fast start, but they ended in seventh-place, 29-seconds down...

LPR tried hard for Danilo DiLuca, and they took6th-place today, 28-seconds down...

Steve Cummings helped Barloworld to a fine fifth-place today - they were 14-seconds too slow...

Liquigas took fourth-place in Palermo, just nine-seconds off the pace - watch out for Daniele Bennati tomorrow!

High Road rode high today, taking third-place at seven-seconds - it puts Mark Cavendish in with a chance of the Maglia Rosa tomorrow...

CSC started as favourites, but failed to win by just six-seconds...

Slipstream, led here by Ryder Hesjedal, pounded their opposition today, taking a most fantastic win...

David Zabriskie led the team's celebrations...

And the race-leader is..?

Christian Vande Velde becomes the first American race-leader of the Giro since Andy Hampsten in 1988 - it makes for a great 20th anniversary!