David Millar is one of the first attackers of the day...

...and Mauro Santambrogio is the first crasher of the day - the wet roads are very slippery!

Levi Leipheimer and Astana are setting the tempo on the climb to San Marino - an escape is five minutes in front...

Tiziano Dall 'Antonia leads the five escapers up the next ascent to Mont Carpegna - they now lead by over nine minutes...

The peloton is led over a flooded road by race-leader, Giovanni Visconti...

Alberto Contador leads the group of favourites to the summit of the Mont Carpegna - they are just six minutes down after this tough climb...

Bosisio and Baliani have started a counter-attack on the Perticara ascent...

Quick-Step also has ambitions today - that escape looks in jeopardy now...

Baliani is about to join the five escapers - but Bosisio has fallen heavily...

Bosisio is now helping DiLuca chase the escape down - there's a big climb coming up..!

Riccardo Ricco attacks, and is joined by DiLuca and Contador...

The overall favourites stop their attacking after a crash on a descent has taken down Visconti, Leipheimer, Menchov and several others...

Bertolini has just Baliani, Dall'Antonia and Lastras for company with 15-kilometres to go - their lead is back up to four minutes...

Leipheimer comes back to the group of favourites after the crash, bruised, cut - but otherwise okay...

Marco Pinotti seems to have broken the truce by attacking on the last climb of the day...

Di Luca and the others accelerate to nullify Pinotti's attempt to get away...

Alessandro Bertolini celebrates his win into Cesena

Giovanni Visconti winces as he puts on the Maglia Rosa, but his chances of defending the jersey have been reduced by the nasty fall...