Prologue: Australian Bradley McGee sprints to win the prologue, the time trial opening stage of the 2004 Giro

Stage one: Fassa Bortolo's Alessandro Petacchi out-sprints German Olaf Pollack to win the stage from Genoa to Alba

After narrowly taking second place on the stage, German Pollack takes the overall leader's pink jersey

Stage two: Damiano Cunego of Italy wins a sprint finish to the line to take the stage between Novi Ligure and Pontremoli

Stage three: Gilberto Simoni wins the first mountain stage of the race and takes the overall lead by 13 seconds

Stage four: Alessandro Petacchi overcomes a fall at the 110km mark to win stage four of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish

Stage five: Australia's Robbie McEwen holds off the challenge of Olaf Pollack and Marco Zanotti to win the 177km fifth stage

Stage six: Alessandro Petacchi wins the sixth stage and his third stage victory of Giro d'Italia in pouring rain

Stage seven: Cunego takes the honours for the second time in the race so far - his win also puts him out in front overall