Stage eight: Petacchi wins his fourth stage of this year's Giro in a race to the line at the end of the 214km stage

Stage nine: Fred Rodriguez celebrates winning the ninth stage for the Acqua and Sapone team in a tight sprint finish

Stage 10: Petacchi outsprints his rivals to win his fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia

Stage 11: The peloton passes a pirate flag hung by fans to honour Italian rider Marco Pantani, who died earlier this year

Rookie Emanuele Sella claims victory in the 228km stage from Porto Sant'Elpido to Cesena after a long solo breakaway

Stage 12: Petacchi celebrates as he crosses the line in first place to claim another stage triumph

Stage 13: Ukraine's Serhiy Honchar celebrates victory by 18 seconds in the 52-kilometre time trial around Trieste

Honchar's compatriot Yaroslav Popovych claims the pink jersey from Damiano Cunego

Stage 14: The Giro d'Italia enters Croatia for the first time in its history and passes through the Adriatic town of Pula

Alessandro Petacchi signals his seventh stage win of the race, equalling the Giro d'Italia record held by Giuseppe Saronni