Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) forced his way across the line to claim the maglia rosa on Thursday as Matteo Priamo (CSF Group) won stage 6 of the 2008 Giro d’Italia.

The two were part of a 12-man break that held more than 15 minutes on the bunch at one point — and finished with just under 12 minutes’ advantage after 231.6km of racing from Potenza to Peschici.

Results

1 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
2 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
3 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
5 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
6 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana
7 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
8 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre
9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step

General classification after stage 6

1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step
2 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC 1.22
4 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.42
5 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 5.34
6 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 9.08
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes