Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone) spun his way up hard-packed gravel roads to the spectacular summit at Plan de Corones to claim a surprise Giro d’Italia stage victory ahead of a dogfight for the GC favorites on Tuesday.

Giro d’Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan must be a very happy man. With a week to go, no one knows who will win the 2010 Giro, and that’s just the way he wants it.

“I don’t want this Giro decided until the final rider enters the Verona arena,” Zomegnan told VeloNews. “When we made this Giro course, we wanted a surprise every day. So far it’s been just like that.”

Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) won Thursday’s fifth stage of the 2010 Giro d’Italia after working a nearly day-long four-man breakaway and outlasting the chase pack by seconds.

Liquigas delivered a dominant team time trial victory against pre-stage favorites Team Sky and Garmin-Transitions to put the first Italian into the pink jersey as the 93rd Giro d’Italia returned to home roads.

Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) wins the blustery 223km Giro stage3 from Amsterdam to Middelburg with Alexander Vinokourov taking the Pink Jersey after another crashed filled day.

Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) won stage 1 of the 93rd edition of the Giro d’Italia, an 8.4km time trial through the streets of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Clad in a white skinsuit sporting the colors of the British time trial champion, Wiggins cranked out a time of 10 minutes, 18 seconds on the wet, technical circuit.