Alberto Contador (Astana) sealed the deal by winning the 2008 Giro d'Italia, finishing 11th on today's final time trial stage into Milan. Confirming that the best man won, he was by far the fastest of the top GC contenders in today's stage and increased his overall lead over Italian prima donna Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval - Scott) to 1 minute 57 seconds. Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) held onto his 3rd place by a scant 2 seconds over fellow Italian Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas), who is clearly setting a tone before Ivan Basso joins the team after his suspension.

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Team High Road dominated 3 of the top 4 places in today's stage with the professor Marco Pinotti taking top honors over his teammate Tony Martin while Bradley Wiggins finished 4th. While crossing the finish line, Contador raised his arms in triumph as a large contingent of Spanish fans started cheering. Contador becomes the first non-Italian to win the Giro since Russian Pavel Tonkov’s victory in 1996 and the 2nd Spaniard to win after "Big Mig" Miguel Indurain won back to back Giro's in 1992-1993.

Stay tuned for a recap of the 91st Giro d'Italia.

Top 10 Results for Stage 21
1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road........................................32.45
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road..........................................0.07
3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems.............................0.10
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road.....................................0.13
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle.......................0.22
6 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle......................................0.24
7 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
8 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana....................................................0.31
10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC...................................................0.33

Top 10 Final Overall Classification
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
2 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
6 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes
9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni

See the complete results here.