Giro Stage 13 wrap-up: A new world order

The second mountain stage of the 2005 Giro d'Italia created a new world order, as 2002 champion Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) displaced Ivan Basso at the top of the leaderboard, and now leads the race by almost a minute from his two closest competitors.

Featuring three Cat. 1 mountains over a 218 kilometre-long parcours and over 5,000 metres of vertical climbing, Stage 13 was one for the climbers. However, it was an early breakaway that won the day, as Selle Italia-Colombia's Ivan Parra countered a move from team-mate and mountains leader Jose Rujano on the final climb to Pontives, and stayed away to take the biggest win of his career.

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