Fans craning for a view at the Stage 8 finish in Bergamo.

Fly-by photos of fans. It's hard to shoot a picture while driving.

View from Stage 8 to Bergamo. #giro

Post-finish, Stage 7. Riders too cold to stick around. #giro

Villages prepped in pink for the Giro.

View along the course, still in Austria.

Driving through Innsbruck to the start.

View in Austria, on the way to the start in Innsbruck. #giro

Racing through town toward the Stage 6 finish.

Pics heading to the finish in Austria. #Giro

Pics heading to the finish in Austria. #Giro

Sparse crowd at Lance Armstrong's bus in Bressanone. Andrey Zeits in the foreground.

A steep gondola ride back to the parking lot.

About 10 meters from the finish on Alpe di Siusi.

About to tackle the tough climb. #Giro #cycling

Danilo Di Luca after signing in for stage 5. At day's end, he'd be in pink.

Pics from stage 5 yesterday: Alessandro Petacchi heading for the start.

Stayed at the same hotel as several teams last night. Luxury, this is not.

Another pic of Padova at Stage 4 start. Remind me to return for vacation.

No Tour de France for Tom Boonen. What should QuickStep do with their bus?