the race leader's pink jersey changed hands five times in the first week of racing in the 2007 giro d'italia. andrea noè took the lead away from marco pinotti after the race's tenth stage. noè lost the lead to danilo di luca after he won the twelfth stage into briançon. di luca was not seriously challenged after taking the race lead in stage 12, and comfortably won the giro in milan with a two-minute gap over schleck in second.