Welcome to live coverage of stage eight of the Giro d'Italia - a 54.8km individual time trial along winding coastal roads from Gabicce Mare to Saltara. It's a tricky parcours with a nasty climb right at the end - but it has Britain's Bradley Wiggins' name all over it.

While Wiggins is overwhelming favourite after winning both time trials in last year's Tour then topping it off with the Olympic time trial gold medal, the course today is a different beast. Despite its length, only 20km are flat, with the technical course starting with a series of bumps and finishing with a steep ramp which tops out at 13%. There are time checks at Pesaro (26km) and Calcinelli (51km).

It's a cloudy day with a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius. After the rain yesterday, many of the peloton will be hoping for a dry day. Wiggins's rivals - having seen how the race favourite struggled in the wet - will be doing a rain dance, however.

Today's time trial sees the peloton roll down the ramp at one-minute intervals in reverse order. Things got under way at 11:10 GMT with Australia's Jack Bobridge (Blanco), last on GC. The undulating and technical course will take at least 1hr 10mins and Wiggins will roll down the ramp at 2:08 GMT. Once we get to the top 15, the riders will leave at three-minute intervals. The last rider to start will be maglia rosa Benat Intxausti at 3pm GTM.

A dramatic day of multiple crashes and numerous attacks saw Lotto Belisol's Hansen take the biggest win of his career as Spaniard Benat Intxausti (Movistar) moved into the pink jersey. With overnight leader Luca Paolini (Katusha) coming home in the same group as Wiggins, Intxausti now leads Italy's Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) by five seconds and the Canadian defending champion Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) by eight seconds. Wiggins is 1:32 down in 22nd place.

Yesterday, the pre-race favourite Wiggins crashed in wet conditions in the hilly Abruzzo region as Australian Adam Hansen soloed to victory in stage seven. Wiggins dropped out of the top 20 in the overall standings after crossing the line a disconsolate figure more than a minute behind his main rivals in the undulating 177km stage from San Salvo.