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Victory for Tadej Pogacar!
First celebration of Tadej Pogacar in the Giro d'Italia! The Slovenian arrived alone at the Santuario di Oropa.
Last kilometer
Tadej Pogacar's first of, surely, many victories in this Giro d'Italia 2024 is coming.
2 km to go
The gap is now 30 seconds. Pogacar is still at a good pace at the head of the race;
3,4 km to go
Geraint Thomas is leading the chasing group. Einer Rubio is trying to get to his wheel with other competitors. Further behind are Daniel Martinez and Esteban Chaves.
4,2 km to go
Make way! Tadej Pogacar attacks! The Slovenian rider receives the launch from Rafal Majka and goes in search of the stage win.
5 km to go
Pogacar has one gregarious rider left: Rafal Majka. There are still several riders surviving in the group. Nairo Quintana was left behind a few moments ago.
6,5 km to go
The breakaway is over. The peloton has caught Andrea Piccolo. UAE Team Emirates is now doing a devastating job at the front of the group with Tadej Pogacar in the lead group.
8,5 km to go
The gap between Andrea Piccolo and the peloton is narrowing in the first moments of the climb to the Santuario di Oropa.
11,5 km to go
Before the start of the climb to the finish, Tadej Pogacar suffered a puncture and went to the ground. Fortunately, it was nothing major.
13 km to go
The peloton reaches Christian Scaroni and Martin Marcellusi. Only Andrea Piccolo survives from the escapees.
15 km to go
Andrea Piccolo's good pedaling continues in the first place. The peloton continues to close in on Christian Scaroni and Martin Marcellusi.
20 km to go
The end of the day is approaching. Andrea Piccolo continues to keep the gap on the other two survivors of the breakaway.
23,6 km to go
Andrea Piccolo passes through the second pass of the day and once again adds the maximum score.
23,8 km to go
The peloton catches up with Davide Bais. The adventure is over for the Polti Kometa rider.
24,5 km to go
Domenico Pozzovivo is caught up in a tangle with two other riders and will have to change bikes after losing momentum with the peloton.
25 km to go
1.4 km to go before Andra Piccolo passes Nelva. The EF Education - EasyPost rider is already 1'45" ahead of the survivors of the breakaway. Davide Bais is no longer in this group, so only Christian Scaroni (Astana Qazaqstan) and Martin Marcellusi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) are left.
27 km to go
We are approaching the second climb of the day. At Nelva, the riders will pass through another third category pass.
32 km to go
The riders descend after overcoming the climb to Oasi Zegna. Harrison Wood gave up his idea of attacking and returned to the peloton.
38,4 km to go
Andrea Piccolo goes through the mountain prize in Oasi Zegna. Nine points for the EF Education - EasyPost rider in the mountains classification. Further behind the escapees is Harrison Wood (Cofidis), who has jumped from the main group to try to connect with the breakaway.
40 km to go
We are approaching the third category pass at Oasi Zegna. Andrea Piccolo is close to a minute ahead of the rest of the escapees.
43 km to go
Filippo Fiorelli is left behind. Enough for the rider who will claim the Maglia Ciclamino at the end of the day.
45 km to go
As the course progresses, Andrea Piccolo continues to gain seconds on the chasers. With respect to the peloton, the gap also continues to increase.
51 km to go
Andrea Piccolo was left behind alone after the sprint. The other four riders in the breakaway are chasing him and already lose 25 seconds. The gap to the peloton is already under two minutes.
54,4 km to go
Filippo Fiorelli wins in the intermediate sprint. Davide Bais had gone out to attack at 300 meters, but it was stronger the pedaling of the Bardiani rider, who managed to come back. 12 points for the Maglia Ciclamino classification and three seconds bonus in the general classification.
56 km to go
The riders are climbing towards Crocemosso. There they will pass through the intermediate sprint point that adds points for the maglia ciclamino and bonuses seconds for the general classification.
57,5 km to go
The gap between the escapees and the peloton has been reduced to 2'30" and continues to drop. The maximum breakaway was 4'32".
62,5 km to go
There is a crash in the peloton. Edward Dunbar (Jayco AlUla) comes out a bit battered, Olav Kooij (Team Visma) was also affected in the tangle. Both will be looking to get back into the peloton quickly.
65 km to go
The riders passed the sprint point and there were no attacks... All was quiet for Filippo Fiorelli, who scored maximum points in this race.
Jersey wearers
💗 Maglia Rosa (Leader): Jhonatan Narvaez (INEOS Grenadiers)
💜 Maglia ciclamino (Points): Filippo Fiorelli (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) - Leader: Jhonatan Narvaez (INEOS Grenadiers)
💙 Maglia azzurra (Mountain): Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché - Wanty)
🤍 Maglia bianca (Youth): Alex Baudin (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
70 km to go
In less than three kilometers, the breakaway riders will contest the first sprint of the day.
The breakaway of the day
The five riders in the breakaway are:
37- Christian Scaroni (Astana Qazaqstan)
76- Andrea Piccolo (EF Education - EasyPost)
162- Davide Bais (Team Polti Kometa)
203- Filippo Fiorelli (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè)
204- Martin Marcellusi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè)
Carreer status
There are 75 kilometers to the end of the stage. A group of five riders broke away and has a gap of over three minutes. The race has not yet begun for the scoring zones.
Welcome back!
We're back! We begin our coverage of stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia, which takes place between San Francesco al Campo and the Santuario di Oropa. We invite you to stay with us to follow the transmission and all the incidents of this day.
