Giro d’Italia Stage 2: Pink Pogs Proper On Schedule

UAE Emirates’ Tadej Pogačar was at all times the heavy favourite to win the 2024 Giro d’Italia. The most important query was whether or not he may cross up any of the early alternatives to claim his dominance. And up to now, the reply is a powerful “no.” In traditional, predictably aggressive vogue, Pogačar seized the primary main ending climb of the race, the ascent to Santuario Oropa within the Alpine foothills north of Torino, to win stage 2 of the Giro and take his first maglia rosa.

Pogačar overcame a short slip on a flat entrance tire simply as the ultimate climb was set to start, the place his wheel gave out and put him briefly on the bottom. Nevertheless it was clear he was unbothered to any important extent, and the Slovene popped straight as much as seize a brand new bike and cost again as much as regain his presence on the head of the peloton. From there, UAE riders upped the tempo and dispatched all however Pogačar’s closest competitors, just for Pogačar himself to take the entrance with some 4km remaining and speed up away for the solo win.

Dani Martinez of BORA led residence the chase forward of former INEOS teammate Geraint Thomas, 27 seconds later, with a handful of GC hopefuls alongside or a couple of seconds again. Lilian Calmejane surrendered the climbers’ jersey to Pogačar, to be borrowed by Martinez, and Visma’s Cian Uitdebroeks completed with the contenders to take the maglia bianca off Alex Baudin, who was greater than a minute again.

Stage:

1. POGAČAR Tadej, UAE Workforce Emirates, 3:54:20
2. MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe, BORA – hansgrohe, 0:27
3. THOMAS Geraint, INEOS Grenadiers, s.t.
4. FORTUNATO Lorenzo, Astana Qazaqstan Workforce, s.t.
5. LIPOWITZ Florian, BORA – hansgrohe
6. STORER Michael, Tudor Professional Biking Workforce, 0:30
7. UIJTDEBROEKS Cian, Workforce Visma, s.t.
8. RUBIO Einer, Movistar Workforce
9. LÓPEZ Juan Pedro, Lidl – Trek, 0:35
10. HIRT Jan, Soudal Fast-Step, 0:37

GC

1. POGAČAR Tadej, UAE Workforce Emirates, 7:08:29
2. THOMAS Geraint, INEOS Grenadiers, 0:45
3. MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe, BORA – hansgrohe, s.t.
4. UIJTDEBROEKS Cian, Workforce Visma | Lease a Bike, 0:54
5. RUBIO Einer, Movistar Workforce, s.t.

Picture by Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs

San Francesco al Campo – Santuario di Oropa 161 km

Large climbing on stage 2, Grand Excursions are getting an increasing number of evil.

Estimated end time: 17:00-17:25 CEST

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