2015 Giro d'Italia
98th edition: May 9 - May 31, 2015
Stage 2 Results
May 10, Sunday - Stage 2: ALBENGA - GENOVA km 173
Stage 2 map and profile | Stage 2 photos |

Elia Viviani wins Giro stage 2
The Race: Elia Viviani had a good day today, winning his first-ever Grand Tour stage.
In the stage's first kilometers a six-man break went clear. At one point they had a nine-minute lead. But this is the Giro and they weren't going to be allowed their stage win. With about eleven kilometers remaining they were swallowed up by the fast-moving peloton, setting things up for a big sprint.
Viviani was on-form today, winning the stage. The GC lead moved to another Orica-GreenEdge rider. Today, it went to Michael Matthews, who came in seventh.
Notably, Ag2r's GC man for the Giro, Domenico Pozzovivo gave up more than a minute today. That will be hard to make up.
Complete Results:
173 km raced at an average speed of 40.979 km/hr
| 1 | VIVIANI Elia | Sky | 4hr 13min 18sec |
| 2 | HOFLAND Moreno | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 3 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 4 | MEZGEC Luka | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 5 | PETACCHI Alessandro | Southeast | s.t. |
| 6 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | Trek | s.t. |
| 7 | MATTHEWS Michael | Orica-GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 8 | APPOLLONIO Davide | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 9 | COLLI Daniele | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 10 | TIRALONGO Paolo | Astana | s.t. |
| 11 | BOLE Grega | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 12 | ARU Fabio | Astana | s.t. |
| 13 | KREUZIGER Roman | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 14 | MATYSIAK Bartlomiej | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 15 | PORSEV Alexander | Katusha | s.t. |
| 16 | URAN Rigoberto | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 17 | CLARKE Simon | Orica-GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 18 | BOONEN Tom | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 19 | GERRANS Simon | Orica-GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 20 | IZAGUIRRE Jon | Movistar | s.t. |
| 21 | BURGHARDT Marcus | BMC | s.t. |
| 22 | PORTE Richie | Sky | s.t. |
| 23 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | s.t. |
| 24 | CONTADOR Alberto | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 25 | ROSA Diego | Astana | s.t. |
| 26 | MONSALVE Jonathan | SoutheAstana | s.t. |
| 27 | CUNEGO Damiano | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 28 | KRUIJSWIJK Steven | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 29 | CLEMENT Stef | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 30 | ROGERS Michael | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 31 | BETANCUR Carlos Alberto | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 32 | SIUTSOU Kanstantsin | Sky | s.t. |
| 33 | CHAVES Johan Esteban | Orica-GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 34 | VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 35 | PAOLINI Luca | Katusha | s.t. |
| 36 | KONIG Leopold | Sky | s.t. |
| 37 | NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel | Sky | s.t. |
| 38 | GILBERT Philippe | BMC | s.t. |
| 39 | REZA Kevin | FDJ | s.t. |
| 40 | RUFFONI Nicola | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 41 | GAVAZZI Francesco | Southeast | s.t. |
| 42 | KEIZER Martijn | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 43 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | s.t. |
| 44 | SANCHEZ Luis Leon | Astana | s.t. |
| 45 | KIRYIENKA Vasil | Sky | s.t. |
| 46 | HESJEDAL Ryder | Cannondale-Garmin | s.t. |
| 47 | ELISSONDE Kenny | FDJ | s.t. |
| 48 | GRETSCH Patrick | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 49 | FORMOLO Davide | Cannondale-Garmin | s.t. |
| 50 | TROFIMOV Yury | Katusha | s.t. |
| 51 | PELLIZOTTI Franco | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 52 | LANDA MEANA Mikel | Astana | s.t. |
| 53 | MONFORT Maxime | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 54 | BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 55 | MOUREY Francis | FDJ | s.t. |
| 56 | GENIEZ Alexandre | FDJ | s.t. |
| 57 | RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 58 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha | s.t. |
| 59 | MOINARD Amaël | BMC | s.t. |
| 60 | DE NEGRI Pier Paolo | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 61 | MALACARNE Davide | Astana | s.t. |
| 62 | RUTKIEWICZ Marek | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 63 | HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian | Sky | s.t. |
| 64 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | s.t. |
| 65 | INTXAUSTI Benat | Movistar | s.t. |
| 66 | BOARO Manuele | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 67 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 68 | BATTAGLIN Enrico | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 69 | FELLINE Fabio | Trek | s.t. |
| 70 | VISCONTI Giovanni | Movistar | s.t. |
| 71 | PATERSKI Maciej | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 72 | BOUET Maxime | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 73 | BEPPU Fumiyuki | Trek | s.t. |
| 74 | MEERSMAN Gianni | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 75 | SLAGTER Tom Jelte | Cannondale-Garmin | s.t. |
| 76 | AMADOR Andrey | Movistar | s.t. |
| 77 | CARDOSO Andre Fernando | Cannondale-Garmin | s.t. |
| 78 | ROVNY Ivan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 79 | BELLETTI Manuel | Southeast | s.t. |
| 80 | ANTON Igor | Movistar | @ 19sec |
| 81 | SABATINI Fabio | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:00:21 |
| 82 | BROECKX Stig | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 83 | ZILIOLI Gianfranco | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 84 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | 0:00:27 |
| 85 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 86 | SILVESTRE Fabio | Trek | 0:00:27 |
| 87 | LANCASTER Brett | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:00:31 |
| 88 | BASSO Ivan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:33 |
| 89 | HENDERSON Gregory | Lotto-Soudal | 0:00:35 |
| 90 | BUSATO Matteo | Southeast | s.t. |
| 91 | MODOLO Sacha | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 92 | HAGA Chad | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 93 | PUCCIO Salvatore | Sky | 0:00:39 |
| 94 | BANDIERA Marco | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 95 | ARNDT Nikias | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 96 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Trek | 0:00:46 |
| 97 | ALAFACI Eugenio | Trek | 0:00:55 |
| 98 | GESCHKE Simon | Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:58 |
| 99 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Ag2r | @ 1min 9sec |
| 100 | SAMOILAU Branislau | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 101 | SZMYD Sylvester | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 102 | POLANC Jan | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 103 | XU Gang | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 104 | NIEMIEC Przemyslaw | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 105 | ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin | BMC | s.t. |
| 106 | MORI Manuele | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 107 | LAGUTIN Sergey | Katusha | s.t. |
| 108 | REICHENBACH Sébastien | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 109 | ZARDINI Edoardo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 110 | HERRADA Jesús | Movistar | s.t. |
| 111 | FERNANDEZ Rubén | Movistar | s.t. |
| 112 | CHEVRIER Clement | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 113 | PIRAZZI Stefano | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 114 | FISCHER Murilo Antonio | FDJ | s.t. |
| 115 | BARBIN Enrico | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 116 | BISOLTI Alessandro | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 117 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha | s.t. |
| 118 | COLBRELLI Sonny | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 119 | STORTONI Simone | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 120 | ARMEE Sander | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 121 | ULISSI Diego | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 122 | KANGERT Tanel | Astana | s.t. |
| 123 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | s.t. |
| 124 | PAULINHO Sergio Miguel | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 125 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 126 | WATSON Calvin | Trek | 0:01:21 |
| 127 | VANDEWALLE Kristof | Trek | s.t. |
| 128 | DILLIER Silvan | BMC | s.t. |
| 129 | FINETTO Mauro | Southeast | s.t. |
| 130 | FERRARI Roberto | Lampre-Merida | 0:01:24 |
| 131 | BÉRARD Julien | Ag2r | 0:01:28 |
| 132 | DUPONT Hubert | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 133 | BEWLEY Sam | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:01:42 |
| 134 | EISEL Bernhard | Sky | 0:01:50 |
| 135 | OWSIAN Lukasz | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 0:01:53 |
| 136 | TOSATTO Matteo | Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:59 |
| 137 | BROWN Nathan | Cannondale-Garmin | 0:02:48 |
| 138 | COURTEILLE Arnaud | FDJ | s.t. |
| 139 | VAKOC Petr | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 140 | DE LA CRUZ David | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:03:15 |
| 141 | MALAGUTI Alessandro | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 142 | MARANGONI Alan | Cannondale-Garmin | s.t. |
| 143 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Orica-GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 144 | ACEVEDO Janier Alexis | Cannondale-Garmin | s.t. |
| 145 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 146 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 147 | KEISSE Iljo | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 148 | CHAVANEL Sylvain | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 149 | CHIRICO Luca | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 150 | STACCHIOTTO Riccardo | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 151 | FAIRLY Caleb | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 152 | DE BACKER Bert | Giant-Alpecin | 0:03:20 |
| 153 | PINEAU Jérôme | IAM Cycling | 0:03:45 |
| 154 | PINEAU Cedric | FDJ | s.t. |
| 155 | FAVILLI Elia | Southeast | s.t. |
| 156 | VERVAEKE Louis | Lotto-Soudal | 0:03:59 |
| 157 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | Giant-Alpecin | 0:04:33 |
| 158 | TJALLINGII Maarten | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 159 | CHENG Ji | Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 160 | CHERNETSky Sergey | Katusha | s.t. |
| 161 | ROUX Anthony | FDJ | s.t. |
| 162 | GATTO Oscar | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 163 | VILLELLA Davide | Cannondale-Garmin | 0:04:43 |
| 164 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 165 | BERLATO Giacomo | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 166 | NOCENTINI Rinaldo | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 167 | HOULE Hugo | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 168 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 169 | TVETCOV Serghei | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 170 | GROSU Eduard Michael | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 171 | FLENS Rick | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 172 | LOBATO Juan Jose | Movistar | s.t. |
| 173 | JUUL JENSEN Christopher | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 174 | WEENING Pieter | Orica-GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 175 | DANIELSON Tom | Cannondale-Garmin | 0:04:58 |
| 176 | KUENG Stefan | BMC | 0:06:16 |
| 177 | DOMONT Axel | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 178 | ZHUPA Eugert | Southeast | s.t. |
| 179 | FRAPPORTI Marco | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 180 | VOROBYEV Anton | Katusha | s.t. |
| 181 | LINDEMAN Bertjan | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:06:41 |
| 182 | BAK Lars Ytting | Lotto-Soudal | 0:07:42 |
| 183 | MIHAILOV Nikolai | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 184 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha | s.t. |
| 185 | QUINTANA Dayer Uberney | Movistar | 0:10:19 |
| 186 | BOEM Nicola | Bardiani-CSF | 0:10:36 |
| 187 | VEIKKANEN Jussi | FDJ | 0:11:41 |
| 188 | HAUSSLER Heinrich | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 189 | HEPBURN Michael | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:12:39 |
| 190 | DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 191 | COLEDAN Marco | Trek | 0:12:42 |
| 192 | KLUGE Roger | IAM Cycling | 0:14:03 |
| 193 | SARAMOTINS Aleksejs | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 194 | PELUCCHI Matteo | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 195 | ISHIBASHI Manabu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:24:37 |
GC after Stage 2:
190.6 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.931 km/hr
| 1 | MATTHEWS Michael | Orica-GreenEdge | 4hr 32min 44sec |
| 2 | GERRANS Simon | Orica-GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 3 | CLARKE Simon | Orica-GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 4 | CHAVES Johan Esteban | Orica-GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 5 | KREUZIGER Roman | Tinkoff-Saxo | @ 7sec |
| 6 | CONTADOR Alberto | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 7 | ROGERS Michael | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 8 | BOARO Manuele | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 9 | ROVNY Ivan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 10 | TIRALONGO Paolo | Astana | 0:00:13 |
| 11 | ARU Fabio | Astana | s.t. |
| 12 | ROSA Diego | Astana | s.t. |
| 13 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | s.t. |
| 14 | SANCHEZ Luis Leon | Astana | s.t. |
| 15 | LANDA Mikel | Astana | s.t. |
| 16 | MALACARNE Davide | Astana | s.t. |
| 17 | VIVIANI Elia | Sky | 0:00:17 |
| 18 | BOONEN Tom | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:00:19 |
| 19 | URAN Rigoberto | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 20 | BOUET Maxime | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 21 | MEERSMAN Gianni | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 22 | IZAGUIRRE Jon | Movistar | 0:00:21 |
| 23 | INTXAUSTI Benat | Movistar | s.t. |
| 24 | VISCONTI Giovanni | Movistar | s.t. |
| 25 | AMADOR Andrey | Movistar | s.t. |
| 26 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | 0:00:25 |
| 27 | CLEMENT Stef | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 28 | BURGHARDT Marcus | BMC | s.t. |
| 29 | GILBERT Philippe | BMC | s.t. |
| 30 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 31 | MOINARD Amaël | BMC | s.t. |
| 32 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | s.t. |
| 33 | REZA Kevin | FDJ | 0:00:26 |
| 34 | ELISSONDE Kenny | FDJ | s.t. |
| 35 | MOUREY Francis | FDJ | s.t. |
| 36 | GENIEZ Alexandre | FDJ | s.t. |
| 37 | PORTE Richie | Sky | 0:00:27 |
| 38 | PORSEV Alexander | Katusha | s.t. |
| 39 | SIUTSOU Kanstantsin | Sky | s.t. |
| 40 | KONIG Leopold | Sky | s.t. |
| 41 | NIEVE Mikel | Sky | s.t. |
| 42 | PAOLINI Luca | Katusha | s.t. |
| 43 | KIRYIENKA Vasil | Sky | s.t. |
| 44 | TROFIMOV Yury | Katusha | s.t. |
| 45 | HENAO Sebastian | Sky | s.t. |
| 46 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha | s.t. |
| 47 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | Trek | 0:00:29 |
| 48 | VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 49 | MONFORT Maxime | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 50 | FELLINE Fabio | Trek | s.t. |
| 51 | HOFLAND Moreno | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:00:30 |
| 52 | KRUIJSWIJK Steven | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:00:36 |
| 53 | KEIZER Martijn | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 54 | RUFFONI Nicola | Bardiani-CSF | 0:00:37 |
| 55 | BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 56 | BATTAGLIN Enrico | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 57 | ANTON Igor | Movistar | 0:00:40 |
| 58 | BOLE Grega | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 0:00:45 |
| 59 | MATYSIAK Bartlomiej | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 60 | RUTKIEWICZ Marek | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 61 | PATERSKI Maciej | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 62 | BETANCUR Carlos Alberto | Ag2r | 0:00:48 |
| 63 | GRETSCH Patrick | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 64 | MEZGEC Luka | Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:49 |
| 65 | BROECKX Stig | Lotto-Soudal | 0:00:50 |
| 66 | PETACCHI Alessandro | Southeast | 0:00:52 |
| 67 | MONSALVE Jonathan | Southeast | s.t. |
| 68 | GAVAZZI Francesco | Southeast | s.t. |
| 69 | BELLETTI Manuel | Southeast | s.t. |
| 70 | HESJEDAL Ryder | Cannondale-Garmin | 0:00:53 |
| 71 | FORMOLO Davide | Cannondale-Garmin | s.t. |
| 72 | SLAGTER Tom Jelte | Cannondale-Garmin | s.t. |
| 73 | CARDOSO Andre Fernando | Cannondale-Garmin | s.t. |
| 74 | SILVESTRE Fabio | Trek | 0:00:56 |
| 75 | COLLI Daniele | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:00:57 |
| 76 | CUNEGO Damiano | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 77 | DE NEGRI Pier Paolo | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 78 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | @ 1min 0sec |
| 79 | APPOLLONIO Davide | Androni Giocattoli | 0:01:03 |
| 80 | PELLIZOTTI Franco | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 81 | PUCCIO Salvatore | Sky | 0:01:06 |
| 82 | BASSO Ivan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:12 |
| 83 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Trek | 0:01:15 |
| 84 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias | Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:16 |
| 85 | KANGERT Tanel | Astana | 0:01:22 |
| 86 | HAGA Chad | Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:24 |
| 87 | ZILIOLI Gianfranco | Androni Giocattoli | 0:01:26 |
| 88 | BUSATO Matteo | Southeast | 0:01:27 |
| 89 | ARNDT Nikias | Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:28 |
| 90 | HERRADA Jesús | Movistar | 0:01:30 |
| 91 | FERNANDEZ Rubén | Movistar | s.t. |
| 92 | REICHENBACH Sébastien | IAM Cycling | 0:01:34 |
| 93 | ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin | BMC | s.t. |
| 94 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | s.t. |
| 95 | FISCHER Murilo Antonio | FDJ | 0:01:35 |
| 96 | LAGUTIN Sergey | Katusha | 0:01:36 |
| 97 | DILLIER Silvan | BMC | 0:01:46 |
| 98 | ZARDINI Edoardo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 99 | BARBIN Enrico | Bardiani-CSF | 0:01:46 |
| 100 | PIRAZZI Stefano | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 101 | COLBRELLI Sonny | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 102 | GESCHKE Simon | Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:47 |
| 103 | VANDEWALLE Kristof | Trek | 0:01:50 |
| 104 | HENDERSON Gregory | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 105 | CHEVRIER Clement | IAM Cycling | 0:01:52 |
| 106 | SZMYD Sylvester | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 0:01:54 |
| 107 | SAMOILAU Branislau | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 108 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Ag2r | 0:01:57 |
| 109 | BISOLTI Alessandro | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:02:06 |
| 110 | POLANC Jan | Lampre-Merida | 0:02:08 |
| 111 | NIEMIEC Przemyslaw | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 112 | MORI Manuele | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 113 | ULISSI Diego | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 114 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
| 115 | STORTONI Simone | Androni Giocattoli | 0:02:12 |
| 116 | FINETTO Mauro | Southeast | 0:02:13 |
| 117 | BEWLEY Sam | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:02:15 |
| 118 | DUPONT Hubert | Ag2r | 0:02:16 |
| 119 | FERRARI Roberto | Lampre-Merida | 0:02:23 |
| 120 | RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano | Lampre-Merida | 0:02:32 |
| 121 | OWSIAN Lukasz | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 0:02:38 |
| 122 | LANCASTER Brett | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:02:46 |
| 123 | ALAFACI Eugenio | Trek | 0:02:52 |
| 124 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | 0:02:57 |
| 125 | VAKOC Petr | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:03:07 |
| 126 | BEPPU Fumiyuki | Trek | 0:03:20 |
| 127 | BANDIERA Marco | Androni Giocattoli | 0:03:22 |
| 128 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha | s.t. |
| 129 | TOSATTO Matteo | Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:26 |
| 130 | PAULINHO Sergio Miguel | Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:33 |
| 131 | CHAVANEL Sylvain | IAM Cycling | 0:03:40 |
| 132 | MODOLO Sacha | Lampre-Merida | 0:03:46 |
| 133 | SABATINI Fabio | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:03:49 |
| 134 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:03:51 |
| 135 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 136 | CHIRICO Luca | Bardiani-CSF | 0:03:52 |
| 137 | FAIRLY Caleb | Giant-Alpecin | 0:04:04 |
| 138 | ACEVEDO Janier Alexis | Cannondale-Garmin | 0:04:08 |
| 139 | MALAGUTI Alessandro | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:04:12 |
| 140 | STACCHIOTTO Riccardo | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 141 | BROWN Nathan | Cannondale-Garmin | 0:04:13 |
| 142 | BÉRARD Julien | Ag2r | 0:04:14 |
| 143 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:04:15 |
| 144 | MARANGONI Alan | Cannondale-Garmin | 0:04:25 |
| 145 | WATSON Calvin | Trek | 0:04:27 |
| 146 | XU Gang | Lampre-Merida | 0:04:30 |
| 147 | COURTEILLE Arnaud | FDJ | 0:04:36 |
| 148 | FAVILLI Elia | Southeast | 0:04:37 |
| 149 | ARMEE Sander | Lotto-Soudal | 0:04:40 |
| 150 | DE LA CRUZ David | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:04:42 |
| 151 | WEENING Pieter | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:04:43 |
| 152 | VERVAEKE Louis | Lotto-Soudal | 0:04:49 |
| 153 | JUUL JENSEN Christopher | Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:04:50 |
| 154 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | 0:04:56 |
| 155 | ROUX Anthony | FDJ | 0:04:59 |
| 156 | EISEL Bernhard | Sky | s.t. |
| 157 | LOBATO Juan Jose | Movistar | 0:05:04 |
| 158 | TJALLINGII Maarten | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:05:09 |
| 159 | FLENS Rick | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:05:19 |
| 160 | NOCENTINI Rinaldo | Ag2r | 0:05:31 |
| 161 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 162 | HOULE Hugo | Ag2r | s.t. |
| 163 | PINEAU Cedric | FDJ | 0:05:33 |
| 164 | VILLELLA Davide | Cannondale-Garmin | 0:05:36 |
| 165 | GATTO Oscar | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 166 | BERLATO Giacomo | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:05:40 |
| 167 | PINEAU Jérôme | IAM Cycling | 0:05:41 |
| 168 | TVETCOV Serghei | Androni Giocattoli | 0:05:46 |
| 169 | DANIELSON Tom | Cannondale-Garmin | 0:05:51 |
| 170 | GROSU Eduard Michael | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:05:52 |
| 171 | DE BACKER Bert | Giant-Alpecin | 0:05:53 |
| 172 | KUENG Stefan | BMC | 0:06:41 |
| 173 | VOROBYEV Anton | Katusha | 0:06:43 |
| 174 | KEISSE Iljo | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 175 | CHERNETSKY Sergey | Katusha | 0:06:46 |
| 176 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | Giant-Alpecin | 0:07:00 |
| 177 | CHENG Ji | Giant-Alpecin | 0:07:06 |
| 178 | ZHUPA Eugert | Southeast | 0:07:09 |
| 179 | LINDEMAN Bertjan | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:07:23 |
| 180 | FRAPPORTI Marco | Androni Giocattoli | 0:07:51 |
| 181 | BAK Lars Ytting | Lotto-Soudal | 0:08:11 |
| 182 | MIHAILOV Nikolai | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 0:08:37 |
| 183 | DOMONT Axel | Ag2r | 0:09:02 |
| 184 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha | 0:10:44 |
| 185 | BOEM Nicola | Bardiani-CSF | 0:11:57 |
| 186 | HAUSSLER Heinrich | IAM Cycling | 0:12:06 |
| 187 | HEPBURN Michael | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:12:39 |
| 188 | QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer | Movistar | 0:13:26 |
| 189 | COLEDAN Marco | Trek | 0:13:27 |
| 190 | VEIKKANEN Jussi | FDJ | 0:13:29 |
| 191 | DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano | Androni Giocattoli | 0:13:42 |
| 192 | SARAMOTINS Aleksejs | IAM Cycling | 0:14:28 |
| 193 | KLUGE Roger | IAM Cycling | 0:14:37 |
| 194 | PELUCCHI Matteo | IAM Cycling | 0:16:48 |
| 195 | ISHIBASHI Manabu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:25:49 |

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Simon Gerrans and Michael Matthews at the start

Retired (as of February 2015) racing great Cadel Evans at the start

Nice day for a Giro d'Italia stage.

That should be Ivan Basso at the head of the Tinkoff-Saxo phalanx

Alessandro Petacchi now rides for the Southeast team.

BMC rider Philippe Gilbert

Matteo Montaguti

What a fantastic place for riding...

Elia Viviani wins stage 2

Elia Viviani enjoys his time on the podium.

Michael Matthews is the new Maglia Rosa





