2021 Giro d'Italia

104th edition: May 8 - 30, 2021
Stage 2, May 9, 2021

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Sunday, May 9: Stage 2, Stupinigi (Nichelino) - Novara, 179 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Tim Merlier takes the second stage. RCS Sport photo

Weather at the finish city of Novara at 1:45 PM, local time: 21C (70F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: The race began at 12:57. There was one non-starter, Krists Nielands (Israel Start-Up Nation), who crashed on his way to the team hotel after stage one, breaking his collarbone.

Racing in Italy in the spring. The peloton has just left the big city of Torino. RCS Sport photo

Here's the stage two report from GC leader Filippo Ganna's INEOS Grenadiers team:

Filippo Ganna and the INEOS Grenadiers emerged through the second stage at the Giro d'Italia with both the race lead and GC contenders in place.

Ganna looked comfortable with the pink jersey on his shoulders, even jumping out to take three late bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint, extending his overall advantage to 13 seconds.

The Italian then turned teammate, helping to shepherd Egan Bernal in the final kilometres, with a sprint finish ensuring both Bernal and Pavel Sivakov finished on the same time as their rivals.

The stage played out at a gradual pace, with the team taking up the pace-setting initially before other teams took over. It was then all about staying out of trouble and conserving energy ahead of tougher tests to come.

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

179 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.126 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	4hr 21min 9sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
3	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
8	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
10	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
11	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
12	Max Kanter	Team DSM	s.t.
13	Manuel Belletti	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
14	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
15	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
16	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
18	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
20	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
22	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
23	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
27	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
29	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
31	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
32	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
33	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
36	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
37	Jai Hindley	Team DSM	s.t.
38	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
40	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
41	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
42	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
45	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
47	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
50	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
51	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
55	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
57	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
58	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
59	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
60	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
63	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
64	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
65	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
66	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
67	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
68	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
69	Joe Dombrowski	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
72	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
75	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
78	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
80	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
82	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
83	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
85	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
86	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
87	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
88	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
89	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
93	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
94	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
95	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
97	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
98	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
99	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
100	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
101	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
102	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
103	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
105	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
106	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
107	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
109	Alessandro de Marchi	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
110	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
113	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
114	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
115	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
117	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
118	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
119	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
120	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
121	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
125	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
126	Francois Bidard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
127	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
129	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
130	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
131	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
132	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
133	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
134	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
135	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
136	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
137	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
138	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
139	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
140	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
141	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
142	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
143	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
144	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
145	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
146	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
147	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
148	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
149	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
150	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
151	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
152	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
153	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
154	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
155	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
156	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
157	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
158	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
159	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
160	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
161	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
162	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
163	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
164	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
165	Michael Storer	Team DSM	s.t.
166	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
167	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
168	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
169	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
170	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
171	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
172	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
173	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
174	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
175	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
176	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
177	Koen De Kort	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
178	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	@ 35sec
179	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
180	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
181	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
182	Albert Torres	Movistar	0:45
183	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:33

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo-Kometa)
• Points classification leader: Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix)
• Best young rider: Filippo Ganna (INEOS Granadiers)
• Team classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

187.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.751 km/hr

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 29min 53sec
2	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	@ 13sec
3	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:16
4	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:20
5	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
6	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:21
7	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	0:22
9	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:25
10	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	0:26
11	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	0:27
12	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	0:29
13	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	0:30
14	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
15	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	0:31
16	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:32
17	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
18	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	0:33
19	Alessandro de Marchi	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
20	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	0:34
21	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
22	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
23	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-Assos	0:35
24	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:36
28	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
30	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	0:37
32	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:39
34	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
35	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	0:41
36	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
38	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
39	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
40	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	0:42
41	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
43	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
44	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:43
46	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	s.t.
47	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
49	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	0:44
50	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	Marc Soler	Movistar	0:45
57	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
58	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
59	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
60	Giacomo Nizzolo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
61	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	0:46
62	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
63	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
65	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	0:47
66	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
67	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
68	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	0:48
69	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
70	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
71	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
72	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	0:49
73	Jai Hindley	Team DSM	s.t.
74	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	0:50
75	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
76	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	0:51
78	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:52
79	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
81	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:53
82	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
83	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
84	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
85	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
87	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
90	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	0:54
91	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	0:55
92	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
94	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	0:56
95	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
97	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
98	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
99	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:57
100	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
101	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	0:58
102	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	0:59
104	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
106	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:00
107	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Michael Storer	Team DSM	1:01
109	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
110	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	1:01
111	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:02
112	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
113	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
115	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:04
116	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
117	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
118	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:05
120	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
121	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
122	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
123	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	1:06
124	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
125	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	1:07
126	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
127	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	1:07
128	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	1:08
129	Max Kanter	Team DSM	1:09
130	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
131	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
133	Davide Villella	Movistar	1:11
134	Joe Dombrowski	UAE Team Emirates	1:12
135	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
136	Francois Bidard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
137	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:13
138	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
139	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
140	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
141	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	1:14
142	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
143	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:15
144	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
145	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	1:16
146	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
147	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:17
148	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
149	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	1:18
150	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
151	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
152	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:19
153	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
154	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	1:20
155	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	1:21
156	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:22
157	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	1:23
158	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:24
159	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
160	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:25
161	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	1:26
162	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
163	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	1:27
164	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
165	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:28
166	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:29
167	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
168	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:30
169	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:31
170	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:33
171	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
172	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:34
173	Manuel Belletti	Eolo-Kometa	1:35
174	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
175	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
176	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	1:36
177	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:37
178	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
179	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	1:40
180	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:41
181	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	1:48
182	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	1:51
183	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:28

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

During the starting ceremonies Team Lotto Soudal is presented.

Race leader Filippo Ganna gets his bike. It's easy to pick out his bike, with the pink trim.

It's time to get the show on the road.

Halfway into the stage in Montechiaro D'Asti: Vincenzo Albanese, Umberto Marengo and another rider grunt their way up the steep hill.

In Novara with a kilometer and a half to go.

Tim Merlier is just a bit faster than the others.

Tim Merlier sits up and celebrates his win.

Stage winner Tim Merlier

Filippo Ganna will get to spend another day in pink

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