Maximum excitement! Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) gave a coup of authority and won the second stage of the Giro d’Italia 2024which was disputed between San Francesco al Campo and the Sanctuary of Oropa over a distance of 161 kilometerswith a mountainous route and a high finish.
In an intense finish on the last climb, the Slovenian took a great victory, taking a lead of 27 seconds over his rivals. The Colombian Daniel Felipe Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) entered 2nd and the British Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) 3rd.
In relation to the rest of the beetles, the boyacense Einer Rubio (Movistar Team) He entered 8th at 30 seconds and Esteban Chaves (EF EducationEasyPost) finished 11th at one minute, which left them in the top 10 of the individual general classification.
They encouraged the escape of the day Christian Scaroni (Astana Qazaqstan Team), David Bais (Team Polti Kometa), Filippo Fiorelli (VF Group – Bardiani CSF – Faizanè), Martin Marcellusi (VF Group – Bardiani CSF – Faizanè) and Andrea Piccolo (EF Education – EasyPost), who was the one who resisted the most and the last to be neutralized by the group of favorites.
The ‘Corsa Rosa’ will continue this Monday with a flat fraction between Novara and Fossano with a flat route of 165 kilometers. The successor to the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, last year’s champion, will be known on Sunday, May 26 in Rome.
Giro D’Italia 2024 (2.UWT)
Results stage 2 | San Francesco al Campo – Santuario di Oropa (161 km)
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | 3:54:20 |
| 2 | Daniel Felipe Martínez | BORA – hansgrohe | 0:27 |
| 3 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | ,, |
| 4 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Astana Qazaqstan Team | ,, |
| 5 | Florian Lipowitz | BORA – hansgrohe | ,, |
| 6 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:30 |
| 7 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | ,, |
| 8 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 9 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Lidl – Trek | 0:35 |
| 10 | Jan Hirt | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:37 |
Individual General Classification
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | 7:08:29 |
| 2 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:45 |
| 3 | Daniel Felipe Martínez | BORA – hansgrohe | ,, |
| 4 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:54 |
| 5 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 6 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 1:05 |
| 7 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Lidl – Trek | 1:09 |
| 8 | Jan Hirt | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:11 |
| 9 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education – EasyPost | 1:24 |
| 10 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan Team | ,, |
