LIVE stage 2 Giro d’Italia 2024 | Then some battle for the leading group, with Ganna among others

The Grande Partenza is over, so the Giro d’Italia train has left. On the first Sunday of the race, the drivers cannot rest on their laurels, because the first uphill finish is immediately on the menu. In the Leader’s jersey keeps readers informed of all developments of the journey to Oropa in this article!

There is plenty to talk about after the opening stage in and around Turin: the surprising victory of Jhonatan Narváez, the lack of horsepower among Tadej Pogacar’s servants, the reincarnation of Max Schachmann, the loss of time by Thymen Arensman and Romain Bardet and so on. Through. You read it, the opening stage of the Giro did not disappoint.

The drivers will also have little breathing space on day two, as the ride to the Santuario di Oropa is planned. A climb of 11.8 kilometers at 6.1 percent, with the sting in the tail, where the classification riders will immediately have to bare their butts again. Now that Pogacar’s team showed some form of weakness on the hills around Turin, the competition can respond to this. Although the ride seems quite controllable.

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The key question in advance is: what does Pogacar want? If he takes the day’s victory here – and therefore the pink – he will probably be stuck with the jersey and the associated duties for the next three sprinters’ days. That is why some escapees can also sense their chance, hoping for a safe conduct, as we often have in the first week/mountain stage of a Grand Tour.

At 12:55 p.m. the drivers will board for the ride towards Oropa, where they will arrive at approximately 5:15 p.m. The race can be seen live via Eurosport.