May 6/17 15:28 pm - Giro d'Italia: Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 05/6/17
In a stage with strong headwinds the sprinters' teams controlled the race until the final showdown. The experienced Greipel beat his rivals in the sprint.
André Greipel claimed his seventh stage win at a Giro d'Italia as he outsprinted Roberto Ferrari and Jasper Stuyven at Tortolì at the end of a stage more than six hours long, due to the head wind. For the first time in his long career, the ‘Gorilla’ moved into the lead of a Grand Tour. He'll be in the Maglia Rosa for the third and last day of the Giro100's visit to Sardinia.
It is Greipel's first Maglia Rosa ever but the 23rd for German riders. The last of them to lead the Giro d'Italia was Marcel Kittel in 2016. Herman Buse was the first, exactly 85 years ago after he won stage 2 from Vicenza to Udine on 15 May 1932 – but it was a very different way of winning as he soloed to cross the finishing line 11 minutes before his competitors
Maglia Rosa (pink), general classification leader - André Greipel (Lotto Soudal)
Maglia Ciclamino (cyclamen), sprinter classification leader - André Greipel (Lotto Soudal)
Maglia Azzurra (blue), King of the Mountains classification leader - Daniel Teklehaimanot (Team Dimension Data)
Maglia Bianca (white), young rider general classification leader - Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora - Hansgrohe)
Mike Woods (Cannondale Drapac) was top Canadian in 71st in the same time as the winner. Svein Tuft (Orica-Scott) was 137th at 1:12 back.
| Stage 2: Olbia to Tortoli, 221 km | |
| 1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 6:05:18 |
| 2 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 3 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 4 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 5 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data | |
| 6 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 7 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 9 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 10 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 11 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 12 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 14 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 15 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 16 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 17 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott | |
| 18 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 19 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | |
| 20 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | |
| 71 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac | all s.t. |
| 137 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 1:12 |
| GC | |
| 1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 11:18:39 |
| 2 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | at 0:04 |
| 3 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott | 0:08 |
| 4 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | 0:10 |
| 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | 0:12 |
| 7 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data | 0:14 |
| 8 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 9 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 10 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 12 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 14 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 15 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 16 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | |
| 17 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | |
| 18 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 19 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 20 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | all s.t. |
| 61 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:27 |
| 149 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 4:15 |
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