It was the Italian Jonathan Milan (Bahrain – Victorious) who won the second stage of the Giro after a massive sprint. Starting 150m from the finish, headwind, Milan is ahead of David Dekker (Team Arkea Samsic) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin – Deceuninck). But the end of the stage was marked by a fall 3.7 kilometers from the finish in which many favorites were delayed. Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) is the main victim of this fall.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal – Quick-Step), who had stopped his effort one kilometer before the line, keeps the pink jersey.
At 22, Milan relieved Italian fans of the pressure of a first domestic victory and did not hide their joy at the finish. “It’s unbelievable, I can’t believe it, it’s my first Giro. I had a good prologue on Saturday, but I could never have imagined winning today (Sunday). »
As we have said, the final was marked by an impressive fall less than four kilometers from the finish line. In fact, several favorites were absent from the final sprint, including Mark Cavendish. Tao Geoghegan Hart, Jay Vine and Brandon McNulty, three members of the top 10 overall, also lost time.
But apart from this stressful final, the day was rather calm, especially for the favourites. Starting with Remco Evenepoel who stayed warm, stuck in the wheel of his teammates. We even saw him shift to clap the hand of his wife who came to the side of the road, all dressed in pink. ” Everything went well. We escaped trouble, but it was a bad fall.he confided on arrival.