Giro d'Italia (2020) Photos; Stage 2: Alcomo → Agrigento, 150 km |
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Stage 2 teams presentation in Alcamo as fans peer down from the fort lookout | share this photo |
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Deep purple would have been a better color for the EF Pro Cycling shorts | share this photo |
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Bora - Hansgrohe | share this photo |
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Bora - Hansgrohe legs | share this photo |
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A trip down memory lane | share this photo |
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Stage 1 TT winner and race leader, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) next to GC team leader, Geraint THOMAS | share this photo |
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Start scene for Stage 1 with jersey leader social distancing? | share this photo |
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The crowded rollout from Alcamo | share this photo |
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The route was ruined | share this photo |
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Today's break led by Thomas De Gendt (BEL/Lotto Soudal) stayed away until 10 km to go | share this photo |
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INEOS managing the gap for their race leader | share this photo |
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Three puncheurs left at the front on the uphill finish in Agrigento | share this photo |
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Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) checks to make sure he has enough of a gap to post-up | share this photo |
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Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) wins the puncheur uphill finish in 3:24:58 ahead of 2nd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and 3rd Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ (DEN/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | share this photo |
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Finish scene in Alcamo... fewer fans than at the start | share this photo |
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Diego Ulissi said: “I started the stage very motivated with the certainty of being able to beat everyone. After I sped up, I've seen a gap behind me and I knew that whoever would come across would have spent a lot of energy. It's big to win on the second day when everyone wants to win and is fresh as well. The sprinters also tried. That's why I asked the team to make the race hard. It's been a perfect tactic that enabled me to beat Peter [Sagan].” | share this photo |
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3rd Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ (DEN/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) is back in frame after spending few seconds obscured | share this photo |
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Disappointed with another Grand Tour runner-up finish, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE): "The final climb of the stage was pretty hard, 3.7km and from the bottom to the top we went full gas. In hindsight, maybe I could have done something better. When I caught Ulissi and Honoré, maybe I should have sprinted immediately, but I was also on the limit because of the big effort I did to catch them. When they sprinted I gave my maximum but Diego was stronger and won with a margin of 4-5 bikes. It is what it is and I'm satisfied with my second place. It is strange for me to wear the mountain jersey. I got some points for the ciclamino jersey but tomorrow will be another hard stage, so we will have to see day by day." | share this photo |
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4th Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB) + 5s | share this photo |
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It has been so long, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) asks Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) what it is like to win so much. (Sagan hasn't won a race in 15 months) Or, Sagan could be telling Ganna he looks pretty in Pink. | share this photo |
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The Maglia Rosa Filippo Ganna said: “In my first 24 hours in the Maglia Rosa, I've realised what it means for the fans. I heard people yelling my name and Salvatore Puccio's because he's from here. I'll never forget that day. I thought of trying to go for the win but I've preferred to not take any risk and retain the jersey. Geraint Thomas had fantastic legs again today. I hope he'll take over from me tomorrow.” | share this photo |
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Your Stage 2 winner, Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) now has seven career Giro stage wins | share this photo |
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Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) celebrates his likely last podium ceremony in Pink | share this photo |
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With a summit finish on Etna tomorrow, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) is expected to pass the Pink Jersey to his teammate Geraint Thomas | share this photo |
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Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE): "It is strange for me to wear the mountain jersey" | share this photo |
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KOM leader Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2020) Photos; Stage 2: Alcomo → Agrigento, 150 km |
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