Refresh
Still an hour and a half from the stage start, it’s breakfast time for the riders right now (and us).
Poor Geraint Thomas is eating on his own. He’s also feasting on what appears to be a large bowl of rice, topped with soy sauce or syrup of some kind. The breakfast of champions?
Buongiorno ragazzi 👍 Top bants as usual 🤪 pic.twitter.com/FSlPiCJllIMay 5, 2024
Today’s stage timings are as follows:
Start: 11:55 (BST)
Expected finish: 16:13 (BST)
The below tweet has the local times.
2024 #GirodItalia – Stage 2️⃣ 🚩 San Francesco Al Campo🏁 Santuario Di Oropa📏 161 KM⏰ 12:55 – 17:13⭐⭐⭐ pic.twitter.com/mVvdgpP7gSMay 5, 2024
Here’s how the general classification stands going into stage two:
1. Jhonatan Narváez (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, in 3:14:23
2. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, +3s
3. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, +6s
4. Alex Baudin (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, +16s
5. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious, +17s
6. Nicola Conci (Ita) Alpecin-Deceuninck, +18s
7. Quinten Hermans (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, +20s
8. Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
9. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
10. Attila Valter (Hun) Visma-Lease a Bike, all at same time
If you didn’t catch Narváez’s victory yesterday, fear not, Joseph Lycett has you covered with this race report of the action.
You can also find all the other classification leaders in our dedicated article.
The last time the Giro d’Italia visited Oropa was in 2017, when Tom Dumoulin won the stage en route to claiming his first, and only, Grand Tour.
The climb previously took on legendary status in 1999 when Marco Pantani, then the pink jersey wearer, had a mechanical on its early slopes and had to get off his bike. Having lost 45 seconds to the pack, ‘Il Pirata’ then bolted up the gradient, tagging and passing everyone to win the stage.
Could there be more drama today?
Here’s what’s in store for the peloton today. After a pair of category three climbs, the race will finish on the category one Santuario di Oropa – 11.7km at an average gradient of 6.2%.
It is, I think, the earliest summit finish in the race since 1989.