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Agrigento (Italy), Oct 5: Diego Ulissi won Stage 2 of the 2020 Giro d'Italia in Agrigento, beating Peter Sagan to the line after an uphill sprint finish. Mount Etna awaits on day three, but Filippo Ganna remains in pink for another stage after finishing safely in the bunch.
Alcamo (Italy), October 5, 2020- Peter Sagan remains without a win in 15 months after the Bora-Hansgrohe rider was beaten by Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) in an uphill sprint finish in Stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia.
Ulissi's stage win and bonus seconds see him move into the race top ten, while Ineos' Filippo Ganna retains the pink jersey for another day.
The profile of the stage made this a gilt-edged opportunity for the puncheurs, and Sagan and Ulissi ensured the race played out to the script. In third place was Danish rider Mikkel Honoré (Deceuninck-Quick-Step), the last of a trio who surged clear of the chasing pack on the final uphill kilometre.
Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) couldn't stay with the winning three, settling in the end for fourth place, the best of the second group to cross the line. In the battle for the ciclamino jersey it's 1-0 Sagan.
Geraint Thomas and Simon Yates both enjoyed uneventful days in the saddle, but Astana suffered another setback as Aleksandr Vlasov abandoned the race. They are no down to six riders after just two stages, and - perhaps more crucially - have lost their two strongest climbing domestiques.
Rick Zabel ceded the blue climber's jersey as expected today, with Sagan set to pull it on tomorrow. The ciclamino will pass to Ulissi, while both the pink and white jerseys will belong by rights to Ganna, with Joao Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) wearing the latter in his stead.
A spirited breakaway led by Thomas De Gendt lasted until the 10km to go kite, with the Belgian hoovering up maximum points at both intermediate sprints and the day's first king of the mountain point.
Seismic eruptions are expected in the general classification tomorrow as the Giro sees its first mountain top finish on Mount Etna.
All the action from GIRO D'ITALIA Stage 3 Enna - Etna will be LIVE on Eurosport and Eurosport HD from 4:00 PM IST onward on October 5, 2020.
