Giro d’Italia: Evenepoel spends first day in pink

Remco Evenepoel collected his 18th Grand Tour leader’s jersey at the end of stage 2, which travelled from Tortona to San Salvo, over a mainly flat 202km course. Only the second reigning World Champion to top the Giro d’Italia general classification this century, the 23-year-old was resplendent in the famed maglia rosa during Sunday’s journey in the province of Chieti, flanked at all times by his Soudal Quick-Step teammates.
The day belonged to a five-man breakaway until twenty kilometers to go, when the group was reabsorbed by the peloton. The finale was far from being a quiet one, due to a crash that took many riders down just four kilometers from the line. Luck was on Evenepoel’s side, who escaped the incident and concluded with the reduced main group, from where Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) sprinted to victory.
“We did well to stay out of trouble. That was the plan and I’m glad it worked out, although that crash wasn’t nice at all. Fortunately, I wasn’t caught in that incident”, said Remco right after the stage. “Apart from that, it was a pretty quiet day, one which was special, as I got to wear the pink jersey for the first time in my career. I enjoyed every single moment, and it was really nice to receive a lot of encouragement from the fans on the side of the road.”
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Race details
1 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
4:55:11 |
2 |
David Dekker Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:00 |
3 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:00 |
4 |
Arne Marit Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
5 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
0:00 |
6 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
7 |
Fernando Gaviria Rendon Movistar Team |
0:00 |
8 |
Niccolò Bonifazio Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
9 |
Jake Stewart Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
10 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
0:00 |
26 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
27 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
36 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
69 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:19 |
147 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:34 |
164 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:11 |
171 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:16 |
172 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:16 |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
5:16:29 |
2 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
0:22 |
3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:29 |
4 |
Stefan Küng Groupama - FDJ |
0:43 |
5 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
0:43 |
6 |
Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers |
0:55 |
7 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
0:55 |
8 |
Tao Geoghegan Hart INEOS Grenadiers |
0:59 |
9 |
Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates |
1:00 |
10 |
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates |
1:05 |
16 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:23 |
22 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:31 |
83 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:49 |
124 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:29 |
147 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:54 |
164 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
4:40 |
169 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
5:13 |
1 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
50 pt |
2 |
David Dekker Team Arkéa Samsic |
35 pt |
3 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
25 pt |
4 |
Arne Marit Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
18 pt |
5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
15 pt |
6 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
14 pt |
7 |
Fernando Gaviria Rendon Movistar Team |
14 pt |
8 |
Stefano Gandin Team Corratec - Selle Italia |
12 pt |
9 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
12 pt |
10 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
12 pt |
1 |
Paul Lapeira AG2R Citroën Team |
6 pt |
2 |
Thomas Champion Cofidis |
4 pt |
3 |
Tao Geoghegan Hart INEOS Grenadiers |
3 pt |
4 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
2 pt |
5 |
Mattia Bais EOLO-Kometa |
2 pt |
6 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
1 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
5:16:29 |
2 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:29 |
3 |
Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates |
1:00 |
4 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
1:17 |
5 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:31 |
6 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
1:37 |
7 |
Stefano Oldani Alpecin-Deceuninck |
1:56 |
8 |
Michel Hessmann Jumbo-Visma |
1:56 |
9 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
2:02 |
10 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
2:04 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 15:51:30 |
2 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:13 |
3 | Soudal - Quick Step | 0:32 |
4 | Groupama - FDJ | 1:32 |
5 | BORA - hansgrohe | 1:38 |
6 | Team Jayco AlUla | 1:40 |
7 | Jumbo-Visma | 2:02 |
8 | Bahrain - Victorious | 2:28 |
9 | Trek - Segafredo | 2:40 |
10 | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:56 |