Elia Viviani, 26, on the stage of the awards of Genoa. AFP
Elia Viviani wins in sprint the second stage of the Tour of Italy and won his first victory in the Giro. At the finish in Genoa sprinter of Venetian Sky beats with a magnificent sprint Dutch Hofland (LottoNL-Jumbo) and the German Greipel (Lotto Soudal). The pink jersey is at home Orica GreenEdge, but passes from the shoulders of Simon Gerrans to those of Michael Matthews, already rose in the Giro in 2014 for six days, starting from the second stage of Belfast.
DAY – Fraction of two stars with no particular pitfalls. The flight part like a script from Albenga, at km 0: Marco Frapporti is the first to shoot behind the pink jersey Gerrans. The wheels of Brescia Androni’s Dutch Lindeman (LottoNL-Jumbo), the Polish Owsian (CCC), the Albanian Zhupa (Southeast) and another Italian Giacomo Berlato (Nippo-Vini Fantini). It is composed as a group of five athletes who get to have almost 10 ‘ahead of the peloton. Behind not force the pace, only the Lotto Soudal (for Greipel) and Giant (for Mezgec) face in the lead. Frapporti size first two sprints of Savona and Varazze, on the first GPM of the Tour 2015 (in Pratozanino, fourth category) passes Lindeman.
A fall to -23 from the arrival triggered by Haussler (Iam) penalizes two fast men like Colbrelli and Pelucchi. Another fall fractionates the group to -10, when you are already in the street circuit of Genoa and the fugitives were taken: at the expense of Etixx Pieter Serry (retired), but also Domenico Pozzovivo has to put his foot in earth. The Lucan can not When returning the group and at the finish line prosecution 1’09 ”, which becomes 1’50 ” in general by Contador. Meanwhile we prepare for the final sprint, with Lampre that starts the sprint, the favorite Greipel that snaps on the left and Elia Viviani who baptizes the wheel Dutchman Hofland. The choice is apt: the Venetian man jumps faster LottoNL-Jumbo 50 meters from the finish line and goes to take the first joy in the Tour of Italy. To note the fifth place of Alessandro Petacchi in his Liguria.
THE THIRD STAGE – Tomorrow the third fraction Rapallo Sestri Levante, 136 km. Arrival flat, with the last 7 km on the Via Aurelia, before the final straight in Sestri Levante in Viale Mazzini. But before reaching the coast, the stage runs in the Ligurian and crosses two Gpm: the first, third class, on top of the climb of Colle Caprile (after 24 km of road); the other, second class, is placed at 1,115 m above sea level after the rise of Barbagelata (5,7 km, average gradient 8.1%). Here missing 43 km arrival, to do diving towards Chiavari and then next to the Ligurian coast. Day overall challenging: the Giro starts to get serious.
The order of arrival – This order of arrival of the second stage, Albenga-Genoa: 1. Elia Viviani (Ita, Sky), 177 km in 4h13’18 ”; 2. Hofland (Ola) s.t .; 3. Greipel (Ger) s.t .; 4. Mezgec (Slo) s.t .; 5. Petacchi (Ita) s.t .; 6. Nizzolo (Ita) s.t .; 7. Matthews (Aus) s.t .; 8. Appollonio (Ita) s.t .; 9. Colli (Ita) s.t .; 10. Tiralongo (Ita) st
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