2026 Giro d'Italia Stage 2 Results & Recap
Stage 2 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
As on day one, the Giro's second stage unfolded for the most part without incident until the mayhem of another huge crash. It came on a wet descent with 20km remaining and left numerous riders on the road, forcing a temporary neutralization of the race.
When, after a few minutes of soft pedaling, the riders were unleashed again, Thomas Silva (XAT) burst out of the small group that eventually contested the finish to become the first Uruguayan rider to win a Grand Tour stage, finishing half a wheel ahead of Florian Stork (TUD), with Giulio Ciccone (LTK) a very close third.
As race leader Paul Magnier (SOQ) had been dropped on the final categorized climb, Silva also moved into the pink jersey of race leader.
Like stage one, two riders went clear right from the start. Mountains leader Diego Sevilla (PVT) was the first to move and his teammate Mirco Maestri (PVT) reacted quickly to join him. The pair built a maximum lead of 5'47". More importantly, their long sortie enabled Sevilla to extend his lead in the mountains competition by leading over two cat 3 climbs.
The pair were caught after close to 200km out front as the race neared the final cat 3 hill. The bunch's pace picked up on the undulations before it. Descending the last of them, Marc Soler (UAD)'s bike slid out from beneath him as the peloton swept around a fast right-hand bend, the Spaniard's bike and body skittling through the riders in his wake, leaving more than a dozen needing treatment on the road.
Soler and teammate Jay Vine (UAD) were forced to abandon, along with Santiago Buitrago (TBV) and Adne Holter (UXM). UAE team leader Adam Yates did finish, but more than 13 minutes down, his GC hopes gone.
When racing resumed, Jonas Vingegaard (TVL) launched three attacks on the steep slopes of the final climb, where Guilio Pellizzari (RBH) and Lennert Van Eetvelt (LOI) were the only riders able to follow. The trio opened a gap of 20 seconds on the chasers, but began to toy with each other in the final kilometer. 500m from the line, the chasers were on them.
Cristian Scaroni (XAT) was quick to react, setting a fierce pace on the drag up to finish for his teammate Silva, who shot by to claim the day's spoils.
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