Primoz Roglic from the German Team Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe secured the pink jersey of the overall leader on the second stage of the 108th Giro d’Italia.
The Slovenian only had to surrender to the English specialist Joshua Tarling from the Ineos Grenadier team on Saturday (May 10, 2025). The Australian Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) came third.
For Tarling it is the eighth victory of his career, the 21-year-old is considered a great talent. When the time trial at the Olympic Games in Paris, he narrowly missed the medal as fourth.
Roglic goes to overall victory
Roglic is considered a top favorite on the triumph in the absence of compatriot and defending champion Tadej Pogacar. For the 35-year-old it would be the second Giro victory after 2023.
His lead over the previous day Mads Pedersen from Denmark (Lidl-Trek) is now a second after the second stage, while on his possibly the greatest opponent Juan Ayuso from the UAE Team Emirates-XRG team recovered 16 seconds. In the overall classification, it is now just as many seconds ahead of the 22-year-old Spaniard.
Denz with good performance
The best German on the 2nd stage was Nico Denz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) in 44th place 46 seconds behind the winner. For one last stage, the Giro still remains a guest in Albania before the transfer to Italy is due. On Sunday it goes over 160 kilometers and 2,800 meters of altitude around the coastal town of Vlora.
Three stages in Albania
Overall, the first two weeks are unusually unspectacular: some sprint and various medium-heavy hill stages as well as two shorter individual time trials will not yet give any major information about the balance of power in the fight for pink. Week three have it with brutally heavy alpine stages. After 3,413 km, the Giro ends on June 1st in Rome.