Giro d’Italia 2nd stage, Yates: “Unexpected victory”. Van der Poel: “I would have signed for the squad”

The man of the day is Simon Yates, perfect in the Budapest time trial, as you must be to beat a certain Van der Poel: “A somewhat unexpected victory – admits the Brit – but I tried to go full throttle. We worked hard during the winter with the equipment to try out new materials. Now I’m in a good position, but we’re at the beginning and the next real test will be on Etna. In the meantime, let’s enjoy today. ” Yates is the captain of the BikeExchange-Jayco team, a role conquered on the field thanks to the successes in the youth classification of the Tour de France (2017), the Vuelta (2018) and the four stage wins at the Giro (three in 2018 and one in 2021 ).

Relief Van der Poel

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“I would have signed up for such a performance before the start. I did a great time trial, very close to first place. I gave myself another day in the Pink jersey, and maybe even more than one since tomorrow we will most likely finish in the sprint and I am clearly satisfied “. So Mathieu van der Poel after the arrival of the second stage, after having defended the leadership in the general classification.