00:00Welcome to highlights of stage 2 of Terreno Adriatico, onto the white roads from Camagliore to San Gimignano, 206km, and
00:09as you can see, a stage of two halves, a sprint at Palazzo, a climb, and then a rolling parkour
00:16before leading into the white roads.
00:20Smiles all round, Mati van der Poel looking good, another one of the pre-race favourites, Isar del Toro smiling
00:26there, Filippo Ganna in the blue jersey.
00:31They rolled out under cloudy skies, but it was a relatively warm day, Filippo Ganna looking relatively relaxed, Magnus Sheffield
00:38there in the white jersey as well, but the scene was certainly set.
00:43It was going to be a fast start to the race, the flag was dropped, and a breakaway soon formed.
00:49The first rider to attack was Tarozzi of Bardiani CSF, and they soon opened up a lead.
00:56Four riders going clear, Boo also there from Caja Rural, Iyaki from Solution Tech, Nippo, and Sevilla just at the
01:05back there in the red shorts of Palti visit Malta.
01:10The bunch, meanwhile, were being led by the joint ranks of Ineos Grenadiers and Visma Lisewijk.
01:16Steven Kreiswijk doing a lot of the riding early on.
01:18All smiles from Julien Alaphilippe, perhaps looking forward to the Starato later on.
01:22All smiles as well from the Ineos Grenadiers.
01:26Great ride in at the time trial for the Dutchman, of course.
01:30Another Dutchman, who almost had a bit of a mishap on one of the early climbs with Mathieu van der
01:36Poel,
01:36but managed to launch his bike to the right and settle the problem.
01:40Iyaki then opened his sprint up early at the hotspot at Pomerantz, taking a three-second time bonus,
01:46some Euros, and of course some points towards the Malia Ciclamino.
01:50Job done for him.
01:52The gap at this point was 1 minute and 49 from the peloton.
01:55The rain then started to fall, making some of the corners a little bit tricky
01:59and adding some stress to proceedings.
02:01It was Diego Pablo Sevilla of Palti visit Malta, who took the first of the King of the Mountains,
02:07a valiant effort from Bo to finish in second place, emptying the tank in the process.
02:13And Sevilla then went clear on his own, and the remnants of the breakaway by now are a few seconds
02:20back.
02:20But he only had 39 seconds on the peloton with 55 k's to go.
02:24Sevilla then, taking maximum points at the Casa Nuovo.
02:28Meanwhile, safely in the peloton was Filippo Ganna, looking good.
02:32But then with just under 39 kilometres to go, a four-man breakaway had been caught, and it was Grupo
02:39Comparto.
02:41Sketchy scenes on the run-in.
02:44A couple of riders drifting wide there.
02:47That was a sketchy moment as San Gimignano loomed.
02:51The rain then started to fall.
02:52Van der Poel wiping the moisture from his glasses as we entered the final 11 kilometres.
02:57There was a crash, though.
02:59It was Martin Marcellucci who went off the road.
03:02Thankfully, he was unharmed, but it was a real shock for the Italian.
03:07At one point, Filippo Ganna seemed to lose his teammates as we approached the Storato.
03:11But the first man on it was Julien Alaphilippe, accelerating on the loose but damp surface.
03:17And Mathieu van der Poel, absolutely in his element, started to open up a gap on the riders behind.
03:23As he powered up the climb, Mathieu Jorgensen there.
03:26Also in the mix, Palazzari in fourth wheel and Isak del Toro.
03:29Then on a meandering right-hander, the bike of Jorgensen washed out and he was left to fall onto the
03:37Storato, opening up the gap for Mathieu van der Poel.
03:40But I tell you what, it was a real battle behind.
03:42Pellizzari joining forces with Isak del Toro.
03:45Meanwhile, Filippo Ganna was falling back and was around a minute behind at this stage.
03:51There was an alarm call on that right-hander, Mathieu van der Poel, having to dab on a couple of
03:55occasions, losing momentum.
03:57Isak del Toro sensing there was a chance to go clear and stamping on the pedals himself.
04:03Unfortunately, Tymon Ahrensman come into grief on the same right-hander that almost took out Mathieu van der Poel.
04:09Other riders also falling in the slippery conditions.
04:12And with 3km to go, our three riders out in front had a 54-second lead on Filippo Ganna and
04:18a 25-second lead on various groups on Group 2 on the road.
04:251km to go, Palazzari locked onto the wheel of Mathieu van der Poel and a willingness to drive home from
04:31Isak del Toro, eyeing moving into the lead of this race.
04:34As the slope started to steepen, the gap started to come down, the bunch with Buitrago on the front started
04:40to eat into the lead.
04:42And just coming in to the streets of San Gimignano, the gap was down to 11 seconds with 400 metres
04:49to go.
04:50The first rider to open up on the left-hand side was Giulio Pellizzari of Red Bull Borough Hansgrohe.
04:55He opened up a gap initially, but then seated in a chaotic, difficult sprint with Mathieu van der Poel.
05:01The slippery surface offering little purchase, but ultimately van der Poel taking the win ahead of a fast-finishing Isak
05:07del Toro with a Pellizzari in third.
05:10And over a minute down was Filippo Ganna, who was to lose the lead.
05:14An exciting finale in San Gimignano, but ultimately it was the favourite, Mathieu van der Poel, who took the win
05:21ahead of Isak del Toro with Giulio Pellizzari in third.
05:24Johansson in fourth.
05:25So all smiles after drawing a blank in last year's Derenia Adriatico, but Isak del Toro moving into the lead
05:32of Derenia Adriatico, three seconds ahead of Pellizzari, 13 seconds ahead of Sheffield.
05:37Smiles all round for the Mexican.
05:39Mathieu van der Poel moving into the lead of the King of the Mountains after scoring five points at the
05:43finish.
05:45So van der Poel in green heading into stage three.
05:48Isak del Toro also in white, but it will be Pellizzari who wears it for the following stage.
05:53So smiles all round from the battling Mexican.
05:56What a talent he is.
05:58Filippo Ganna stays in the lead of the Magna Ciclamino on count back.
06:02And a smile from him.
06:04More stages though, still to come on this Terreno Adriatico.
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