Second stage of the Giro d'Italia starting from San Francesco al Campo and arriving uphill at the Sanctuary of Oropa (161km).

An all-Italian breakaway , made up of Fiorelli, Piccolo, Marcellusi, Scaroni and D.Bais, moves in the first kilometers of the race and reaches a maximum advantage of close to 5'.

Piccolo remains alone in the lead of the race at -45 km with a 3' margin over the pink jersey group. The EF rider approaches Oropa with just over a minute, while in the group a nervous Pogacar gets a puncture and falls from a standstill, without consequences.

The same Slovenian attacks 4 km from the end and destroys the competition in just a few pedal strokes. Behind him Martinez leads a small group of ten riders, ahead of Thomas and Fortunato.

Bardet and Arensman confirm yesterday's crisis; O'Connor loses about a minute to Pogacar, after trying to stay at his wheel during the attack, while Tiberi collapses and reaches over two minutes.

ARRIVAL ORDER:

1 POGACAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 03:54:20

2 MARTINEZ Daniel BORA-hansgrohe + 27

3 THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers + 27

4 LUCKY Lorenzo Astana Qazaqstan Team + 27

5 LIPOWITZ Florian BORA-hansgrohe + 27

6 STORER Michael Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 30

7 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 30

8 RUBIO Einer Movistar Team + 30

9 LOPEZ Juan Pedro Lidl-Trek + 35

10 HIRT Jan Soudal Quick-Step + 37

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency