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Uruguayâs Silva enters history books after dramatic Giro dâItalia second stage
TL;DR
Guillermo Thomas Silva won the second stage of the Giro dâItalia, making history as the first Uruguayan to win a Grand Tour stage. The race was marred by a crash involving nearly 20 riders, leading to temporary neutralization.
Key points
- Guillermo Thomas Silva won stage two of the Giro dâItalia
- First Uruguayan to win a Grand Tour stage
- Race neutralized after a crash involving nearly 20 riders
- Florian Stork finished second, Giulio Ciccone third
- Silva took the pink jersey from Paul Magnier
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Guillermo Thomas Silva won stage two of the Giro dâItalia to become the first Uruguayan to win a Grand Tour stage after a dramatic sprint following a crash involving nearly 20 riders disrupted the hilly, rain-soaked 221 km ride from Burgas to Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria.
The race was temporarily neutralised after the crash around the 198km mark which left several riders injured, and forced the Australian Jay Vine and Norwegian Adne Holter to abandon. The Spaniard Florian Stork finished second and Giulio Ciccone of Italy was third, as XDS Astana rider Thomas Silva took the pink jersey from the stage one winner, Franceâs Paul Magnier.
The stage started without Matteo Moschetti, who was caught up in a crash on Friday and became the first competitor to abandon the race.
Mirco Maestri and Diego Pablo Sevilla attacked early and moved five minutes ahead of the peloton. They remained unchallenged through the climbs to Byala Pass and Vratnik Pass, where Sevilla led the way to the top.
But the peloton slowly chipped away at the breakaway riders in rainy conditions, and once the weather cleared up, Maestri and Sevilla were caught with 27km left in the stage.
But the mass crash followed soon after. Marc Soler appeared to be the first to hit ground that was still slippery from the rain, before several others got caught in the crash, with some hitting or going over a guard rail.
Adam Yates wears his scars after being involved in a crash 198km into stage two. Photograph: Luca Bettini/AFP/Getty Images
The race resumed with 18.2km left and Jonas Vingegaard attacked during the Lyaskovets monastery pass, opening a gap with the peloton near the top as Giulio Pellizzari and Lenny Van Eetvelt chased him down the descent. But with half a kilometer left, the peloton caught up with the leading group, leading to a frantic sprint in which the Uruguayan 24-year-old prevailed in a photo finish.
The race will continue on Sunday with a 175km flat stage from Plovdiv to Sofia, before heading home to Italy after a rest day, for Tuesdayâs ride across Calabria from Catanzaro to Cosenza.
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Q&A
Who is Guillermo Thomas Silva and what did he achieve in the Giro dâItalia?
Guillermo Thomas Silva is a Uruguayan cyclist who won the second stage of the Giro dâItalia, becoming the first Uruguayan to win a Grand Tour stage.
What caused the neutralization of the Giro dâItalia stage two?
The stage was temporarily neutralized due to a crash involving nearly 20 riders, which occurred around the 198km mark.
What were the results of the second stage of the Giro dâItalia?
Florian Stork finished second, Giulio Ciccone was third, and Thomas Silva took the pink jersey from stage one winner Paul Magnier.
