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Stage 2 results: Garmin's Tyler Farrar wins a crash marred stage


20 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti/rcs
Stage 2 results
1  Tyler Farrar (Garmin)             4:56:46 (42.457 km/h)   - 0:20  
2  Mathew Goss (Columbia)                                    - 0:12
3  Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas)                                 - 0:08   
4  Andre Greipel (Columbia)
5  Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre)
6  Christopher Sutton (Sky)
7  Robbie McEwen (Katusha)	
8  Graeme Brown (Rabobank)	
9  Julean Dean (Garmin)	
10 Sacha Modolo (Colnago)
#Giro Stage 2: BMC Racing Team's @CadelOfficial in the maglia... on Twitpic
General classification after Stage 2
1  Cadel Evans (BMC)                5:07:09
2  Tyler Farrar (Garmin)             + 0:01
3  Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)     + 0:03
Full Results  |  General Classification — gazzetta.it
Tyler Farrar wint eerste massasprint in Giro — sporza.be
Tyler Farrar wins Giro’s stage 2; Evans seizes lead — velonews
Farrar wins sprint into Utrecht — cyclingnews
Team Sky's hard work derailed by mass crashes — teamsky
Evans In Pink, Kohler Out — bmcracingteam
  Cadel Evans post-stage press conference (07:10 english/italian) — bmc
Evans back in pink eight years later: "Today was one of the most ridiculously dangerous stages I've seen in my career" — cyclingnews
Wiggins' stint in pink ends after crashes — cyclingnews
  Farrar: "Ora cercherò il bis" Evans: "Ho una squadra forte" — gazzetta.it
  Last Km (06:02 flemish)  |  Highlights/Verslag (00:55) —sporza.be
  Last Km (05:33 italian) — raisport.rai.it
  PROCESSO 2ª TAPPA: Post-Game Show (43:25 italian) — raisport
Graham Watson stage 2 photos — grahamwatson
  Stage 2 Crash Highlight Reel (04:05 restricted to U.S.) — universalsports
  RAI Sport Stage 2 Crash Reel (07:59 italian) — rai sport
20 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti/rcs
  Last 5 km (10:55 italian) — rai sport
  CICLISMO Highlights del Giro 2ª Tappa: (02:03 italian) — video.gazzetta.it
  Stage 2 Highlights (05:11) — sbs
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  "Si Giro:" 2ª TAPPA (Pre-Game Show) (32:27) — raisport

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You know the first road stage is a flat one when the first two Gran Premio della Montagnas (GPMs) of this year's Giro d'Italia, two cat 3 climbs, are just 49m and 70m high. Like all of the stages that start in the Netherlands, stage 2 starts from Amsterdam. We'll then head southeast to Wageningen before heading northwest to the finish in Utrecht ( left), the religious centre of the Netherlands since the eighth century. Utrecht is also known for its many canals, art galleries, shopping districts and for being the host of the largest university in the Netherlands.

The Dutch would love to see one of their own win one of the flat stages in their homeland, but their best hope is probably Spaniard Oscar Freire or Aussie Graeme Brown who rides for the Dutch team, Rabobank. He'll contest the likely sprint finish with HTC-Columbia's André Greipel, Dutch/Flemish speaking Australian Robbie McEwen of Katusha, Sky's Greg Henderson, American Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Transitions and Italy's best sprinter, Alessandro Petacchi of Lampre who has won 26 Giro d'Itlaia sprint stages since 2003.

The big challenge could be the exposed bridge just 3 km from the line especially if there is good wind. A top three finish by Greg Henderson, along with the accompanying time bonus (20, 12 or 8 seconds), would put him in the Pink Jersey as a reward for his excellent 5th place ITT result on stage 1. — Steve