Giro di Sicilia: Damiano Caruso wins stage two in hilltop finish

Riding for the Italian national team, Damiano Caruso has won the second stage of the Giro di Sicilia in what was another dominant performance by the team who led out the Sicilian onto the win.

As yesterday, the Italian national team took control of the race and was uncontested in the head of the peloton for the final kilometers. With EOLO-Kometa and Astana Qazaqstan Team helping the controlling of the breakaway, the stage win was up for grabs for the peloton and so were important bonus seconds.

A textbook leadout almost, the Italian colours swarmed the head of the peloton in a dominant display, and inside the final kilometer put in a stinging acceleration that broke the peloton in bits, leaving only a short group out in front capable of fighting for the win. From within that group it would end up being a sprint deciding the winner, and Damiano Caruso sealed off a perfect leadout into a strong win, beating Vincenzo Nibali and Domenico Pozzovivo on the line and netting the leader's jersey.