Giro d'Italia 2024 GC standings after stage 2: Tadej Pogacar already 45 seconds clear of 2nd placed Geraint Thomas
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On a spectacular stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia 2024, Tadej Pogacar took the win atop Oropa and moved into the overall lead and as such, wears the Maglia Rosa for the first time in his career.
The UAE Team Emirates star staged a brutal comeback after suffering a puncture and crashing 10km from the finish. Pogacar, eager to redeem himself from the defeat of the opening stage and given extra fuel by this late crash, got back into contact with the leaders and then with around 4km to go, launched a brutal attack that none of his rivals were able to live with.
Behind the imperial Pogacar, Geraint Thomas holds the second position after his Top 3 on the day. Colombian Daniel Martinez, after being the best of the rest behind the Slovenian, takes the virtual third position in the classification, with Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader, Cian Uijtdebroeks 4th.
Einer Rubio settles in a promising 5th place for Movistar Team after finishing 8th, Lorenzo Fortunato sits 6th. Juan Pedro Lopez is now 7th overall after his ninth place on the stage, with Jan Hirt, Esteban Chaves and Alexey Lutsenko completing the top-10.
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GIRO D'ITALIA 2024 GC STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 2.
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
2. Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers): +0:45
3. Daniel Martinez (BORA - hansgrohe): +0:45
4. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma - Lease a Bike): +0:54
5. Einer Rubio (Movistar Team): +0:54
6. Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana Qazaqstan Team): +1:05
7. Juan Pedro López (Lidl-Trek): +1:09
8. Jan Hirt (Soudal Quick-Step): +1:11
9. Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost): +1:24
10. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team): +1:24
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- Who’s gifting grand tours at UAE? Defo not Pogi! Stage wins maybe.Lozza13-11-2026
- Sepp Kuss Vuelta 2023.Lozza13-11-2026
- they have no expertise with classics, they have no leaders in classics. the classics is dominated by the few Fuori Classe riders where other riders are left with scraps. the Hiring , the salaries dont make sense at all. Same problem as Man Utd. over paid players, egos, very little performanceabstractengineer13-11-2026
- Contract year means you gotta win, at least collect UCI points, helping be damnedabstractengineer13-11-2026
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- I'm not trying to argue with you but if you didn't see Del Toro struggling in the Tour I'll pay for some glasses for you lol. He struggled so much that Tadej missed winning stage 15, Tadej also dropped the pace along some stages to help Del Toro hold onto the podium. Now he may have been sick, that is a possibility, but he definitely struggled. You have a nice weekend as well brother.awp13-11-2026
- Im not copmaring him to jonas palmares...but current level of power and again like you even pointed out 19sec difference and on other ocassions del toro dropping him. Its evidently their close and based on both their different trajectory its self explanatory...where we are next year.And Del Toro didnt struggle if getting a podium in his first TDF at 22 year old is struggling you sure dont know how to be objective haha. But have a good weekend this is so dumb to discuss as its not even a discussin in reality as facts speak for themselves of what were actually speaking of - and self explanatory.miguel13-11-2026
- fingers crossed. my son has a poster of wout and mathieu battling each other at the beach at ostend up in his room. would be great to see them again there!Ketterechts13-11-2026
- This Giro is very strange in it's circular route. If you were to have stage starting in Trieste and ending atop Monte Zoncolan (end stage 20) you'd get a stage only 145 km long
Rafionain-Glas13-11-2026 - When Thomas gets the bullet from INEOS he can get a job as a comedian.
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La primera victoria de todas las que Tadej Pogacar quiera en este Giro. Ya está aquí el primer golpe, por si había alguna duda. Puede ir de rosa desde aquí hasta Roma y sería lo más normal del mundo. A por la historia.
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