Joshua Tarling secures first ever Grand Tour stage win on Giro d'Italia TT; Primoz Roglic takes Maglia Rosa from Mads Pedersen

INEOS Grenadiers powerhouse Joshua Tarling has taken the first Grand Tour stage win of his career on the stage 2 individual time trial at the 2025 Giro d'Italia. The Welshman finished just a solitary second quicker than Primoz Roglic, who nevertheless takes the consolation prize of the Maglia Rosa from Mads Pedersen.

After a really tough day on the opening stage, Soudal - Quick-Step's Ethan Hayter looked much better against the clock on stage 2, with the Brit being the quickest of the early starters. Following a relatively lengthy stay in the hotseat, Hayter's time was finally bettered by the European time trial champion Edoardo Affini of Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Daan Hoole came close to bettering Affini's time, but eventually had to settle for 2 seconds slower as he crossed the line. Affini's time was beaten shortly after though, with Jay Vine bouncing back from a crash on stage 1 to set a blistering new fastest time.

The next big name to cross the line was British time trial champion Joshua Tarling. The Welshman narrowly went quicker than Vine and into the hotseat as well, although only by 3 seconds.

Juan Ayuso put in a solid time, clocking 16:24 for his efforts, 17 seconds slower than Tarling. Adam Yates meanwhile, was another 20 seconds further down. Simon Yates was at 34 seconds down as he crossed the line and Tudor Pro Cycling Team's GC hope Michael Storer at 28 seconds off Tarling. Egan Bernal would perhaps have been slightly disappointed, losing 49 seconds to his teammate, whereas Primoz Roglic finished slower than Tarling by just a single second.

Last year's White Jersey winner Antonio Tiberi looked strong compared to many of the other GC contenders, losing just 26 seconds to Tarling - 25 to Roglic. Richard Carapaz, searching for a second Maglia Rosa finished 38 seconds down on Tarling. Tom Pidcock meanwhile, lost 43 seconds.

What all this meant is that when Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen began their efforts to close out the stage, Tarling was still the man to beat in the hotseat. With Van Aert surprisingly way off the pace at the 1st time check, Tarling only then had Pedersen to worry about. With Pedersen also down on Tarling at the check, the Dane was suddenly looking more towards Roglic's time, with the Lidl-Trek leader needing to stay within 10 seconds of Roglic to keep the Maglia Rosa. In the end, Pedersen fell just short of keeping the pink, with Roglic ending the day in the race lead.