Giro d’Italia Stage 2 Live – Every second will count in the 13.7km Tirana time trial

To fully understand what to expect today, check this excellent preview by James Moultrue, who is in Tirana for Cyclingnews along with Alasdair Fotheringham. 

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This is the map of the time trial.

Niklas Märkl of Team Picnic PostNL will be the first rider to start the 13.7km time trial around the city centre streets of Tirana.

As always, we’ll have all the action and the best updates from the time trial, with full post-stage reaction and analysis. 

Stage 2 is set to kick off at 13:25 local time, so 12:25 in the UK or 7:10 EST.

Hello, buongiorno and welcome to our live coverage of stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia.

After the tense racing of stage 1, today’s stage is 13.7km individual time trial around Tirana.