SAN SALVO ITALY MAY 07 Tao Geoghegan Hart of The United Kingdom and Team INEOS Grenadiers Blue Mountain Jersey competes during the 106th Giro dItalia 2023 Stage 2 a 202km stage from Teramo to San Salvo UCIWT on May 07 2023 in San Salvo Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images A mass crash marred the closing kilometres of stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia , with dozens of riders held up by the fall which partially blocked the route. Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) were among the GC riders who lost 19 seconds in the finale in San Salvo. Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe), Eddie Dunbar (Jayco-AlUla) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), as well as the EF Education-EasyPost trio of Hugh Carthy , Ben Healy and Rigoberto Urán of EF Education-EasyPost also lost the same amount after being caught behind the crash.
Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) avoided the crash and worked for teammate Pascal Ackermann in the finale, but he lost 12 seconds after the commissaires decreed a split had opened in the front group.
Some 30 riders were able to steer around the crash, with Italian sprinter Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) claiming the host nation’s first win of the 2023 race.
Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) lost out on his hopes of contesting stage victory when he slid to the ground while slowing down in the aftermath of the crash ahead of him.
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