Andre Greipel won the stage and took the lead in the overall standings. German cyclist Andre Greipel from the team Lotto Soudal won the second stage of the battles Giro d'Italia. Greipel traveled 221 km in 6 hours 5 minutes 18 seconds. The second was the Italian Roberto Ferrari (Team UAE Emirates), the third - the Belgian Jasper Stiven (Trek-Segafredo), finishing with the same time. In the overall standings Greipel leads - 11 hours 18 minutes 39 seconds. The second is the Austrian Lucas Pestlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe; +4 seconds), the third is the Australian Caleb Evan (Orica-Scott; +8).

Original article: German Greipel defeated in the second stage of the Giro d'Italia.