Overview

• Josh Tarling of Ineos Grenadiers secured a career-defining victory in the stage two time trial in Tirana, finishing one second ahead of Primoz Roglic.
• Primoz Roglic, the 2023 Giro champion, took the maglia rosa from Mads Pedersen, leading the general classification by a narrow one-second margin.
• Mads Pedersen, who won stage one and became the first Dane to wear the pink jersey, now trails Roglic but remains a contender heading into stage three.
• Mikel Landa was forced to abandon the race after a crash in stage one, suffering a fractured vertebra, reshaping the general classification dynamics early on.
• The Giro continues with a hilly stage three in Vlore, Albania, expected to test sprinters and climbers before the race transitions back to Italy.