Mark Cavendish won the 2nd stage of the 2012 Giro d'Italia

06 May 2012 - Stage 2: Herning - Herning (206 km

 

Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) sprints to stage 2 Giro d'Italia victory. Matthew Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) was second, and Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ-Big Mat) was third.

 

BMC's Taylor Phinney (BMC) successfully defended his maglia rosa.

 

Jussi Veikkanen finished in the peloton.

Stage results

1	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling	4:53:12
2	Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
3	Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
4	Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda
5	Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
6	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
7	Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
8	Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
9	William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
10	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling

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170 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat                                    s.t.

General classification after stage 2

1	Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team	5:03:38
2	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:00:09
3	Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin - Barracuda	0:00:13
4	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank	0:00:15
5	Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:00:22
6	Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Barracuda
7	Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	0:00:23
8	Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:00:24
9	Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan	0:00:26
10	Nelson Oliveira (Por) RadioShack-Nissan	0:00:27
11	Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
12	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling

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87 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat                                0:00:53