Giro d’Italia Women: Maglia rosa Elisa Balsamo speeds to second win in a row in stage 2 bunch sprint

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) won stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia Women, beating Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) and Chiara Consonni (Canyon-SRAM) in a mass sprint in Caorle.

The break of the day was caught with 14km to go, setting up a bunch sprint. Balsamo was far down in the peloton until Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) brought her to the front with 1.5km to go. On the finishing straight, Gillespie and Balsamo opened their sprints at the same time and finished in a dead heat behind Balsamo, who was fastest to the line.