Filippo Fiorelli in Cyclamen ahead of Tadej Pogacar: “Right calculations.”

An exploit achieved on a genuine outlier, but the result of a precise strategy.

Filippo Fiorelli starred in the second stage of the Giro d'Italia, arriving at the striking finish line in Oropa. The Sicilian won the flying finish and the finish line of the Intergiro, wearing the Cyclamen Jersey of the leader of the points classification. No small achievement, given that the first pursuer of the VF Group Bardiani – CSF Faizanè è the Maglia Rosa himself: Tadej Pogacar.

Also on Sunday, as already happened on Saturday, Filippo Fiorelli è launched himself into the day’s breakaway composed of five attackers and won both the flying finish line and the Integiro finish line. Thanks to the results of the second stage of the Giro 2024, the Palermo man è moved to the top of the points classification and will wear the cyclamen jersey again on Monday.

"We did the calculations right,” Fiorelli said at the end of the day, “I knew that by winning the flying finish and the Intergiro finish I would take the jersey. I did my best and I succeeded, I knew I was the fastest in the small group. The fact that I have a sprinter like Zanoncello on the team allows me to range and have fun in the race without the 'burden' of always having to sprint".

And now Fiorelli’s intentions are clear, as is his desire to continue to do well: "In these two days we have shown ourselves and this result of the Maglia Ciclamino è already a very good starting point, let’s continue to work and give our best to entertain our fans" too.