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British rider Simon Yates of Bike Exchange-Jayco won Stage Two of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday, crossing the Budapest finish line of the 9.2km time trial three seconds faster than Mathieu van der Poel, who retained the overall lead, while Tom Dumoulin was third.
Norbert Michelisz earned the partially reversed-grid pole position for Race 2 at WTCR Clean Fuels for All Race of France, despite requiring the left-front corner of his car to be heavily taped up just to finish the Q2 session on the streets of Circuit de Pau-Ville. The Hungarian nosed his Goodyear-equipped BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Elantra N TCR into the tyre wall at Turn 2 once Q2 had resumed following Thed Björk’s big accident that required lengthy barrier repairs. Michelisz pitted, whereupon the BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse set to work with black tape, before sending him back out for the end of the session.
Simon Yates took victory in the Giro d’Italia stage two time trial around Budapest.
After a thrilling day against the clock for the participants of the 105th Giro d’Italia, the stand-out performance is undoubtedly that of the eventual victor, Team BikeExchange Jayco’s British GC hopeful Simon Yates. The astonishing speed shown by Simon Yates on the stage 2 time trial is a gauntlet thrown in the direction of his GC rivals.
Team BikeExchange Jayco’s Simon Yates produced the time trial of his career to win stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia, and put himself in a strong position in the general classification going into stage 3. Mathieu van der Poel narrowly missed out on the stage win, coming in second to retain the maglia rosa.
Hungarian fans were out in force to show support for their riders at the Giro d’Italia. With the first three stages of this year’s race taking place in the country, supporters lined the streets of Budapest where the Stage 2 Time Trial was being held. Ad/> Barnabas Peak of Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert was the first of the local riders to go off and was greeted with a rapturous roar from the crowd.
The slotting of the postponed Hangzhou Asian Games is a matter of speculation but the decision-making is likely to be influenced by athletics' choc-a-bloc international calendar, weather and that it must not clash with another Continental showpiece. The Hangzhou Games, postponed owing to surging COVID-19 cases in China, are unlikely to be held this year as the organisers would not have deferred a multi-sport event of such a magnitude for just one or two months.
The W Series has arrived in the United States and the highly anticipated 2022 season is nearly underway.