Team Sky's Viviani claims stage, Matthews into pink
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Elia Viviani (Team Sky) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Elia Viviani (Team Sky) at the start of stage 2 (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Elia Viviani (Team Sky) starts stage 2 at the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Gerrans, Matthews on the start line (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Elia Viviani (Team Sky) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Team Sky's Elia Viviani won the opening road stage of the Giro d'Italia, coming through in the final 50 metres to beat LottoNL-Jumbo's Moreno Hofland by half a wheel, with Lotto-Soudal's André Greipel third. It was Viviani's first win in a Grand Tour.
Michael Matthews took the race leader's maglia rosa from his Orica-GreenEdge teammate Simon Gerrans.
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