Start times - Vanhoucke, Van der Poel bookend Giro d'Italia time trial

Mathieu van der Poel after winning stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia
Mathieu van der Poel after winning stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage 2 sees the Giro d'Italia shift from sprinting to time trial mode as riders face a fast, flat 9.2-kilometre individual test in the centre of Budapest.

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) will be the last man down the starting ramp after taking a scintillating victory in the opening stage's uphill dash up to the Citadel of Visegrád.

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