Giro d'Italia Women stage 2 LIVE: With a new rider in pink will it be another day for the sprinters?
Another day for the sprinters along a 146km route from Roncade H-Farm to Caorle
As it stands La Bella, De Vallier, Luccon lead Hashimi and Serena by 42 seconds, with Nelson at 1.05 and the peloton at 1.25.
And another chaser is in on the action now, Josie Nelson (Picnic-PostNL) is just behind Hashimi and Serena.
There's a pair of chasers though, Afghan champion, Fariba Hashimi (Vini Fantini-BePink) and Girogia Serena (Medelspeck-E Work) are bang in the middle of the gap.
After a frantic start we have three riders up the road.
Eleonora La Bella (AromItalia Vaiano) and the Top Girls-Fassa Bortolo pair of Elisa de Vallier and Sara Luccon are one minute head of the peloton.
If you've heard of today's climb, the Muro di Ca' del Poggio that's because it's featured in the Giro before.
In the 2017 race Hannah Barnes sprinted to victory in San Vendemiano, after climbing it.
And if you followed the men's Giro it was raced last Thursday.
For today's stage the route takes the peloton north into the very edge of the Venetian Alps for the day's only climb. That won't affect the race much though, as we then drop south all the way back to the coast, to Caorle, east of Venice.
We're rolling. Today's neutralised zone is a long one, at 10km. It's another warm one today, with 29º forecast later in the day and once again, the chance of thunder storms.
Rolling out at 10:55CET we have 156km on the cards today, starting in Roncade, just east of Treviso before finishing in Caorle. And we'll see the first classified climb of the race the Muro di Ca' del Poggio.
The peloton had a late finish last night after a long transfer as we head north, the other side of Venice for another day that could well be a bunch sprint finish.
As for Lorena Wiebes, her SD Worx-Protime team are "astonished."
Lidl-Trek's Italian sprinter will now start the race in the leader's maglia rosa.
"It's not the way I want to win," she said.
Well, it wasn't just the racing which created the drama for yesterday's stage.
Elisa Balsamo was declared the winner after Lorena Wiebes was ejected from the race.
Good morning, we're back for stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia, stay with us all day for live updates.
