Giro d'Italia: Kittel wins stage 2

By Kirsten Frattini

published 7 May 2016

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Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep)

Caleb Ewan and Orica-GreenEdge teammate Esteban Chaves on stage(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

A wave from Lo Squalo, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Former Australian champion Heinrich Haussler (IAM Cycling)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Caleb Ewan having signed on(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Carlos Betancur (Movistar)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

JC Peraud (AG2R-La Mondiale)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Filippo Pozzato on an old steel Wilier bike rides to sign on(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Gianfranco Zilioli rides to sign on(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Amets Txurruka (Orica-GreenEdge)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Australian national champion Jack Bobridge (Trek-Segafredo)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Muril Fisher leading the FDJ sprint train(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

A pair of blue socks stands out against the white as IAM Cycling are presented to the crowd(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Daniel Oss with Giro mascot Lupo Wolfie(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The Giro mascot Lupo Wolfie(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNl-Jumbo) leading the break on home roads(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Adam Hansen (Lotto Soudal) in his custom shoes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Former professional and Eurosport commentator Juan Antonio Flecha(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Omar Fraile Matarranza (Dimension Data) was in the all-day breakaway(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Omar Fraile Matarranza (Dimension Data) gets most aggressive in stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) in the points jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) held onto the race lead(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) takes the top step on the podium in stage 2 at the Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) wins stage 2 at Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep)

Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) wins stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) in the maglia rosa

The stage 2 breakaway

The start of stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia

Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) wins stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia

BMC(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Giant-Alpecin spent most of the day on the front(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

BMC signing on in Arnhem(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin in the white young rider's jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Giant-Alpecin lined up during stage 2 for leader Dumoulin(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) enjoying his day in pink(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Giro d'Italia trophy(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Sign-in stage area(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The peloton (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Katusha(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tree-lined roads during stage 2 at the Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The roads were flat for stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

BMC in the peloton(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Giro d'Italia stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The race was very flat today(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Peloton pass scenic landscape and buildings(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Peloton racing through Netherlands(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lotto Soudal team riding during Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Marcel Kittel gives a thumbs up during stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

One of the contenders Domenico Pozzivivo (AG2R La Mondiale)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Axel Domont (AG2R La Mondiale)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) smiling in the field during stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) stops for a bike fix(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The jersey holders line up for stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Fans wearing pink t-shirts(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The three-man breakaway; Omar Fraile Matarranza (Dimension Data), Giacomo Berlato (Nippo-Vini Fantini) and Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNl-Jumbo)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) in the field(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Best young rider Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Tom Dumoulin was ushered along by his teammates all day(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Katusha siting in the field during stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Trek-Segafredo(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Stage 2 at the Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)