This is one very happy and proud race-leader in Taylor Phinney...
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Rubiano Chavez leads an escape away in the first 10-kilometres...
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"I'm not going soft", says Mark Cavendish as the freezing wind forces him to don gloves...
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A roadside steward has been sent flying in a collision with some cyclists...
Navardauskas and Bauer are two Garmin riders caught out - but everyone gets going again...
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Giacomo Nizzolo has fallen too, but he's pushed back into the race by Kim Andersen...
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Johan Tschopp is leading the BMC train in early pursuit of the three escapers...
The peloton passes a Danish flag in some typical Danish countryside...
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Oliver Kaisen is pulling the escape long - they have over ten-minutes lead after 80-kilometres...
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The peloton passes along a causeway separating the sea from the land...
Ryder Hesjedal's leggings are coming off - helped by Navardauskas...
Ian Stannard is getting some close-up attention from his team Sky mechanic...
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A small community welcomes the Giro by releasing pink balloons...
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Chavaz, Kaisen and Balloni are still a few minutes in front as the side-wind turns into a tailwind...
Radio Shack is carrying Frank Schleck back after a bike-change...
Christian Meier is leading the peloton's chase now...
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Stannard is doing his bit for Team Sky as well...
A crash has caught out riders like Stef Clement and Jens Keukeleire...
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Svein Tuft is pacing Matthew Goss back after he was delayed by the crash...
Lars Bak has escaped alone with 35-kilometres left - he won't be caught for 20-kilometres..!
It's a four-way sprint between Cavendish, Goss, Farrar and someone called Geoffrey Soupe...
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Mark Cavendish wins stage two of the Giro d'Italia...
Taylor Phinney finishes a little out of breath after stopping with a bike problem and chasing back - but he's still the race-leader..!