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An Irish fan waves his country's flag over the Giro as the race kicks off near Armagh...
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Maarten Tjallingii leads another escape on another day, he's wearing the best-climber's jersey now...
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Svein Tuft is back to work as usual, chasing the escape that has over five-minutes lead...
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Miguel Angel Rubiano, the Colombian champion, is also in the day's escape...
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All's good in Michael Matthews world then..?
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Nacer Bouhanni has pink glasses, is this a good omen on a day set aside for sprinters..?
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The peloton speeds through a perfectly-painted village on its way south...
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Andrea Fedi has quite an audience to see him get up after falling...
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Wilco Kelderman is the main victim of another fall - and there's more to come...
Michael Rogers gets mechanical help after a spill involving five or six others...
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Master and Servant - Robert Kiserlovski gets a push from Fabio Felline...
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The entire Omega-Pharma team is pacing Rigoberto Uran back after a flat tyre...
Michael Hepburn and Brent Bookwalter are part of a massive fall on a big, wide, highway in the Irish Republic...
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Race-leader Matthews is one of four Green Edge riders to fall here - but he's okay...
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Tyler Farrar and Jonny Hoogerland are also involved - but everyone recovers to finish the stage...
Another crash comes with 35-kilometres to go, on a roundabout...
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Cameron Meyer is stunned after this fall, it's a rough day for Green Edge..!
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Georgio Cecchinel is pulling the escape towards Dublin, but the peloton is almost onto them...
Marcel Kittel kicks away from Ben Swift to win stage three of the 2014 Giro d'Italia..!
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Michael Matthews can smile again after retaining the Maglia Rosa for the first Italian stage..!
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