Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-QuickStep) won stage two of Tirreno-Adriatico and bagged the leader’s jersey after a late attack.
A flurry of attacks on the day’s final climb had stripped the peloton right down in size and, after team-mate Gianluca Brambilla shut down an attack, Stybar shot clear and crested the summit with a small gap.
And it proved enough, the Czech ace holding his advantage to the finish with bonus seconds enough to bag the blue jersey.
World champion Peter Sagan finished second, meanwhile, one second behind – the Tinkoff man’s search for a first win in the rainbow jersey going on.
