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Giro 2014: Stage 2 Favourites: Sprinters battle it out

Stage 2 is one of the flattest in the Giro. Riders do a tour of Northern Ireland, starting and ending in Belfast. The safe money is on a sprint showdown. (Slideshow route/profile)

Kittel was one of the first fully confirmed of Giant-Shimano, and he will be in the mix and one of the favourites for the stage.

Another sprinter to impress so far this year is young Dutchman and up and coming classics star Boy van Poppel (image).

Favourite(s):
Marcel Kittel

Outsiders:
Nacer Bouhanni
Gianni Meersman
Michael Matthews
Tyler Farrar

Giro 2014 Stage 2: Images

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Giro 2014 Profile stage 2 Belfast Titanic Quarter - Belfast City Hall (Donegall Square)Profile

Giro 2014 stage 2: Last kilometres in BelfastLast kilometres

Giro 2014 Route stage 2 Belfast Titanic Quarter - Belfast City Hall (Donegall Square)Route

Giro 2014 Stage 2: Belfast Titanic Quarter - Belfast City HallGoogle Maps

Giro 2014 stage 2: Details of the climbsClimb details

Giro d'Italia 2014 TweetsGiro d’Italia Tweets

Giro 2014 stage 2: Scheduled timesScheduled times

Giro d'Italia 2014 - Presentation route


Presentation route

Giro d'Italia 2014 - How the race was won 1-3


Giro 2014: How stage 2 was won

Giro d'Italia 2014 - Highlights stage 2


Highlights stage 2

Giro d'Italia 2014 - It all starts here - Big Start Northern Ireland


Big Start Video

Giro d'Italia 2013 - How the race was won: stages 1-4


How stage 3 was won in 2013

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