Giro d’Italia: Josh Tarling edges out Roglic for time-trial victory in Tirana

May 10, 2025

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Josh Tarling of Ineos Grenadiers set a time-trial pace even the race favourite, Primoz Roglic, could not match to win stage two of the Giro d’Italia by one second in Albania on Saturday. Tarling had a nervous wait before his first Grand Tour stage victory was confirmed as the 21-year-old Welshman watched Roglic come so close, but the Slovene had to settle for second place with the consolation of taking over the leader’s pink jersey for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.

Jay Vine of UAE Team Emirates came third, the Australian finishing three seconds behind Tarling in the short 13.7km individual time-trial in Tirana. “To win is definitely exceptional,” Tarling said. In his second Grand Tour after failed to finish last year’s Vuelta A Espana Tarling became the youngest rider to win a Giro time-trial.