Giro d'Italia Women Stage 2 LIVE - Lidl-Trek's Anna Henderson moves into maglia rosa after breakaway survives in Aprica

Lidl-Trek’s Anna Henderson claimed her first individual World Tour victory and moved into the maglia rosa on Stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia Women after an impressive day in a two-woman breakaway.

After multiple attacks failed to stick, the breakaway was finally able to get away with around 40km to go when Henderson and Dilyxine Miermont (Ceratizit Pro Cycling) were allowed to open a gap of over three minutes at one stage.

Despite efforts from Iurani Blanco (Human Powered Health) to join the leaders, the duo’s partnership would see them stay clear and take a two-minute advantage into the final climb of the day, Aprica (12.9km at 3.8km, max 15%).

The climb highlighted weakness elsewhere, as Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), Anna Van der Breggen and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) struggled to hold onto the maglia rosa group, though the four-time champion eventually rejoined at the shallower gradients.

As if sensing her closest rivals distancing, it was eventually the maglia rosa herself, Marlen Reusser (Movistar), who attacked after having to chase moves from Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobilty) and Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal) in soggy conditions in northern Italy.

With the breakaway’s advantage weakening as each kilometre ticked by, the duo of Henderson and Miermont dipped under the flamme rogue with just 30 seconds buffer, which proved to be enough as the British rider, who finished sixth in Sunday's opening time trial, sprinted past her French counterpart to pick up her first individual Grand Tour victory.

The look of utter disbelief from Anna Henderson as she claims her biggest victory on the Grand Tour stage.

After her impressive victory this afternoon in Aprica, our new maglia rosa Anna Henderson will be hoping to hold onto it for a little longer and tomorrow might be the perfect stage to do so.

Whilst the stage begins with an ascent of Passo del Tonale, it's followed by a long descent through Val di Sole and Val di Non, with the conclusion looking to be a chance for the fast women of the bunch.

1. Anna Henderson (Lidl-Trek) 2'42'03"

2. Marlen Reusser (Movistar) +0'15"

3. Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE ADQ) +0'31"

4. Anna Van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) +0'35"

5. Monica Trinca Colonel (Liv AlUla Jayco) +0'56"

6. Shirin Van Anrooij +ST

7. Katerine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) +0'59"

8. Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) +1'03"

9. Juliette Labous (FDJ-SUEZ) +1'06"

10. Dilyxine Miermont +1'10"

Here's how things entered after the shortest day of this year's Giro.

1. Anna Henderson (Lidl-Trek) - 2'24'30"

2. Dilyxine Miermont (Ceratizit Pro Cycling) ST

3. Soraya Paladin (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) +0'26"

4. Eleonora Ciabocco (Picnic PostNL) ST

5. Marlen Reusser (Movistar) ST

6. Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE ADQ) ST

7. Ashleigh Moolman (AG Insurance-Soudal) ST

8. Juliette Labous (FDJ-SUEZ) ST

9. Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) ST

10. Shirin Van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek) ST

It was close by the end but the time gap and bonus seconds on the line means Anna Henderson will be our new maglia rosa.

After sitting in the hot seat for so long yesterday before being knocked off, she finally has her win at this year's Giro d'Italia Women and her biggest win of her career.

She can't believe it as her teammates cross with the maglia rosa group 26 seconds behind.

Miermont looks behind but she doesn't see the maglia rosa behind as we duck under the 1km mark.

There's a slight climb to the finish line, Miermont is flicking her elbow for Henderson to help but she's poised and ready for the sprint.

There's just 30 seconds between our breakaway duo and the maglia rosa group - could they hold on?

We're hearing news of another abandonment as Chantelle McCarthy (Mendelspeck E-Work) abandons the Giro.

The duo of Anna Henderson and Dilyxine Miermont have an advantage of +01'06" over the chasing maglia rosa group.

Could they go to the line?

The four-time champion Anna Van der Breggen rejoins the maglia rosa group - a reminder, she's currently in the maglia rossa strip after her time trial efforts yesterday.

Kopecky is currently in the Marianne Vos group, which is +20" behind the maglia rosa group.

We're seeing wet roads and drizzle on the cameras as we approach the finale in Aprica. It shouldn't cause too much chaos but it's certainly not what the riders will want to contend with.

As if sensing some of her GC rivals struggling to hold on, Marlen Reusser decides to attack with a reduced select group following.

Our defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini knows she has to follow and she does.

There's still time but there are no SD Worx-Protime riders in the front of the peloton with Kopecky and Van der Breggen both dropped.

We're seeing attack after attack with Uno-X Mobility, Picnic PostNL, Lidl-Trek and Liv AlUla Jayco getting involved.

The gap to the breakaway is coming down to just one minute and as a result, Anna Henderson decides to attack but it's not enough to get rid of Miermont.

Elsewhere, we're seeing Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) being dropped and our maglia rosa Marlen Reusser looking as composed as ever at the front of the bunch.

These gradients are causing problems, and we're seeing the peloton stringing out, with riders like Lotte Kopecky struggling to hang onto the front of the bunch.

However, this climb will shortly level out, which will give those who have lost distance on the group a chance to get back.

The breakaway duo are hitting those tough gradients averaging 11.1% and maxing at 15% and Dilyxine Miermont (Ceratizit Pro Cycling) is trying to drop Henderson but the Lidl-Trek rider is sticking with the attacks so far.