Giro d'Italia 2025 Stage 2 LIVE - Josh Tarling with the time to beat, as Van Aert prepares his hunt for the maglia rosa

Not bad as time trials go, but I think we can do better tomorrow. It's going to be a hilly one.

1. Primoz Roglic 3'52'22"
2. Mads Pedersen +0'01"
3. Mathias Vacek +0'05"
4. Brandon McNulty +0'12"
5. Juan Ayuso +0'16"
6. Isaac Del Torro +0'17"
7. Max Poole +0'24"
8. Antonio Tiberi +0'25"
9. Michael Storer +0'27"
10. Giulio Pellizzari +0'31"

It's already taking shape.

1. Josh Tarling 16'07"
2. Primoz Roglic +01"
3. Jay Vine +03"
4. Edocardo Affini +06"
5. Mathias Vacek "
6. Daan Houle +08"
7. Mads Pedersen +12"
8. Brandon McNulty +13"
9. Ethan Hayter +14"
10. Juan Ayuso +17"

A couple of things to mention there, including the run of Lidl-Trek riders fro 5th to 7th, and Juan Ayuso sneaking into the top ten with a solid ride from the Spaniard.

Primoz Roglic is the new maglia rosa. What a start to this race we're having. Mads Pedersen dug deep, but it was an almighty ask. I tell you what, though, don't rule out the possibility of him taking it back tomorrow.

If the numbers are to be trusted, it's not going to be enough for him.

And the clock says he's nine seconds down on Roglic, which would be enough to keep the maglia rosa by a single second. You wouldn't imagine Roglic would mind all that much at this point.

At the time check he's ten seconds down on Primoz Roglic, who is looking like his principal rival for pink. It's looking alright for Josh Tarling.

It doesn't look as if he's going to be taking pink today. He's 28 seconds down where the clock stops at the top of the climb. What about Mads Pedersen? He's faring a bit better.

It's Josh Tarling's 16'07.

37th place, dead level with Giulio Ciccone. It just looks very difficult for a rider of his stature to generate the raw power needed on a course like this.

Mads Pedersen, the first Dane to wear it, wearing a leader's jersey for the first time in his career, will be looking to draw upon every joule of power the race lead can generate. If he doesn't win the stage - and he has before in TTs - he needs a 16'18 minimum to keep the jersey.

Wout van Aert straps up his chin, and wearing the ciclamino skinsuit sets off on his mission. He wants pink today, but he will need at the very least a decent performance to take it. Sean Kelly think it's 'a little bit of an ask.' I'm a bit more optimistic.

Just 25 seconds down on Tarling, one quicker than Antonio Tiberi. He's on his way.

This, I think, is where we'll find out what kind of Giro d'Italia Tom Pidcock will be targeting. He starts the day in 5th place in the general classification. It's probably his weakest of the many disciplines he's so good at. In touch with the likes of Antonio Tiberi, would be a satisfctory result, I suspect.

This is surely the race where he displaces Roman Bardet in the Picnic PostNL pecking order. The Frenchman is riding his final Grand Tour, of course. A stage win and a top ten finish would be a successful three weeks, you'd say.

An honourtable mention for Davide Piganzoli of Team Polti VisitMalta, who is a promising young rider but one who has never won a TT. He probably won't change that today. We're at three minute intervals now.

Sensational ride from Primoz Roglic. Can you see anyone other than Wout van Aert beating him now? I can't.

He sets the joint fastest first sector time. The final 5.7km are for the heavyweights, of course, but that should confirm that he's brought form.