Giulio Pellizzari celebrates victory on stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps (Image credit: Getty Images)

Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) took victory on stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps , narrowly pipping Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) to the line from a small group sprint on the uphill finale to Val Martello.

Pellizzari had looked the strongest on the last 6km climb, catching up to the lone early breakaway survivor, Mattia Gaffuri (Picnic-PostNL), but Ineos Grenadiers worked to bring things back and form a leading group of five in the finale.

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How it unfolded

The Alps loomed on a tough mountain stage (Image credit: Getty Images)

With the first climb of the day on stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps starting after around 30km of racing, there was significant interest in getting into the day's breakaway, with nine riders eventually getting up the road as the race headed…