Guillermo Thomas Silva (XDS-Astana) became the first Uruguayan rider to win a Grand Tour stage on stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia , speeding to the line at the head of a select lead group to win in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

Silva led home Florian Stork (Tudor) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) at the finish as part of a large chase group, which caught the attacking trio of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), and Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Intermarché) inside the final kilometre of the 221km stage.

How it unfolded

Polti VisitMalta teammates Diego Pablo Sevilla and Mirco Maestri went out in the early breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

The second stage of the Giro d'Italia was the race's second day in Bulgaria, taking the peloton on a long day out covering 221km from Burgas to Veliko Tarnovo.

The stage began with a largely flat run for the first 100km before giving way to the third-category hills of Byala Pass (7.7km at 4.6%) and Vratnik Pass (9.2km at 4%)…