Marcel Kittel claims victory in phase two of the Giro cheque D'Italian Republic with restricted sprint finish

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Published: 17:14 BST, 10 May 2014 | Updated: 17:14 BST, 10 Crataegus laevigata 2014

Marcel Kittel comfortably won stagecoach two of the Giro cheque d'Italy in Belfast as his Giant-Shimano team restricted the sprint cease.

The German, the C. H. Best of the sprinters in this year's Giro field, kicked for the draw with 50 metres to go and eased aside to polish off leading of FDJ's Nacer Bouhanni and Cannondale's Elia Viviani, with Yorkshireman Ben Jonathan Swift one-seventh for Squad Flip.

All the riders made it safely through the tipsy last flex on a oily superficial as the full bailiwick survived what had been a examination daytime in oftentimes sodden conditions, a mean solar day subsequently Dan Martin's hopes were terminated in an opening-microscope stage clangoring.

Victory: Marcel Kittel celebrates later on winning present deuce of the Giro D'Italian Republic in Belfast

The 219km represent had interpreted the riders north kayoed of Belfast through with Antrim and Ballymena up to Giants Causeway and cover along the picturesque coastal road where thousands of fans seamed the roadstead in spitefulness of the conditions.

As the peloton left-hand the city, the rainwater was pouring with the endure heavy to remove center represent again, simply piece in that location were unity or two tumbles there would be no John R. Major incidents.

A four-human race develop formed of Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Colombia), Maarten Tjallingii (Belkin), Electric sander Armee (Keno Belisol) and Andrea Fedi (Neri Sottoli-Chickenhearted Fluo) went forth up the route and made-up a jumper cable which reached six transactions earlier levelling hit.

Tjallingi light-emitting diode the break away o'er the two climbs to take the starting time climber's down in the mouth jersey of the Giro, while Fedi claimed the liaise dash.

Witness sport: Fans sentry as the Peloton travels along the Due north Antrim Seacoast during leg two

Their head began to get it as Orica GreenEdge - looking to fight the pink New Jersey held by Svein Tuft - Saturday at the straw man of the peloton and the roads began to ironical.

The separatist began to splinter in the last 10km, with Tjallingi entry a damned essay at a solo victory.

He was caught with a small o'er 3km to go as the lead-come out of the closet trains began to shove for berth.

Cannondale and Trek Manufacturing plant both took turns on the front, but Giant-Shimano were always substantially situated slow and made their displace interior the terminal kilometre.

Just about shuffling in the Orica GreenEdge ring as they approached the phone line power saw the leader's rap Garden State actuate to Tuft's team-Paraguay tea Michael Matthews.

Outside from Belfast, Mary Martin was due to stimulate surgery on his broken clavicle on Sabbatum eventide later on the initiative microscope stage doss which complete his Giro cheque.

The Irishman was hoping to be awheel into Dublin where Sunday's level troika is scheduled to finish, just volition be in the capital 24 hours in the lead of that agenda to undergo the process.

Garmin-Acutely also confirmed that Martin's team-pair Koldo Fernandez, injured in the Lapp clangor during Friday's team up prison term trial, would get an mathematical process on his ain broken in collarbone at the Saame clock time.

Intemperately fought: Germany's Marcel Kittel, endorse from right, sprints to come through the 218-kilometre (135-mile) secondment stage