Pascal Ackermann takes first ever Grand Tour stage win on stage two of Giro d'Italia 2019

The German won on his first ever day of Grand Tour road racing

Pascal Ackermann wins stage two of the Giro d'Italia 2019 (Yuzuru Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) won his first ever Grand Tour stage with victory in stage two of the Giro d'Italia 2019.

Selected for the Giro ahead of Sam Bennett, who won three stages in the race last year and has also taken six wins so far in 2019, the German wasted no time in taking the pressure off team selection choices as he beat an elite field of fast-men in the sprint finish into Fucecchio.

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