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James Moultrie

Tour of the Alps: Giulio Pellizzari shoots to victory and seizes race lead atop stage 2 mountain finish

MARTELL, ITALY - APRIL 21: Giulio Pellizzari of Italy and Team Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe celebrates at finish line as stage winner (R) ahead of Thymen Arensman of Netherlands and Team INEOS Grenadiers (L) during the 48th Tour of the Alps 2026, Stage 2 a 147.5km stage from Telfs to Martell - Val Martello 1153m on April 21, 2026 in Martell, Italy. (Photo by Tim de Waele/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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