Friday 14 March 2014 13:41, UK
Mark Cavendish retained the race leader's blue jersey at Tirreno-Adriatico despite failing to contest a sprint finish on stage two won by Italy's Matteo Pelucchi.
Stage two result
1 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling, 3:56:12
2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ, same time
3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol, st
4 Sam Bennett (Ire) NetApp-Endura, st
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale, st
6 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
7 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF, st
8 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
9 Tony Hurel (Fra) Europcar, st
10 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN-Qhubeka, st
Selected other
17 Mark Cavendish (GB) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
General classification
1 Mark Cavendish (GB) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 4:16:25
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, same time
3 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +2sec
6 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +3
7 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge, +11
8 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge, st
9 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge, st
10 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica-GreenEdge, st
