Buenos días, amigo mió - Alberto Contador congratulates Christian Vande Velde before the start...

The peloton leaves the town of Cefalu on stage two...

Jeremy Roy and David Lossli have gone away on the first climb...

Slipstream are at the front right away, but the atmosphere is very genial...

Loosli and Roy have a long day ahead - they are eight minutes in front after just 75-kilometres...

Slipstream sends Backstedt to the front now...

Sicily looks the perfect place for the Giro d'Italia...

The crowds in Polizello are massive...

Slipstream are still leading the chase - its Chris Sutton's turn as the wind picks up on the high ground...

Christian Vande Velde looks happy enough, even if his teamates do not..!

There's been a crash on a bumpy descent - Mauricio Soler and Steve Morabito are involved...

Julian Dean has crashed here as well - but all he wants is his bike back..!

Morabito refuses to quit - he asks a race-doctor to push his dislocated shoulder back into its socket...

Loosli and Roy are still on the high plains of Sicily - and still six-minutes in front...

Despite his injuries, Dean paces Vande Velde back to the peloton after a wheel-change...

It's all happening for Slipstream - now David Zabriskie has crashed on an old railway crossing..!

The Giro is over for Zabriskie - his back has been damaged in the fall...

Despite losing Zabriskie, Slipstream closes in on the two escapers...

Liquigas leads the rush to the uphill finish in Agrigento - it's all to play for..!

LPR takes over on the climb, shredding the lead group to about 45 riders...

Ricardo Ricco wins stage two into Agrigento

Franco Pellizotti is the new race-leader by just one second from Vande Velde, who missed out in the final minutes of the stage...