Stefano Garzelli won the second stage of the Giro del Trentino with Slovenian Jure Golcer taking the overall lead in the four-day event.

The 2000 Giro d'Italia champion beat compatriots Mauro Finetto (Csf) and Riccardo Chiarini (Lpr) to the line after a 179.7km stage from Torbole sul Garda to Torri del Benaco.

The riders had to deal with the second category Costernano climb twice on the final circuit and Ukranian Volodymyr Zagorodny, who won the opening time trial, dropped down the GC after losing over five minutes.

Golcer leads Finetto and Croatian Vladimir Miholjevic by four seconds on GC.

STAGE ONE

Volodymyr Zagorodny made an impressive start by taking the opening time-trial of the 32nd Giro del Trentino race.

The Ukranian rider won the 9.68km stage from Arco to Riva del Garda from Jure Golcer, who finished just 0.02 seconds behind in second.

Croatian Vladimir Miholjevic of the Liquigas team was a further 0.04 seconds back.

The race in northeast Italy, won in 2007 by Italian Damiano Cunego, is considered a key warm-up event for the country's Grand Tour, the Giro d'Italia, May 10 to June 1.

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