TIRANA, Albania (AP) British cyclist Joshua Tarling beat pre-race favorite Primoz Roglic by a solitary second in an individual time trial to win the second stage of the Giro dItalia on Saturday.

Roglic moved into the pink jersey, albeit only just.

Tarling, who rides for Ineos Grenadiers, finished the 14-kilometer (8.5-mile) route through the Albanian capital of Tirana in 16 minutes, seven seconds.

He faced a nervous wait to see if any of the following 58 riders could beat his time. Roglic went close but crossed the line just a second slower, to the obvious relief of Tarling, who shook his head and smiled wryly in the leaders chair.

Its not nice, I dont want to do it again, Tarling said with a laugh when asked about the wait. It was a long day for 13k ... Primoz really scared me so, yeah, it was stressful there.

It was a first Grand Tour stage victory for Tarling, who also became the youngest Giro time trial winner in history at 21.

I cant believe it to be honest. Ive been trying and Im so happy, he added.

Jay Vine was third, three seconds slower than Tarling.

Roglics overall lead was slender. The Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe rider has an advantage of just a second over Mads Pedersen, who won the opening stage on Friday.

Its like a beautiful surprise, Roglic said. I mean, okay, you know that you are strong, but that doesnt mean that you know how fast everyone else will go. At the end was really close today, one second off, so really, really happy about it.

Mathias Vacek moved into third overall, five seconds behind Roglic.

The Giro remains in Albania for Sundays third stage. The hilly 160-kilometer (99-mile) leg starts and finishes in the coastal city of Vlore, which is directly across the Adriatic from the Italian region of Puglia, where the race will resume on Tuesday after a rest day.

The race ends in Rome on June 1.

For me, it doesnt change the plan overall much, Roglic said about taking the pink jersey so early. The plan is to have it on while arriving in Rome.

Pedersen, for tomorrow is a good stage again for him. So we will see what will happen. Probably they will take it back.

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阿尔巴尼亚地拉那（美联社）——在周六举行的个人计时赛中，英国自行车手乔舒亚·塔尔林以一秒钟的优势击败了赛前热门选手普里莫兹·罗格里克，赢得了意大利环赛第二阶段的胜利。

罗格里克（Roglic）勉强挤进了粉红衫的竞争行列。

伊恩奥斯·格林迪尔斯车队（Ineos Grenadiers）的塔林以16分7秒的成绩完成了阿尔巴尼亚首都地拉那的14公里（8.5英里）赛程。

他紧张地等待着，看是否有其他58名车手能够打破他的记录。罗格里克（Roglic）几乎成功，但最终只慢了1秒冲过终点线，这让塔林（Tarling）明显松了口气，他坐在领头位置上，摇了摇头，并露出一丝苦笑。

当被问及等待的感受时，塔林笑着说道：“这不太好，我不想再经历一次了。13公里的赛程让我度过了漫长的一天……普利莫兹真的让我很紧张，是的，那真是一段充满压力的时光。”

塔林格在这次格兰披治巡回赛中首次夺得赛段冠军，并且以21岁的年龄成为历史上最年轻的环伦巴第计时赛冠军。

我必须说实话，我真的不敢相信。我一直在努力，现在感到非常高兴。”

杰·文以第三名的成绩完成比赛，比塔林慢三秒。

罗格里克的总体领先优势微弱，红牛波拉汉斯格罗赫车队的罗格里克仅比在周五赢得首阶段比赛的马德斯·佩德森快了一秒。

罗格里克（Roglic）说：“这就像一个美丽的惊喜。我的意思是，你知道自己很强，但这并不意味着你知道其他人会多快。今天的结果非常接近，只差一秒，所以真的很开心。”

马蒂亚斯·瓦切克（Mathias Vacek）的排名上升至总排名第三，落后于罗格里克（Roglic）五秒。

环意大利自行车赛（Giro）将于周日继续在阿尔巴尼亚举行第三赛段。这个多山的160公里（99英里）的赛段起点和终点都在沿海城市瓦尔达，该城市正对着亚得里亚海对面的意大利普利亚大区，比赛将在休息一天后于周二在普利亚大区重新开始。

比赛于6月1日在罗马结束。

罗格里克（Roglic）表示，对我来说，这么早穿上粉红队服并没有太大改变整体计划。计划是在抵达罗马时穿上它。

对于佩德森来说，明天的赛段对他而言又是一个好机会。我们拭目以待会有什么发生。或许他们会重新拿回来。

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