Russian Sivakov claims maiden win for Tour of the Alps overall lead

Team Sky's Pavel Sivakov won the second day of racing to take the leader's jersey in the Tour of the Alps and his first senior victory on Tuesday

The 21-year-old finished four seconds ahead of Astana's Jan Hirt and holds an eight-second advantage over the Czech rider in the general classification after 178km between Alpbachtal in Austria and Schenna in Italy.

Russian Sivakov's team-mate Chris Froome ended a disappointing day trailing by 1min 36 after keeping in touch with the favourites until the Monte Giovo pass summit 34km from the finish line.

Day-one leader Tao Geoghegan Hart crossed the finish line in eighth and trails Sivakov by 43 seconds going into Wednesday's 106km third stage from Salorno to Baselga di Pine, north of the Italian town of Trento.

VIDEO: 2019 Tour of the Alps Stage 2 Highlights

2019 Tour of the Alps Stage 2 Top 10

1 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky 4:58:17 
2 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:00:04 
3 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:17 
4 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:22 
5 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:29 
6 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe   
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida   
8 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:43 
9 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team   
10 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:52  

2019 Tour of the Alps GC after Stage 2

1 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky 8:28:55 
2 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:00:08 
3 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:23 
4 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:39 
5 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida   
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida   
7 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:43 
8 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:53 
9 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:02 
10 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic 0:01:08