Sixty years after Juan José Timón became the first Uruguayan to compete in Italian races such as Tirreno-Adriatico and Milano-Torino, history was made on stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia . Not only did compatriot Thomas Silva become the first rider from the South American nation to compete at the race, but he did it in style by taking the stage victory and claiming the maglia rosa in the process. All this in his debut at the Italian Grand Tour. At the start in Burgas, his experienced XDS Astana teammate Christian Scaroni, winner of a stage last year, said that “today will be a really good stage for us…. The last short climb will be really important to take the position in the front, then at the top we’ll see how it will be.” After three years with Spanish ProTeam Caja Rural, where he claimed two top-10 finishes at the 2025 Vuelta a España in his Grand Tour debut, Silva made the step up to the WorldTour this year.…