BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Marcel Kittel sprinted to victory in a wet second stage of the Giro d'Italia Saturday as Michael Matthews took the overall leader's pink jersey from Orica-GreenEdge teammate Svein Tuft. Kittel timed his move to perfection to edge out Nacer Bouhanni and Giacomo Nizzolo in a bunch sprint at the end of the 218-km leg, which started and ended in Belfast. The German cyclist clocked a time of 5 hours, 13 minutes, 12 seconds to claim his first stage win on the day before his 26th birthday. Despite the heavy rain, thousands of people lined the route which took in picturesque rock formation, the Giant's Causeway, as it wound down the coast. — AP
