
There were two battles ongoing during the Giro d’Italia’s blistering stage eight through the Apennines. Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) took the stage win, but Diego Ulissi (XDS-Astana) sealed his childhood dream in the autumn of his career by ripping the famous Maglia Rosa off the back of Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).
The veteran Italian, eight times a Giro d’Italia stage winner, finished third from the breakaway on the 197km stage between Giulianova and Castelraimondo, but managed to overhaul his pre-stage deficit of 4:01 to take the Giro lead for the first time in his career.