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Dan Challis

‘An indescribable emotion’ - Italian veteran Diego Ulissi seals dream to wear pink on home roads during Giro d'Italia gravel stage

Diego Ulissi kisses pink jersey.

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.

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