Italian neo-pro Giulio Ciccone (Bardiani-CSF) took victory on stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia – his debut Grand Tour – on a day that saw Mikel Landa (Team Sky) abandon and the maglia rosa pass from Gianluca Brambilla to his Etixx-QuickStep teammate Bob Jungels.
"I could never have imagined winning a stage here because it is my first year as a professional, it comes as a big surprise," Ciccone said in a post-race interview. "This is a fantastic victory, and thanks to everyone, and to my whole team."
Ciccone, 21, joined the breakaway between the two early third-category climbs and formed part of a leading trio on the late first-category Pian del Falco, before going clear on the technical descent and holding his lead up the final third-category climb to the line in Sestola.
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Ivan Rovny (Tinkoff) came home second, 42 seconds down, followed by Darwin Atapuma (BMC) a further 40 seconds later, both having been part of the day’s break.
Crossing the line, Bardiani-CSF director stuck his head out of the team car and waved his arms in the air in delight at the team’s first win of this Giro, with Ciccone soaking up the magnitude of his achievement over the line.
“Today is the best day of my life,” he said. “The emotions are massive. It’s a feeling I can’t describe – I don’t have the words. I would like to thank everyone in my team on what is a really huge day.
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