Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) claimed his second stage victory at this year’s Giro d’Italia after a late attack on the road to Asolo. Ulissi easily beat fellow escapees Andre Amador (Movistar) and race leader Bob Jungels (Etixx-QuickStep) in the sprint to the line.
The ascent of the fourth category Forcella Mostaccin had whittled down the main peloton. However, the race-winning move was initiated after the descent, with 13 kilometres to go. A determined Amador jumped clear of the select group of favourites and was quickly followed by Jungels, concerned about the Movistar rider’s proximity to him in the general classification.
Upon winning stage 4 when the Giro d’Italia returned to its home land, Ulissi praised the efforts of his teammates and they were key again in this win. The Lampre-Merida outfit closed the gap to Jungels and Amador to just seven seconds, giving Ulissi the chance to bridge across to the two. Once Ulissi had made the juncture, the impetus in the chase was lost and the three held onto the finish. Jungels started the sprint but he was little competition for Ulissi once the Italian opened his sprint.
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"I came here for a stage win and now I've got two, so I'm very happy - for the team as well because they worked very hard. They chased down the break today and spent a lot of energy doing so. We controlled it well after that - even Modolo worked for me,” said Ulissi. “It was hard on the climb but I'm going well on the climbs at the moment. I can thank Mohoric and Conti for setting me up. I didn't want to wait for the sprint. I managed to save a bit of energy on the downhill bit and was able to use it in the sprint."
With the bonus seconds at the finish, Amador closed the gap by two seconds to Jungels in the overall classification but the Luxembourg rider kept hold of his race lead. “I was expecting an attack from Amador, so I just went with him and in the end I felt really good,” Jungels said at the finish. “I wasn’t expecting that last small cobbled climb, when Ulissi jumped across, and in the end I thought I would go for the stage win, which would be hard in a sprint or I just keep pulling to gain time on the others. I lost two seconds on Amador but I gained a few on the others, which isn’t too bad.”
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