Giulio Ciccone soloed to his first Grand Tour stage win at the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, winning stage 10 in Sestola by 42 seconds ahead of runner-up Ivan Rovny (Tinkoff) and an additional 40 seconds to third placed Darwin Atapuma (BMC). He thanked his team Bardiani-CSF and dedicated the victory to his grandmother.
"It's a fantastic joy, I have no words to describe it," said Ciccone. "I want to share it with all the people that supported me and my teammates. We're more than a team, we have passionated sponsors who support and believe in young talents, starting from Luca Bardiani, our president. This win is a present for them. I want to spend a special word for Nicola Boem, a real teammate who sacrificed himself to help me and Stefano Pirazzi in the breakaway.
"We have the goal to attack and look for the breakaway since the morning. Me, Pirazzi and Boem founded it. In the finale, me and Stefano played our chances. He feels really good and other teams knew this, he had no much freedom. Our team directors manage the situation very well. On the descent I attacked because I was feared by Cunego. Last kilometers was endless".
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"Honestly, for me coming to the Giro has been a surprise, winning just a dream. Day by day I'm learning something, today was the most important lesson. It a great success, but just the first step. I know I have lot of things to learn again and a long road ahead of me.
"This success is dedicated to my grandma Pasqualina who push me from the sky."
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