Diego Ulissi victorious on hard uphill finish at Settimana Coppi e Bartali: "Victory always gives great feelings"

While Tadej Pogacar continues his reign in Catalunya, Diego Ulissi scored another victory for the UAE Team Emirates over in Italy, winning the second stage of Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali.

"Victory always gives great feelings. My first part of the season has been good until now, obtaining good results in Oman and in Milano-Torino. I also had to overcome some sickness, but I arrived to Coppi e Bartali in good form," Ulissi expressed in press release.

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"Today I hadn’t good sensations until the final part of the race, but on the last climb my legs were great. My congrats to my teammates: many of them are very young riders from our development team, today they supported me in an amazing way," he refers to young Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali, Jonathan Guatibonza and Pablo Torres.

This victory also moves Ulissi to overall lead of the race, 7 seconds ahead of his 21-year-old compatriot Davide De Pretto and further two seconds is juts one year older Irishman Archie Ryan.

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