Diego Ulissi
Diego Ulissi (born 15 July 1989) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[2]
Ulissi at the 2011 Giro d'Italia | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Diego Ulissi |
Born | Cecina, Italy | 15 July 1989
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | UAE Team Emirates |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Puncheur/All-rounder |
Professional team | |
2010– | Lampre–Farnese Vini[1] |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
Single-day races and Classics
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Career
Born in Cecina, Ulissi won the Junior World Road Race Championships in 2006 and 2007. He is the second cyclist ever – after Giuseppe Palumbo – to achieve two consecutive World Junior Road titles. He was awarded stage 17 of the 2011 Giro d'Italia after Giovanni Visconti was relegated for improper sprinting.[3]
In June 2011 he won one stage,[4] and the overall classification at the Tour of Slovenia.[5]
In June 2014 it was announced that Ulissi had failed a drug test during that year's Giro d'Italia, during which he won two stages. He tested positive for the asthma drug salbutamol, which is found in Ventolin. Ulissi had permission to use Ventolin, however the test indicated that he had almost twice the permitted concentration of salbutamol in his urine.[6] He received a nine-month suspension ending in March 2015.[7] After this hiatus, Ulissi came back to win Stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia in Fiuggi.[8]
In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[9]
Personal life
In March 2020, Ulissi missed the birth of his daughter Anna, while being under quarantine in a hotel in Abu Dhabi following the 2020 UAE Tour, due to positive tests at the hotel in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.[10]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2006
- 1st
Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships - 2007
- 1st
Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships - 2010
- 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 8th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Tour of Slovenia - 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2012
- 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 1st
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2013
- 1st
Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali - 1st Stage 2
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
- 2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2nd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 4th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 6th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2014
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 5 & 8
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 3rd Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano
- 5th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2015
- 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Memorial Marco Pantani
- 2nd Japan Cup
- 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 5th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2016
- 1st
Overall Czech Cycling Tour - 1st Stage 3
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 4 & 11
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of Slovenia
- 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 2nd Gran Premio di Lugano
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 3rd Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 5th Milano–Torino
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 7th Strade Bianche
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Tour of Turkey - 1st Stage 4
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Tre Valli Varesine
- 5th Overall Tour Down Under
- 7th Giro dell'Emilia
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2018
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 4th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 4th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 7th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 5
- 10th Giro della Toscana
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Tour of Slovenia - 1st Stage 3
- 1st Gran Premio di Lugano
- 1st Tokyo 2020 Test Event
- 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 5th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 6th Giro dell'Emilia
- 9th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2020
- 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
- 2nd Gran Piemonte
- 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 9th Overall UAE Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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41 | 21 | — | DNF | 64 | 21 | — | 28 | 42 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | |
— | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
Monument | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Milan–San Remo | — | 140 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | 58 | 40 | 103 | 72 | |
Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 76 | 78 | 20 | 66 | DNF | 55 | 30 | 28 | 39 | |
Giro di Lombardia | DNF | DNF | 41 | 28 | — | 74 | 22 | 21 | — | 60 | 8 |
Classic | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Amstel Gold Race | — | DNF | DNF | 25 | 34 | 49 | 7 | 27 | 50 | 22 | |
La Flèche Wallonne | — | DNF | 9 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 3 | |
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | 70 | — | 6 | — | — | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | NH |
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | 58 | — | 67 | — | — | DNF | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | NH |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
See also
References
- "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Ulissi awarded stage after Visconti gets grabby". Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- "Tour de Slovénie 2011: Stage 2 Results".
- "Ulissi wins in Slovenia". 19 June 2011.
- "Giro d'Italia stage winner Diego Ulissi fails drugs test". bbc.co.uk. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- Gregor Brown (19 January 2015). "Diego Ulissi banned for nine months for doping". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- Stephen Farrand (16 May 2015). "Giro d'Italia: Ulissi wins in Fiuggi". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- Farrand, Stephen (4 March 2020). "Four riders reported to be positive for coronavirus at UAE Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
External links
Media related to Diego Ulissi at Wikimedia Commons - Diego Ulissi at Cycling Archives