Diego Ulissi soloed to the win at the Giro dell'Appennino, scoring the first win of his time at XDS-Astana and his team's 19th of the 2025 season as they gain another 125 UCI points in the race for WorldTour survival.
The Italian, who led the Giro d'Italia for a day last month, went solo on the penultimate climb of the 199km one-day race, Pietralavezzara (6.2km at 7.7%), at almost 50km from the finish.
A 45-second lead on the way up turned into a minute at the top, despite Matteo Fabbro (Intermarché-Wanty) and Matteo Fabbro (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini) mounting a counter-attack from behind.
Ulissi held a minute's lead at the end of the descent, with 17km of flat roads remaining before the finish in Genoa. He raced untroubled into the Ligurian city, as Fabbro and Barré were unable to put a dent in his lead.
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