Diego Ulissi

Diego Ulissi

Ulissi receiving the 2007 Giglio d'Oro
Personal information
Full name	Diego Ulissi
Born	July 15, 1989 (1989-07-15) (age 22) Cecina, Italy
Team information
Current team	Lampre-ISD
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Breakaway Specialist
Professional team(s)
2010–	Lampre-Farnese Vini
Major wins
Giro d'Italia - 1 stage
Infobox last updated on 25 May 2011

Diego Ulissi (born July 15, 1989 in Cecina) is an Italian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Lampre-ISD.

Professional career

He won the UCI Road World Championships - Junior Men's Road Race 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. ^[1]

Palmarès

2010

1st, Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

8th Overall, Tour de Pologne

2011

1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia

2nd Overall, Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st, Young rider classification

References

1. ^ Ulissi awarded stage after Visconti gets grabby

External links

• Diego Ulissi profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Ulissi, Diego
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1989-07-15
Place of birth	Cecina, Tuscany, Italy
Date of death
Place of death