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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Who is leading the Giro d'Italia? Maglia rosa and general classification standings
The Giro d'Italia general classification standings shuffled again on stage eight as Primoz Roglic conceded the leader's pink jersey to Italian veteran Diego Ulissi. Ulissi was part of a nearly 20-strong breakaway group that escaped on a frantic, relentless hilly stage in the Apennines, won by Jayco AlUla's Luke Plapp. Advertisement Ulissi took third on the stage but the bonus seconds, and a nearly four-minute lead on the peloton, were enough to see him pull on pink and end a four-year drought for a home wearer of the iconic jersey. The race remains a battle between Roglic and his major rival Juan Ayuso, who won stage seven, and the Spaniard nicked another second battle from the 2023 champion with a late sprint to the line in Castelraimondo. Stage eight results 1) Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla), in 4:44:20 2) Wilco Kelderman (Visma-Lease a Bike), +38' 3) Diego Ulissi (XDS-Astana), +38' 4) Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), +1'22' 5) Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team), +1'35' Advertisement 6) Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team), +1'48' 7) Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana), +1'48' 8) Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), +2'59' 9) Romain Bardet (Picnic PostNL), +3'02' 10) Alessio Martinelli (VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizane), +4'37' (AP) General classification 1) Diego Ulissi (XDS-Astana), in 29:21:23 2) Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana), +12' 3) Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), +17' 4) Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +20' 5) Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +26' 6) Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) +44' 7) Max Poole (Team Picnic PostNL)+47' 8) Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) +50' Advertisement 9) Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +51' 10) Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) +56' Points classification 1) Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) 153pts 2) Alessandro Tonelli (Polti VisitMalta) 59 3) Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) 55 4) Casper van Uden (Picnic PostNL) 50 5) Orluis Aular (Movistar) 42 King of the mountains (KOM) classification 1) Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana) 98pts 2) Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 50 3) Paul Double (Jayco AlUla) 36 4) Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizane), 32 5) Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 24 Young riders' classification 1) Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in 29:21:43 2) Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +6' 3) Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) +24' 4) Max Poole (Team Picnic PostNL)+26' 5) Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +40'
Daily Tribune
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
Luke Plapp in great escape as Italy's Ulissi take Giro lead
Australian Luke Plapp broke away on a 50km solo attack to win a hilly stage eight of the Giro d'Italia yesterday as veteran Italian all-rounder Diego Ulissi grabbed the overall lead. A series of attacks ensued early in the hilly stage, with the main contenders allowing the escape to make it far enough ahead of them for Plapp to climb the podium as winner and, to the delight of the crowds, drink a considerable amount of the fizzy wine he sprayed over them. The 24-year-old Jayco-Alula rider from Melbourne shook his head in disbelief at the finish after his first major win following an impressive solo effort in the picture-postcard hills. But just 38sec behind Plapp, third-placed Ulissi gazed at the clock in a nail-biting wait for overnight leader Primoz Roglic to cross the line. Ulissi had been 4min 01sec down at the start and the main contenders for the title were just a handful of seconds outside that limit, meaning he couldn't celebrate until he knew they had missed the time cut. 'I was going for the stage win, I hadn't thought about the race lead until the fans started to shout about the pink jersey along the road,' Ulissi said. Ulissi now leads Roglic by 17sec in the overall classification and will ride out in pink Sunday giving home crowds something to cheer.
The 42
17-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Luke Plapp in great escape as Italy's Ulissi takes Giro lead
AUSTRALIAN LUKE PLAPP broke away on a 50km solo attack to win a hilly stage eight of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday as veteran Italian all-rounder Diego Ulissi grabbed the overall lead. A series of attacks ensued early in the hilly stage, with the main contenders allowing the escape to make it far enough ahead of them for Plapp to climb the podium as winner and, to the delight of the crowds, drink a considerable amount of the fizzy wine he sprayed over them. The 24-year-old Jayco-Alula rider from Melbourne shook his head in disbelief at the finish after his first major win following an impressive solo effort in the picture-postcard hills. 'It's a dream come true,' said Plapp, who seemed a little lost for words. 'It was a savage fight to get in that breakaway.' You can view the classifications here> Advertisement But just 38sec behind Plapp, third-placed Ulissi gazed at the clock in a nail-biting wait for overnight leader Primoz Roglic to cross the line. Ulissi had been 4min 01sec down at the start and the main contenders for the title were just a handful of seconds outside that limit, meaning he couldn't celebrate until he knew they had missed the time cut. 'I was going for the stage win, I hadn't thought about the race lead until the fans started to shout about the pink jersey along the road,' Ulissi said. 'When I was a kid I used to watch the Giro with my grandparents and dreamed about this mythical jersey. So this is hugely satisfying,' the 35-year-old said. Ulissi now leads Roglic by 17sec in the overall classification and will ride out in pink Sunday giving home crowds something to cheer in his home region of Tuscany. It had been 86 stages since an Italian led the race — Alessandro De Marchi was the last to wear pink just over four years ago. There were four categorised climbs between the coastal town of Giulianova, along a rugged 197km route through the Abruzzo region, to the Castelraimondo finish — halfway up the Italian peninsula. When the contenders for the overall Giro win did come into the home straight, Friday's stage winner Juan Ayuso attacked and finished just 1sec ahead of Roglic but once again used up a great deal of energy to do so with 13 long stages remaining. 'There's still a very long way to go,' Roglic said at the line before handing over the pink jersey. Sunday's stage will run over the white gravel roads of the sparkling wine vineyards outside Siena. Sam Bennett and Darren Rafferty are the Irishmen in action. – © AFP 2025
NBC Sports
17-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Plapp solos to stage win, Ulissi becomes first Italian to lead Giro in four years
CASTELRAIMONDO, Italy — Luke Plapp soloed to victory in the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia for the biggest win of his career while Italian veteran Diego Ulissi moved into the overall lead on Saturday. 'Crazy, crazy,' Plapp said with a smile immediately after his first victory in a Grand Tour. Plapp attacked from a breakaway with about 45 kilometers (28 miles) remaining and had about a minute's advantage on the final climb. The Australian rider then used his time trialling skills to hold off his chasers. 'I knew I couldn't beat any of them in a sprint, so I knew I had to go at some stage pretty early,' Plapp said. 'I just thought I'd give it a crack and, to be honest, just wanted a bit of a head start on the descent as well. 'So, to stay away all the way to the finish is definitely not what I expected.' Plapp had plenty of time to celebrate, sitting up and lifting his arms out as he crossed the line 38 seconds ahead of Wilco Kelderman and Ulissi at the end of the tricky 97-kilometer (122-mile) route from Giulianova to Castelraimondo. 'I feel like it's been a long time coming,' Plapp said. 'Last year I got so close at the Giro so many times, and for today to happen is so, so special. 'We marked it as a stage (to win) for a few weeks now and then this morning on the bus we were really really excited. So to make it happen is a dream come true.' Ulissi faced an anxious wait to see whether he'd done enough to take the pink jersey from pre-race favorite Primoz Roglic and become the first Italian to lead the race since 2021. He let out a loud yell of joy when it was confirmed, after Roglic and most of the rest of the peleton finished nearly five minutes off the pace. Ulissi, who had never previously led the Giro, has a 12-second advantage over compatriot Lorenzo Fortunato and was 17 seconds ahead of Roglic. 'Just before putting it on (the leader's jersey), I was really thinking about the afternoons I spent with my grandparents when I was a kid and watching the Giro and dreaming,' Ulissi said. 'I had already realized the dream of winning stages, I came very close to wearing the pink jersey. Now, living this dream at the end of my career — because I'm not getting any younger — is everything, truly a great joy.' Even more special is that Ulissi will be in pink as his home race heads into his home region of Tuscany. 'I'm thinking of sleeping with the maglia rosa on tonight,' Ulissi said with a laugh. 'But the thought of going through my Tuscany with the maglia rosa is truly a great emotion.' Sunday's ninth stage includes a mini Strade Bianche on the white, gravel roads on the 181-kilometer route from Gubbio to Siena. The Giro ends in Rome on June 1.
Straits Times
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Emotional Ulissi revels in pink jersey after ending Italy's Giro drought
Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 8 - Giulianova to Castelraimondo - Italy - May 17, 2025 XDS Astana Team's Diego Ulissi and Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Wilco Kelderman in action during stage 8 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini Italy had not seen one of their own wear the pink jersey in the Giro d'Italia in four years until Saturday when XDS Astana's Diego Ulissi took the Maglia Rosa and he will proudly wear it when he rides through his home region of Tuscany on Sunday. Ulissi came third in stage eight but his performance was enough to take the pink jersey from Slovenian Primoz Roglic as the Italian built up a slender 12-second lead over his teammate Lorenzo Fortunato, with Roglic a further five seconds back. Ulissi screamed in delight when he was told the pink jersey was his as he became the first Italian since Alessandro De Marchi in 2021 to wear the jersey, ending a long wait for home fans that lasted 86 stages. "I don't easily let myself be taken by emotions but when I was presented with the Maglia Rosa and saw XDS Astana stamped on it, I became emotional, I have to admit," Ulissi told reporters. "I'm 35, soon 36 (in July). I've had nice satisfactions in my cycling career with eight stage wins at the Giro, I've built a nice family with three daughters. "So when I first saw this jersey, I thought of all my family members, especially those who took me to races when I was a kid." The stage victory, however, went to Australian Luke Plapp, who rode solo with 45 km for his first Grand Tour stage win. Ulissi finished 38 seconds behind, losing a battle with Wilco Kelderman of Visma-Lease a Bike for second. "Luke Plapp was superior. I'm happy with how I went on such a lumpy terrain. When I heard that I had to ride flat out till the finish, I understood that I had a chance to take the Maglia Rosa," Ulissi added. "The choice of not communicating to me the exact gaps was the best thing to do in order to not disturb me. I have a long experience in cycling but I never had the Maglia Rosa before." Stage nine is a 181 km ride from Gubbio to Siena in the Tuscany region in central Italy. "Tomorrow, I'll try to give everything to defend it but it's a complicated stage that requires some luck as well," Ulissi said. "It'll be special to arrive in Tuscany with the Maglia Rosa." REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
