A beautiful day for UAE Team Emirates, ended in a double victory with stage 2 of the Coppi e Bartali thanks to Diego Ulissi and in stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya with Tadej Pogačar.
In chronological order, Ulissi was the first to celebrate. He displayed his best in the final part of the stage, 156.5 km from Riccione to Sogliano al Rubicone with final hill of 4.7 km at 4.3 percent.
The Italian cyclist perfectly managed the effort, pushing hard in the final 400 metres and overtaking the leading duo De Pretto (Jayco Alula)-Ryan (Ef-EasyPost) at -200 metres and crossing the finish line with his hands up.
Thanks to the victory, Ulissi is now the new leader of the general classification, with 7” on Davide De Pretto and has extended his winning streak: the veteran has obtained at least one success per season since he turned pro (2010).
Minutes after, UAE Team Emirates also celebrated the stage victory of Pogačar in Volta a Catalunya (16 wins for the Emirati team in 2024).
Repeating the winning move that brought him to victory on stage 2, the Slovenian star attacked on the final climb of the day (stage 3, 176.7 km from Sant Joan de les Abadesses to Port Ainé, final climb of 18.4 km at 6.7 percent).
Pogačar sped up at -6 km, overtaking Mikel Landa (Soudal-Quick Step) and powering on to the finish, where he had an advantage of 48” on the Spaniard.
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