MONSELICE, Italy: Italy’s Diego Ulissi won the 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Friday as Portugal’s Joao Almeida retained the race leader’s pink jersey.
It was a second stage victory for Ulissi, of the UAE Emirates team, on this Giro and an eighth career stage win.
Ulissi edged Deceuninck’s Almeida and Austrian Patrick Konrad by half a wheel in a sprint finish to end a 192km stage.