Introduction
Diego Ulissi (born 15 July 1989 in Cecina) is an Italian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team UAE Abu Dhabi.
Career
He won the Junior World Road Race Championships 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.
In June 2011 he won one stage, and the overall classification at the Tour of Slovenia.
In June 2014 it was announced that Ulissi had failed a drug test during the 2014 Giro d'Italia, during which he won two stages. He tested positive for the asthma drug salbutamol, which is found in Ventolin. Ulissi had permission to use Ventolin, however the test indicated that he had almost twice the permitted concentration of salbutamol in his urine. He received a nine-month suspension ending in March 2015. After this hiatus, Ulissi came back to win Stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia in Fiuggi.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2010
- 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 8th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Tour of Slovenia - 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
Young rider classification- 2012
- 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 1st
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2013
- 1st
Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali - 1st Stage 2
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
- 2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2nd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 4th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 6th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2014
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 5 & 8
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 3rd Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano
- 5th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2015
- 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Memorial Marco Pantani
- 2nd Japan Cup
- 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 5th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2016
- 1st
Overall Czech Cycling Tour - 1st Stage 3
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 4 & 11
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of Slovenia
- 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 2nd Gran Premio di Lugano
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 3rd Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 5th Milano–Torino
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 7th Strade Bianche
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2017
- 5th Overall Tour Down Under
Points classificationGrand Tour General Classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro | 41 | 21 | — | WD | 64 | 21 |
 Tour | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta | — | — | 32 | — | — | — |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress