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Ulissi outsprints Sagan alongside Sicily's Greek temples

AGRIGENTO, Sicily (AP) — ond daughter was born in
For his seventh career stage March.
win in the Giro d'Italia, Di- Aleksandr Vlasov of the As-
ego Ulissi beat the best in tana team withdrew mid-
the business in a finish tailor- way through the stage due
made for three-time world to stomach sickness. Vlasov
champion Peter Sagan. had been seen as a pos-
Helped by a perfect setup sible overall contender be-
from UAE-Team Emirates hind Astana captain Jakob
teammate Valerio Conti, Fuglsang, who struggled in
Ulissi outsprinted Sagan on the opening time trial.
the short, final climb to win It's been a rough start for
Stage 2 alongside Agrigen- Astana, which also had
to's spectacularly intact Miguel Angel Lopez crash
ancient Greek temples on out during the time trial.
Sunday. The race should heat up
"I noticed that we were Monday when Stage 3
climbing too slowly so I told takes the peloton up the
Conti to accelerate and Mount Etna volcano after
try to make it tough to tire a 150-kilometer route from
out the sprinters," Ulissi said. Enna.
"We were perfect. … When "Tomorrow I'll work to help
you're able to beat the Italy's Diego Ulissi celebrates winning the second stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, from Al- Thomas," Ganna said.
strongest riders it's really ex- camo to Agrigento, in Sicily, southern Italy, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Then there's one more
traordinary." Associated Press stage in Sicily on Tuesday
Crossing the finish line with before the race moves
his arms raised several bike the same time as Ulissi and onds behind. De Gendt winning all three over to mainland Italy.
lengths ahead of Sagan, Sagan, while Ganna and The final 4 kilometers were of the intermediate sprints. The Giro was originally
Ulissi completed the 149-ki- the other overall favorites uphill at an average gra- Ganna's and Thomas' Ineos scheduled to start with
lometer (93-mile) leg from finished in the main pack dient of 5% with one short Grenadiers team led the three stages in Hungary
Alcamo in under 3 ½ hours. five seconds behind. stretch at 9% placed 2.5 ki- chase and caught the and run from May 9-31, but
Filippo Ganna held onto Ganna remained 22 sec- lometers from the finish. breakaway with just under it was postponed and re-
the pink jersey he grabbed onds ahead of Joao Almei- An early breakaway of five 10 kilometers to go. vised because of the coro-
by winning the opening da, while Geraint Thomas riders gained an advan- The victory was extra sweet navirus pandemic.
time trial in Palermo. — the 2018 Tour de France tage of nearly five minutes for Ulissi, who began the The race ends on Oct. 25
Danish rider Mikkel Frølich champion — moved up on the main pack, with season stuck in quarantine with an individual time trial
Honoré crossed third with from fourth to third, 23 sec- breakaway rider Thomas in Abu Dhabi when his sec- in Milan.q

'Winner' celebrates too soon at Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic

LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — Tour Slovenian Pogačar swiped
de France runner-up Primož away the lead in the pen-
Roglič won the Liège-Bas- ultimate stage by winning a
togne-Liège single-day time trial.
classic on Sunday after ri- "Finally I managed to win
val Julian Alaphilippe cel- something," Roglič said. "It
ebrated too soon. was definitely on my wish
To add insult to injury for list to win a Monument."
world champion Ala- Matej Mohorič, yet another
philippe, he was then pe- Slovenian, finished fourth.
nalized for an irregular British rider Lizzie Deignan
sprint and dropped from won the women's edition,
second to fifth. That was for her first 'Monument,'
for swerving into the path ahead of Grace Brown of
of Marc Hirschi during the Australia. The race, like
frenetic final sprint of the 6 other spring classics, was
½-hour race. rescheduled due to the
A photo finish showed that coronavirus pandemic.q
Roglič narrowly beat Ala-
philippe after the French-
man lifted his arms in cel-
ebration and coasted to
the line. "It's unbelievable.
It was so close," Roglič said.
"Just never stop believing."
Hirschi moved up to finish
second and Tour champi- Slovenian Primoz Roglic, left, of the Jumbo - Visma team crosses the finish line ahead of French
on Tadej Pogačar got third. Julian Alaphilippe, center, of the Deceuninck-Quick-Setp team to win the Belgian cycling classic
Last month, Roglič was and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020.
leading the Tour until fellow Associated Press