MONTECOPIOLO, Italy -- A final push from Diego Ulissi saw the Italian win a tough eighth stage as the Giro dItalia took to the mountains on Saturday, while
Cadel Evans ended Michael Matthews grip on the overall lead.
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bursting out of the peloton to edge Robert Kiserlovski for a second stage win in
the race. Wilco Kelderman was third on the 179-kilometre (111-mile) leg from
Foligno to Montecopiolo, which had two category one climbs, including the final
ascent to the finish. "It was a difficult race today, it was really too hard for
my characteristics, but of course I am really happy," Ulissi said. Evans
finished fifth to take the lead from fellow Australian Matthews, who had worn
the pink jersey for six days. Evans has a 57-second advantage over Rigoberto
Uran, with Rafal Majka third. "We had hopes of what we could do," Evans said.
"Its been a really difficult Giro for all sorts of reasons. We are in a good
position at the moment. It was a hard stage with all the contenders there ... We
still have huge mountains to go and the gaps there will be even more than
today." This years Giro honours the 10th anniversary of Marco Pantanis death,
and the eighth stage was one of three dedicated to him. There were many posters
of Pantani along the route and a huge cutout of the Italian cyclist on the
Carpegna climb, where he used to train. Pantani won the Giro and Tour de France
in 1998. He was found dead in a hotel room on Valentines Day in 2004, and a
coroner ruled he died from cocaine poisoning. Julian Arredondo led the race for
most of the day as part of an early break of 10 riders who managed to build a
lead of more than eight minutes. That advantage diminished on the approach to
the first climb. With an average gradient of 9.9 per cent, and 14 per cent at
its steepest, the Carpegna was the first serious challenge of this years Giro.
Arredondo jumped on the ascent with 36.6 kilometres (22.7 miles) remaining and
had a 36-second advantage over Stefano Pirazzi at the summit, with a greatly
reduced peloton crossing 1 minute, 57 seconds later. Pierre Rolland attacked off
the group on the descent but Arredondo still had an advantage of 1:10 over him
at the start of the penultimate climb, with the peloton trailing by 2:40.
Arredondo faded two kilometres from the finish, and Rolland continued on solo
before being swept up by the peloton with 350 metres to go. Daniel Moreno jumped
but he was passed by Kiserlovksi, who looked to take victory until Ulissis
attack from nowhere. Sundays ninth stage is a 172km leg from Lugo to Sestola,
which ends in a category 2 climb to the finish.
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