STA, 21 June 2019 - Italian Diego Ulissi (UAE Emirates) won the third stage of Tour of Slovenia on Friday, also taking the overall lead two stages before the end of the race. Ullissi crossed the finish line 12 seconds before Russian Aleksandr Vlasov (Gazprom).
Italian rider Giovanni Visconti (Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia) was the third to cross the finish line of the 170-kilometre stage from Žalec to Idrija, while Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates) was the best Slovenian, taking fifth place today and sixth overall.
Ulissi escaped Vlasov two kilometres before the finish after the pair had broken away from the main group in the last climb of the stage. On the descend, they gained a 20-second advantage over the main group.
Stage 3 results 1 Diego Ulissi (Ita/UAE Emirates) 3:58:01 2 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Gazprom-Rusvelo) + 0:12 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita/Neri Sottoli) 0:17 4 Andrea Vendrame (Ita/Androni) 5 Tadej Pogačar (Slo/UAE Emirates) 6 Jan Polanc (Slo/UAE Emirates) 7 Esteban Chaves (Col/Michelton-Scott) 8 Ben Hermans (Bel/Israel Cycling Academy) all same time 9 Fausto Masnada (Ita/Androni) 0:19 10 Luka Mezgec (Slo/Michelton-Scott) 2:08 11 Grega Bole (Slo/Bahrain Merida) ... 17 Žiga Ručigaj (Slo/Ljubljana Gusto Santic) 33 Kristjan Hočevar (Slo/Team Slovenia) all same time Overall 1 Diego Ulissi (Ita/UAE Emirates) 11:38:41 2 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Gazprom-Rusvelo) + 0:19 3 Andrea Vendrame (Ita/Androni) 0:26 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita/Neri Sottoli) 0:26 5 Ben Hermans (Bel/Israel Cycling Academy) 0:30 6 Tadej Pogačar (Slo/UAE Emirates) 7 Jan Polanc (Slo/UAE Emirates) 8 Esteban Chaves (Col/Michelton-Scott) all same time 9 Fausto Masnada (Ita/Androni) 0:36 10 Luka Mezgec (Slo/Michelton-Scott) 2:11 11 Grega Bole (Slo/Bahrain-Merida) 2:15
