Diego Ulissi is a road cyclist from Italy who currently competes with the UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He was born on July 15, 1989.
Ulissi is a talented all-around rider who frequently wins stages and one-day races from breakaways on mountainous terrain.
Ulissi, who was born in Cecina, won the Junior World Road Race Championships in 2006 and 2007. He is just the second cyclist in history, after Giuseppe Palumbo, to win two World Junior Road titles in a row.
Does Diego Ulissi have any siblings?
There is no information concerning Diego’s siblings.
Ulissi resides in Switzerland with his wife, Arianna, and children, Lia and Anna, just outside of Lugano. He missed Anna’s birth in March 2020 because he was quarantined at the UAE Tour when four UAE Team Emirates riders tested positive for COVID-19.
In 2006 and 2007, Ulissi won the Junior World Road Race Championships. He is just the second cyclist in history, after Giuseppe Palumbo, to win two World Junior Road titles in a row. After Giovanni Visconti was demoted for inappropriate sprinting, he was given stage 17 of the 2011 Giro d’Italia.
