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Giulio Pellizzari becomes Italy’s new Giro d’Italia celebrity after more audacious mountain attacks

Giulio Pellizzari becomes Italy's new Giro d’Italia celebrity after more audacious mountain attacks


Italy doesn’t have a true Gran Tour contender but 20-year-old Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) became the tifosi’s new idol and hope for the future during the 2024 Giro d’Italia.

Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) will ride into Rome on Sunday in the best young rider’s white jersey and finish fifth overall and is also a rider for the future. However, the tifosi cheered for Pellizzari the most, as he went on the attack on the slopes of Monte Grappa. At the finish of stage 20, he sat slumped, tired, but happy after another day on the attack.

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