Italian Champion Visconti loses temper in Giro sprint

Giovanni Visconti at finish, Giro d'Italia 2011, stage 17

Italian Champion, Giovanni Visconti lost his temper today and his chance to win a Giro d'Italia stage. In Tirano, one of the furthest points north from his home in Sicily, he pushed rival Diego Ulissi in the sprint.

"Crazy, crazy, I had to do that. I yelled at him 10 times, the more I yelled, the more he closed. I had to raise my hand to hold it. If not, what was I to do?" he told Cycling Weekly at the finish line.

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