Giro D'Italia 2016: Stage 11 Results, General Classification and Highlights

Lampre-Merida's Diego Ulissi claimed a second stage win of this year's Giro d'Italia as he prevailed on the run from Modena to Asolo on Wednesday, hitting the front with a late attack and winning the three-man sprint to the finish.

Race leader Bob Jungels was part of the front group at the end of Stage 11 and remained in the pink jersey while extending his general classification lead on all but Andrey Amador, who finished in second, just ahead of the Luxembourg rider.

Eurosport UK TV provided the close of Stage 11:

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.@DiegoUlissi of @lampre_merida wins S11 of the #Giro. Jungels stays in pink! #homeofcycling #WelcomeToTheJungels https://t.co/78KH72B8Q4

— Eurosport UK TV (@EurosportUKTV) May 18, 2016"

After 200 kilometres of flat running, a very tricky finish provided brilliant entertainment, and Ulissi completed a tactically perfect ride to take the stage win.

The stage saw the end of the road for one of the pre-race favourites, Giant-Alpecin's Tom Dumoulin, who abandoned after struggling with saddle sores, per Cycling News.

Sky Sports Cycling relayed the stage results and the current overall standings following Wednesday's action:

Recap 

Peloton magazine provided the profile for Stage 11:

A frenetic start to the stage saw plenty of early attacks, but nothing stuck until Vegard Stake Laengen, Liam Bertazzo and Anton Vorobyev established the first proper breakaway after more than 80 km, per the Guardian's William Fotheringham:

Previous race leader Dumoulin then abandoned in the feed zone as the front three established a lead of more than 10 minutes.

Their lead was back down under four minutes to the peloton with 50 km remaining.

A huge crash caused some major problems as the climbing finish approached, as FDJ's Arnaud Demare went down and took several team-mates with him, while GC contenders Domenico Pozzovivo and Gianluca Brambilla were also caught up in the mess.

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The breakaway was finally caught at the summit of the first climb, and Astana's Vincenzo Nibali established a slight lead on the descent. 

The 2013 Giro winner was joined at the head of the race by Movistar's Alejandro Valverde and Orica-GreenEDGE's Esteban Chaves with 15 km to go.

The trio was soon caught by the main group, though, and it was then Movistar's Amador who attacked, closely followed by race leader Jungels.

It was a proper GC battle as the top two scrapped at the front, per cycling writer Felix Lowe:

However, Amador and Jungels were not to be left alone. Lampre-Merida closed the gap to the leaders to just a few seconds, enough for Ulissi to leap ahead and join them.

Jungels then initiated the sprint to the finish, but the Italian proved too good for his two challengers as he hit the front at just the right time and edged ahead as the most successful Giro rider in the peloton, per Gracenote Olympic:

Thursday's Stage 12 will see a return to flat running as the riders tackle the the 182 km route from Noale to Bibione.