Giovanni Visconti overjoyed at winning 'extreme' Giro d'Italia stage

Giovanni Visconti, Giro d'Italia 2013, stage 15

Giovanni Visconti (Movistar), attacking from an escape, conquered the Giro d'Italia's Galibier stage in a snowstorm today.

"I've sacrificed myself for a year and a half, abandoned the Giro last year - it wasn't easy," Visconti said in live TV, breaking into tears. "I let it all out today, thinking of my family, my baby."

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