Career
He was awarded stage 17 of the 2011 Giro d"Italia after Giovanni Visconti was relegated for improper sprinting. He tested positive for the asthma drug salbutamol, which is found in Ventolin. Ulissi had permission to use Ventolin, however the test indicated that he had almost twice the permitted concentration of salbutamol in his urine.
He received a nine-month suspension ending in March 2015.