Ulissi 'left with regret' following second place at Gran Piemonte

A dejected Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) had to settle for second place at the 2020 Gran Piemonte
A dejected Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) had to settle for second place at the 2020 Gran Piemonte (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

UAE Team Emirates' Diego Ulissi said that he's been "left with regret" after being unable to catch Gran Piemonte winner George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) on the final climb to the finish in Barolo on Wednesday, with the Italian having to settle for second place. Bennett had attacked the front group with around seven kilometres to race, and a spirited chase by Ulissi and his teammates in the final kilometres looked as though it was going to be enough to reel the New Zealander back in.

"When you get this close to winning and you can't take it, you are left with regret," Ulissi said in a team press release on Wednesday.

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