Ulissi comes close in Polish uphill sprint finale

Diego Ulissi confirmed he is back to good form with a strong second place for UAE Team Emirates on stage 3 of the Tour of Poland (WT) from Wadowice to Bielsko-Biala (203.1k).

A superb leadout from Brandon McNulty and Rui Costa ensured Ulissi was delivered in prime position for the slight incline sprint but was narrowly denied by the early jump of Richard Carapaz (Team Ineos).

Ulissi now sits in 2nd in the general classification while Rui Costa moves up to 7th place.

 
Ulissi: “My condition is good even though we are in the first races after the long layoff, which is pleasing as it means a lot of good work has been done. I hope to win soon. It was a nervous stage and it was hard. In this kind of finish I usually go well and I think I did a really good sprint. Tomorrow is another hard stage, so I hope to recover well and give it another go.”

Stage 3 results

1.Richard Carapaz (Ineos) 5:04:54
2.Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) ‘’
3.Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) ’’

General Classification after stage 3

1.Richard Carapaz (Ineos) 13:02:36
2.Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) @4’’
3.Kamil Malecki (CCC) @4’’

 
Tomorrow will take the riders from Bukovina Resort to Bukowina Tatrzanska (152.9k) in what is set to be another mountainous day.

 
Meanwhile on stage 1 at the Tour de L’Ain (2.1) Valerio Conti sprinted to 10th after the undulating 139 kilometre opening stage. The stage was won by Andrea Bagioli (Deceuninck – QuickStep) who now holds the race leaders jersey. The race continues tomorrow with a mountainous day from Lagnieu to Lélex Monts-Jura (140.5k).

Stage 1 results

1.Andrea Bagioli (Deceuninck-Quick Step) 3:17:00
2.Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) ‘’
3.Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland) ‘’
10.Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) ‘’

 
General Classification after stage 1

1.Andrea Bagioli (Deceuninck-Quick Step) 3:17:00
2.Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) @4‘’
3.Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland) @6‘’
10.Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) @10‘’