Orica-GreenEdge topped off the 2015 Giro d'Italia with the team's third podium when former Australian national champion Luke Durbridge finished second in a two-up sprint with Etixx-QuickStep's Iljo Keisse.
The two late escapees spoiled the planned party for the sprinters after they got away on the first of seven closing circuits in Milan.
"We were always going to try," said Orica-GreenEdge sport director Matt White. "We tried, and it very nearly came off."
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The combination of Keisse, an experienced six-day racer on the track, and Durbridge, a time trial specialist, was well-suited to hold off a peloton that initially had trouble deciding who should commit to the chase, then was plagued by punctures and mechanicals.
"We knew the circuit was tight and that it would be hard to organise a chase and there was also a few things that went in our favour in terms of certain guys puncturing and the like," White said.
"As I always say, it's one thing to have goals and another thing to have the team to be able to achieve them. But to have the Giro we have had, two years in a row, is very satisfying and all of the guys should be very proud."
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