The Italian men's team were left empty handed in another Worlds road race with Giacomo Nizzolo leading them home in a lowly 18th place behind winner Peter Sagan. It's now seven years since Italy won a rainbow jersey but Matteo Trentin – 34th on the day – believed that despite the result the team raced astutely.
The Italians came into the race without a clear favourite, as they did in 2011 in Copenhagen, but they gave a much better account of themselves on this occasion with Daniele Bennati, Fabio Felline, and Elia Viviani all infiltrating key breaks.
However when the most important move of the day came on the penultimate climb the Italians were unable to respond. Trentin had been present and on the attack on the proceeding climb, and held his hand up in admission at the finish, telling Cyclingnews that he had perhaps attacked too early.
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"For the result it wasn't so good because we didn't reach the top ten. Basically if you see the results it wasn't good but we raced in the best way possible and in every action we were there," Trentin told Cyclingnews at the finish.
"From my side I probably made a mistake when I saw the move from Degenkolb and Van Avermaet I went also with them but I spent my bullet at the wrong time and that's all."
"Sagan waited and made the best race. What we saw on this parcours was that you had one bullet and once you used it, your race is over."
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