Arnaud Démare (FDJ) felt he let a big chance slip through his fingers on the first bunch sprint of the Giro d’Italia, though he did conclude that the stage winner Marcel Kittel is “beatable”.
Before the race many pointed to Kittel’s Etixx-QuickStep as the strongest sprint team in the race, yet it was Démare’s FDJ that took command on stage 2. Despite being in the best possible position on the wheel of his lead-out man, the Milan-San Remo winner committed what he saw as an “error” by waiting too long to launch his sprint, with Kittel getting the jump and going on to win convincingly.
“I think the lead out was good – the team worked really well – but I lacked a little juice in the sprint and I waited too long,” Démare told Cyclingnews and a French broadcaster beyond the finish line in Nijmegem.
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“He caught me by surprise. He came up that much faster from behind, and he had much more momentum. There was a fraction of a second when I was going slightly under full-gas, not accelerating fast enough, wanting to wait. Then he kicked, and I went, but it was already too late.
“It was a small error due to a lack of confidence maybe. It knocked the wind out of my sails but I can’t be too unhappy.”
More on this story:
• Giro d'Italia stage 2 highlights – Video
• Giro d'Italia stage 2: Finish line quotes
• Giro d'Italia: Kittel wins stage 2
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