Diego Rosa broke down in tears immediately after finishing Il Lombardia, trying to hide his emotions and disappointment for finishing second by burying his head over his handlebars. He sobbed deeply and refused any interviews until after the podium ceremony.
By the time he'd opened the spumante with winner Esteban Chaves (Orica-Bike Exchange) and Rigorberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac) had managed to rediscover his usual smile and optimism even he was hugely disappointed to miss out on victory in the final Monument Classic of the 2016.
"I really believed I could win it. I knew that Chaves was perhaps faster than me in the sprint but I didn't want to be beaten," he said to the media at the finish.
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"I'm disappointed not to win and to have lost it in the last 50 metres but this second place also proves that I can be up there, as I was Liège - Bastogne - Liège. I've got to come back and win it."
Rosa opted to lead the breakaway trio into the final downhill right turn that led into the finishing straight. However the corner came 25 metres from the line and Chaves was able to pass him in the very final metres.
"I knew about the final corner and so I went for it. I crashed in the corner two years and so this time perhaps I braked a little too much. If I'd have come out of the corner with two metres on the others, then I could have done it," he explained.
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