There was a sense of déja vu on the second stage of the Vuelta a San Juan as a QuickStep jersey crossed the line in first place, and a pained expression crossed the face of Elia Viviani just behind.
The circumstances differed slightly as Fernando Gaviria and Tom Boonen swapped roles, the Colombian this time leading out the Belgian, but for Viviani the outcome was the same – a second second place.
"I'm more disappointed about today's sprint than yesterday's – I think I just I lost one big chance to take my first win of 2017," he sighed in the post-race press conference.
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He was speaking to the press because he had moved into the overall lead of the race, courtesy of four more bonus seconds, but was under no illusions that he is well and truly second best at the moment in Argentina, faced with the collective might of the QuickStep team.
"It's difficult to compete with QuickStep. They have such a strong sprint train here that would be capable of winning Tour de France stages," said Viviani, who is racing not with Team Sky but as part of a young and inexperienced Italian national team.
"Maybe if I had gone a bit earlier I could have got the better of Tom, but I thought the better way was follow him, and I didn't have the space in the end to beat him. But when Boonen leads out Gaviria, or Gaviria leads out Boonen, it's really difficult to get the better of them."
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