Crossing the line at the head of affairs for BMC Racing Wednesday at the Volta a La Comunitat Valenciana paid off with an expanded wardrobe for Manuel Senni, who came out of the opening team time trial stage with the race leader's yellow jersey, the green jersey for the points classification, the red jersey of the combined classification and the white jersey of best young rider.
It was a satisfying result for a rider who was a late edition to the team's roster for the Spanish event.
"I came into this race late, so I was just trying my hardest to stay with them for as long as possible," Senni said in an interview posted to the team's website. "In the end, I still had good legs and was able to go all the way. On the run into the finish line I was sitting at the front, so before I knew it, I had crossed the line first. There wasn't any plan for that to happen but I am super happy about it."
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Wednesday's yellow jersey is the first for the 24-year-old Italian, and it came with a considerable fight. BMC was down by three seconds on Team Sky at the first time check, but the riders poured on the power over the second half of the course to take the win by 24 seconds.
"We heard that we had set the second fastest time overall behind Team Sky at the 11km checkpoint, so we knew that we had to put in some hard work over the final part of the course and we did exactly that," said Senni, who is in his third year with the team. "We put our heads down and gave it full gas to the line but we definitely didn't expect to finish with a margin that big."
Director Valerio Piva was ecstatic about the win, saying it provided a "dream" start for the team's European campaign.
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