Fernando Gaviria’s victory ahead of Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) in the final sprint of Tirreno-Adriatico automatically lifted him up the list of Milan-San Remo favourites but also reminded the talented young Colombian sprinter of his heart-breaking crash in sight of the line during last year's race.
Gaviria declined a lead out from Quick-Step Floors teammate Matteo Trentin to sit tight on Sagan’s wheel in the high-speed finale of Monday's Tirreno-Adriatico stage to Civitanova Marche.
He went as far as apologising for his defensive riding in the finale of the stage but insisted it would be wrong to compare his win on the Adriatic coast after 168km of bland racing with how Milan-San Remo will play out on Saturday.
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"The finale of the stage was perhaps similar to Milan-San Remo, but the Poggio is after 290km and so you have a lot less energy," Gaviria pointed out.
"I saw that my bike was first over the line, so I knew I’d won but then I actually said sorry to Peter because I didn’t work on the descent. I don’t usually race negatively like that but we had Niki up front. We decided to play an extra card with Niki and that forced Sagan to respond and so use a bit of energy.
"It was a very difficult and dangerous finale, so too it was difficult to use a lead out train. I just went with what I thought would work. We won, so we’re happy anyway."
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