“My Paris-Nice starts tomorrow,” Davide Formolo gallantly told Cyclingnews as he lined up for Thursday’s stage 5. Sitting 16th at 2:18 behind race leader, Julian Alaphilippe, the young Italian was Cannondale Drapac’s best hope for a respectable position on GC.
Stage 5 was supposed to be an intermission within the action as the race pivoted towards the mountains but any hope of an easy day for Formolo were dashed when he crashed in the cross-winds. He finished the stage safely in the bunch but with his kit ripped and skin lost, it remains to be seen as to how he can perform in the first mountain stage on Friday.
“I was pretty happy with the performance in the time trial,” the Italian had told Cyclingnews the morning before his crash.
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“I didn’t lose too much time in the time trial and for tomorrow it’s a different race. On paper the profiles look hard and they’re long stages. Our race starts tomorrow. We take each stage as it comes and at the end of the race we just want to look back and say that we’ve done our best. If that means a result on GC or a stage, we will see.”
Cannondale – on paper at least – have a team more suited to the climbs than the flats. Pierre Rolland is looking for stage wins, while Michael Woods is hoping to make up for what he has admitted was a disappointing ride at the Tour Down Under.
“We’ve a really good team for mountains and we’re a team of climbers. We’ll stay relaxed and try and follow the leaders,” Formolo said.
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