Last day Tour of Croatia loss for Roson
Jaime Roson (Caja-Rural Seguros RGA) started the final day of the Tour of Croatia with a narrow two-second lead over Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) but was unable to hold off the Italian, conceding the lead and dropping to second place. Roson, 24, moved into the overall lead on stage 3 before losing the leader's jersey to Nibali the day next. He regained the lead with his stage 5 win only to lose it again on the final day. Nibali's winning margin was eight seconds.
"Clearly its been a difficult day for us," said Roson who won the points classification as a consolation. "The team had done great work all this week, so in that sense its a pity. I lost this battle to one of the greatest cyclists in history, so it's not so bad when you think of it like that.In the mountains I was the strongest, but the strongest doesn't always win. I'll leave with my head held high as there is a long season ahead so this result is not the end of the world."
The result was Roson's best yet of the season, and career, after his third place on GC at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali in March.
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Jai Hindley continues Australian success in Italy at Trofeo Citta di San Vendemiano
With Lucas Hamilton forced to miss the Trofeo Citta di San Vendemiano as he recovered from being hit by a car, Australian National U23 teammate Jai Hindley made it five consecutive podiums for the squad at the Italian one-day race. The team's run started with Hamilton who was second at Trofeo Edil, Giro del Belvedere, G.P. Palio del Recioto, and third at the U23 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. In the absence of his teammate, Hindley took up the reins of the squad only to fall short in a sprint against Nicola Conci (Zalf Euromobil Fior) for the win on Sunday.
"It feels awesome to finally get a podium, obviously I'm disappointed not to get the win, but I couldn't have given it anything more," said Hindley, who was second on GC at the Herald Sun Tour in February.
"The whole team rode perfectly all day with good communication out on the road. Then the guys set me up with perfect lead out leading into the descent before the second last climb. Then on the last climb a group of four went over the top and stayed away until the finish. I sprinted for second with Michael Storer not far behind as well."
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