Fernando Gaviria left the finish area of the UCI Road World Championships in Bergen frustrated and disappointed, admitting that he had blown his chances of victory in the elite men's road race in the sprint finish by making a late attack.
The lack of live television coverage made it difficult to understand who attacked and when in the final four kilometres but footage from the helicopter revealed Gaviria's youthful error.
He followed a brief attack from Ben Swift of Great Britain but instead of realising a sprint was almost certainly on the cards, he then made his own attack and chased other moves on the flat road near Bergen waterfront with three kilometres to go.
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He never really got away and his attacks only acted as a bridge for the chasing peloton to catch late attackers Julian Alaphilippe (France) and Gianni Moscon (Italy).
Gaviria then tried to contest the sprint but had little left in his legs after the attacks.
"I made some mistakes because I really wanted to win. Those mistakes cost me in the end," Gaviria admitted to Cyclingnews.
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