Schachmann: It was a tricky, dangerous Strade Bianche
Bora-Hansgrohe rider handled the heat and gr෴av🐭el to finish on the podium

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Schachmann (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bora-Hansgrohe) opened the restart of the WorldTour with a podium finish at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Strade Bianche in Siena on Saturday. The German champion said the race was tricky and dangerous at times but gave it everything he had to try and win, coming up half a minute shy of the day's solo winner W𝓀out van Aert (Jumbo-Visma).
"I'm not disappointed because I exp🌌ected to do worse in the heat but in the end I managed it quite well," said Schachmann, who finished third place after a sprint for second against Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates).
"It was tricky and it was dangerous in the gravel sectors. I did just a short recon yesterday. In the last sector I didn't risk enough and Wout did an excellent move ♋there. He showed his cyclo-cross skills and made the final move."
Schachmann was part of a decisive breakaway that included Van Aert, Formolo along with 🦋Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Alberto Bettiol (EF Pro Cycling) and Greg V🐼an Avermaet (CCC Team).
Van Aert made his winning move with 12km to go o🦹ver the steep gravel sector, Le Tolfe. Schachman, Formolo, and a🏅t first Bettiol tried to chase but Bettiol struggled to keep pace, and the remaining two chasers could not close the gap to Van Aert.
Van Aert soloed to the vic🐻tory while Formolo and Schachman sprinted for second place some 30 seconds later.
"I tried to catch him," Schachmann said. "I we𒅌nt all in for the victory and in the end I missed a little bit the legs in the sprint, but I gave it everything. I'm ready for the next races."
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Strade Bianche marked th꧅e official restart of the WorldTour ca💟lendar after the season was shutdown due to COVID-19 coronavirus in March.
"I'm happy to 🌼race again," Schachmann said. "It's great race, great scenery and in the end a top three🍸 is a great start."