Fuglsang: Another second place, surely one day the wins will come
D♍a♔ne left with mixed emotions after failing to crack Alaphilippe at Strade Bianche
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) shook hands with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Julian Alaphilippe (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Deceuninck-QuickStep) and tried to smile on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Strade Bianche p🐼odium but the Danish rider was fighting back the disappointment of finishing secondও yet again in a major race and struggling to understand what else he could have done to beat Alaphilippe.
"I tried everything. I don’t really know what I should have done differently," he told Cyclingnews.
"I tried to surprise Alaphilippe, to get rid of [Wout] van Aert, I tried to attackꦬ with six hundred metres to go. I gave it everything and he was still there. Then after the final climb to the city, he passed me and, yeah, it was difficult to get passed again. He has the sprint, he’s simply more explosive than I am."
Perhaps after a glass of good red wine and a night to recover from his eﷺfforts, Fuglsang will see his performance in its true light.
He had the courage to launch t💧he attack that created the winning selection on the steepest point of the ninth of the 11 dirt road sectors. He then wen✃t wheel to wheel with Alaphilippe all the way to Siena, perhaps doing more of the work to ensure the two stayed away, as the Frenchman played a tactical game, using the presence of his Deceuninck-QuickStep teammates behind.
"I knew I had to try to force something, so I attacked and only Alaphilippe and Van Aert were able t𓄧o✅ follow," Fuglsang explained.
"It would&♍rsquo;ve been in my favour if they chased us a bit more, because Alaphilippe was not always pulling and was able to save some energy for the finale."
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Fuglsang won the 2017 Critérium du Dauphiné and has 18 victories on his palmarès. He also has a string of second places, including the 2018 Tour de Suisse an▨d the 2016 Rio Olympic road race.
His Grand Tour results include five second places on stages and there's a sense he is a talented, classy rider but unable to convert his opportunities intoꦆ victories due to the lac⭕k of a good sprint finish.
"I’m not sure if I’m happy or sad," Fuglsang sai♛d.
"I’m super happy with my performance and my feelings, ಌand that I was there in the finale. But of course, it’s a little bit disappointing, a little bittersweet with second place, another second place for my collection. Surely one day the wins will come&helli♔p;"
Stephen is one of the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.