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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) was at least one rider surprised that Garmin Sharp's Dan Martin rode away with the win on Sunday at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

"Hesjedal yeah," the Danish rider admitted to Cyclingnews in Ans. "Daniel Martin is a surprise but in the end they stayed calm. You really didn't see them the whole day and in the 🧸end, chapeau."

Astana had entered the 261.5km Ardennes Classic with the entire podium from 2012 and hopes were high, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vincenzo Nibali168澳洲5最新开奖结果: parachuted in from the♏ Giro del Trentino to join winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maxim Iglinskiy and third place 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enrico Gasparotto. Fuglsang admitted that there was an overriding feeli☂ng of disappointment in the team bus.

"But in the end everybody tried their best and everybody gave everything," he ex☂plained. "Of course it would have been v🏅ery difficult to repeat what happened last year - okay it was across two different teams but still, no matter what it's difficult to win at Liege. There's only one winner and 200 losers."

The thought within the Astana camp was that the defining move of the race would come a little later tha𒀰n what it eventually did. With that in mind, Fuglsang attacked from the La Redoute with Sky's David Lopez and Movistar's Rui Costa.

"Everybod🍸y seemed like they had good legs," said Fuglsang. "For us not to get taken with our pants down, I wanted to try from La Redoute and see... unfortunately it didn't work out. Then before the second last climb I had to change the bike because of a mechanical."

Inglinsky would be the team's best pe🎃rformer in 21st place.

Encouragingly for Fugls👍ang, despite having to chase to get back to the peloton following his mechanical, hꦚe believes his form is heading in the right direction with the Tour de France front of mind.

"I was still able to stay with the peloton, even though I had to eat myself," he admitted. "All in all, the 🌊shape was there. The shape is there."