As Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) was on his way to a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:solo victory in Il Lombardia, there were three riders fighting for two podium places behind, but Garmin-Sharp's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dan Martin lost his chance when he crashed in the final turn and conceded the third place battle to Saxo-Tinkof🍌f's Raf♏al Majka.

His shorts torn and his bar tape spiraling off, Martin worked his way through the dense crowds of fans after the finish, and explained to Cyclingnews what happened off-camera in the final bend.

"Majka drifted his back wheel and I pedaled and my back wheel came around. We both slid, and he held it up but I didn't," Mart♒in said.

The Irishman was in the leading group when Rodriguez launched his race-winning move✱ on the steepest part of the Villa Vergano with 10km to go, but no rider was able to respond to the attack. Martin cᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhased together with Majka and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) on the descent, but the trio came apart on the run-in, leaving Valverde to ride away solo for second place.

"[Rodriguez] was so strong on the climb," Martin said of the attack. "I was riding with Valv♕erde on the downhill and Majka was sitting on us. I tried to make Majka go through and we lost the wheel of Valverde."

The pair came into the final meters together, but Martin's tumble in the last turn allowe൲d Majka to ride away for third. Martin had to wor💮k to remount his chain and then re-accelerate to narrowly hold off Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) for fourth.

Still, the 2011 runner-up was pleased to finish so high up, considering he crashed out of the Vuelta 🌊and didn't have the same kind of ♓build-up as the riders who finished around him.

"I'm super happy with what I did today𒆙," Martin said. "I haven't raced 240 kilometers since Liège-Bastogne-Liège. I was surprised how I rode and the team rode fantastic for me. I rode far and away better than I thought I would."

Martin 🔥will now head to the Tour of Beijing before finishing his 2013 season off at the Tour of Japan.