Matthews disappointed to miss victory at Milan-San Remo
Australi🐈an will take time to reassess his season following Italian Mon﷽ument
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Matthews (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica-GreenEdge) claimed one of the biggest results of his career at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Milan-San Remo buℱt it was tinged with a sense of frustration after coming so close to the victory.
The Australian finished third on the Via Roma behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) and defending champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alexander Kristoff (Katusha). It’s a marked improvement on his debut Milan-San Remo, when he finish🌜ed more than 10 minutes behind the leading group, but he felt like it could have been more.
“It’s also a little disappointing coming so close to winning San Remo and coming a little bit short in the final,” Matthews said at the finish. “On the⛄ Poggio, I was in really good shape so I’m a little bit disappointed in the final to not win Milan-San Remo this year but🤪 you’ve got to be really happy with a podium finish.”
After h⛄av𓆏ing his first taste of the podium in such a big one-day race, he’s already eager to come back for more. “In the final there I got a little bit stuck there on the barrier and I couldn’t quite get out when John Degenkolb started his sprint. I just got a bit unlucky but I’ll come back stronger next year and try to win it.”
Matthews came into the race in strong form following his victory in the points classification at Paris-Nice – his one and only race before his ride at San Remo. He never looked like he was in trou🥂ble as the favourites group continued to dwindle under the severe pressure of the pace over the final climbs. He even looked almost fresh as he rolled back to the team bus following the podium ceremony and media obligations. In the longest one-day race of the year, it’s a good sign for someone who is only 24.
For now though, he’ll take some time to reflect on his performance before he makes his next big effort this seaso﷽n. “My main goal for the season was this race so I’ll go back home after this and reassess and see where we go from there,” explained Matthews.
“It’s been a really nice start to the seaso꧃n, and as always the Orica-GreenEdge team did a pretty good job to support me. I was always hoping to do a great result like this. I always had confidence inꦉ my form and in my team to deliver me but unfortunately we just came a little bit short.”
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Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de ♓France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.