Just about every year, Italian fans could count on a thrilling but ultimately futile attack from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vincenzo Nibali in the closing kilometres of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Milan-San Remo. For 12 long years, since the country last had a home winner in Filippo Pozzato, the tifosi have prayed that Nibali could do it.

2018 turned out to be the year for Nibali to time his move perfectly and, countering an attack from young Latvian champion Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy), the Bahrain-Merida rider powered away from a peloton filled with the sport's to𓂃p sprinters.

This time guile and daring ౠtrumped pure speed and, thanks in small part to the fast-men watching each other, Nibali soloed in with a narrow margin of victory to claim his second Monument in a row after last autumn's Il Lombardia triumph.

Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott) led 2016 winner Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) in fo🗹r second.

Watch how it alඣl unfolded in the highlights video above.