The Italian suffered in the cold weather that hit Tirreno-Adriatico last weekend, putting his participation in La Classicissima in doubt. After training fully on Thursday, however, Petacchi 🧜confirmed that he will be on the sta🍃rt-line in Milan.
“Obviously it was raining, but fortunately it wasn’t cold.”
In spite of a hugely truncated start to his season, Petacchi managed second place behind Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervélo) on stage t♛wo of Tirreno-Adriatico and he explained that he is trained as well as his circumstances have allowed.
“My conscience is at peace because insofar as I have been able, I’ve trained to perfection,” he said. “The cold is getting better, the problem is the coughing, which eve⛄n last night stopped me from sleeping.”
The 2005 Milan-San Remo winner is 🔯philosophical about his chances this time around, however, and he acknowledged that his illness could mean that he is lacking the necessary sharpness in the finale.
“At this point♋, things are going the way they’re going,” Petacchi said. “I’ll try even if I’m not at my best. To be at my 💞best I’d need a miracle.”
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