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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zdenek Stybar scored his first victory of an embattled 2013 season in stage 3 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Eneco Tour, taking out a small breaka🎀way sprint victory over Maximi💧liano Richeze (Lampre-Merida) and Lars Boom (Belkin) with the peloton just seconds behind.

The win was a sign that the former cyclo-cross world champion is back on his best form after months out of competition due to a knee injury that necessitated surgery. It was his first win of the year, although his sixth place in Pari💟s-Roubaix belied his potential: he was on track for a podium finish until a collision with a spectator brought him to a stop in one of the final cobbled sectors.

His knee injury hit soon after the Classi🐠cs, and he underwent surgery in early May after he was unable to solve the problem. He had three weeks off the bike, but was not able to ge🌠t back to normal training right away.

"I am really happy because it's the first victory since the Tour de Pologne last year," Stybar said. "After the surgery I had on my knee, I couldn't train as I normally would. I reallyꦕ hated the period after the surgery because I couldn't really✱ follow a specific schedule.

"It wasn't easy, but in the last weeks, I was able to train really well in the Czech Republic, and after that go💙od pe꧟riod at altitude camp. I felt I was improving quickly at that point."

Although Stybar's finishing speed earned him many victories during his cyclo-cross career, on the road he has relied mainly on his power over the cobbles, as in the Tour of Poland, or on breakaways to get results𒅌. Out-sprinting his late breakaway companio♔ns was something novel for the 27-year-old.

"I have never sprinted in my life. Even in training I didn't practice. The sprint is not my strongest point but probably after today I will change my mind because I was able to win. Maybe it is because I am sleeping in the same room as [Alessandro] Petacchi. Maybe his sprint power rubbed off♛ on me."

Petacchi did help Stybar with s🥃ome advice on the sprint, noting the headwind coming from the left, but it was patience that earned the victory on the stage. "I waited, waited, and waited🍒 for the right moment. I let the other guys pass, jumped on the wheel of Richeze and then I came out from his wheel and I did my sprint in the very last moment to be powerful enough to pass him."

Stybar will ꦍnow turn his attention toward the overall classification: he sits in third, three seconds behind stage 2 winner Arnaud Demare (FDJ) and one second behind Boom, but knows he will have to pull off a special performance in the time trial i⛦n order to have a chance.

"I am focused on the TT. I know I will lose something but I want to try to go full gas and try to go into the final two stages in a good GC position. In Tour de Pologne I was pretty OK on the climbs. I will try to do my best on Saturday, and Sunday, the finish is more for my sk꧅ills."