The 2016 season did not start out well for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Walscheid, but the 23-year-old from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giant-Alpecin is closing out his year with a string of victories in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Hainan. Walscheid claimed his third win in a row today on a hilly 184.9km stage to Changjiang, topping Rafael Andriato (Wilier-Southeast) and Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) in the bunch sp♏rint..

"It was a great day of racing♔, everything went according to plan and I am delighted with my third victory in succession," Walscheid said. "The finale was a bit chaotic, but the team did a great job. We managed to stay together and the guys did another good lead-out for me. From 250 meters I started the sprint and it w🐈as harder than expected with the wind. It was a tight finish, but I am glad I got to the finish line first."

Walscheid was one of the six riders from Giant-Alpecin who were 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:injured when a wrong-way driver hit꧑ th🦋e team head on during its training camp in January. He suffered a fra🐼ctured🐓 tibia and wrist and did not begin his season until May.

After finishing second in the opening Tour of Hainan and fourth on the second stage, Walscheid found his speed and claimed his first professional victory in Chengmai on Monday. Now he has three in a row to his name and the overall race lead to boot. He hope༺s to keep it in tomorrow's 19꧒7.2km stage to Wuzhishan, which features a category 1 climb cresting just 12km before the finish.

"Concerning tomorrow's stage, it is going to be a hard with some climbs to overcome. However, I have got a fantastic team around me and we𒈔 will see tomorrow."

Whether or not he can bring home the overall victory, his director Arthur van Dongen has beenꦰ pleased with the results in Hainaꦉn.

"We are very happy with this result. It was a good race today and the team performed well," Van Dongen said. "The scenario was ideal for us with the breakaway that was in front and we were able to control the race and keep to our plan of setting up a sprint for Max. It was another tricky finale with a fast finish. The guys managed to 🐻stay calm and Max was able to come to the front in the final straight to take the victory."

"It was a great display of teamwork and toღ take three wins in a row is not something you do quite often. These victories will give him plenty of confidence."