Victory on the day eventually went to Lotto Dstny's Jarne Van de Paar in a reduced bunch sprint with Marit left wondering what could have been.
“I was lying in the room with Boy van Poppel watching Strade Bianche on Saturday and I told him that it must be fun to be able to ride around with legs like that," he concludes, referring to the dominant display of
Tadej Pogacar. "The last twenty kilometers he was just greeting his supporters with a big smile, right? It must be fun to outclass the rest in such a tough World Tour race. I would like to have Tadej Pogacar's legs for one day.”