🇦🇺 RESULT: @wollongong2022 At the end of the day, @AlexeyLutsenko3 finished in a big chasing group of riders and took 24th place. #Wollongong2022 #AstanaQazaqstanTeam 📷 @GettySport
"My legs exploded when he accelerated on the climb" - Alexey Lutsenko rues missed opportunity at World Championships
CyclingMonday, 26 September 2022 at 10:00
Seeing his compatriot and teammate Yevegniy Fedorov win the under-23 World Championships Road Race, Alexey Lutsenko did his best to replicate the success in the Elite race. He made all the crucial moves, but couldn't keep up with Remco Evenepoel when it mattered the most.
"It was a really long and hard day," Lutsenko told reporters at the end of the day. "I went with Remco, but after six hours of speed, my legs exploded when he accelerated on the climb, and then there was nothing left." Lutsenko was part of the large move that took off with 60 kilometers to go, and then was the only rider who managed to keep up with the attack from the Belgian with 33 kilometers to go.
The duo worked together, and whilst Evenepoel rode to the win, Lutsenko was dropped in the penultimate lap at Mount Pleasant. "I went deep to join and also tried to make the gap myself and I had a little reserve of power but it wasn't enough. Today Remco was just too strong," he said. He kept riding solo through the circuit until he was caught by the chasing group with just a few kilometers to go, and within sight of the line the peloton also caught up. He rode into 24th place on the day.
"It's impressive to win like this right after to have won the Vuelta. Chapeau," he concluded. Carrying good form, Lutsenko is expected to go on and conclude the season at the Italian Autumn Classics.
claps 0visitors 127
Just in
Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter today!
Nov 05, 13:04
0
Popular news
Latest comments
- I wouldn’t assume Tadej can’t win at cross. He did a cross race, not a World Cup, a few years ago and crushed the field. It was a minor race. But he can win anywhere.mij23-12-2024
- I wonder what would happen if Pogacar attacked on the Cipressa instead of the Poggio in San Remo? Would MvdPoel still be able to follow?Ride197423-12-2024
- Debatable?Ride197423-12-2024
- The point is obvious: MVDP can beat Tadej on CX/Road and Tadej cannot. What is so hard to understand???averagecyclist22-12-2024
- Funny... one doper enabler backing the doper he enabled ! Who would have guessed.frieders322-12-2024
- Wouldn’t be here if I wasn’tMistermaumau22-12-2024
- So you're bored, got itvappaxbipmv22-12-2024
- Does everything need to have a point? If so, 99% of the internet should be wiped away. In relation to recent articles with quotes from other riders, my statement points to the ever more obvious reason why they are asked to comment on the effect of his return.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- If anyone would be interested enough to launch an official survey as to who out of these three should shut up, I don’t know who’d win but I’m due Boonen would be way back in 3rd place.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- And your point is what exactly?vappaxbipmv22-12-2024