Sean Quinn: "Missed out on a few opportunities in the past, so it feels great to finally get that win"

Crossing the finish line of the second stage of Coppi e Bartali, Sean Quinn clinched his first professional win. The American rider fought hard against Mauro Schmid and Walter Calzoni for victory.

“It's quite a relief to get this first win to be honest. I’ve missed out on a few opportunities in the past, so it feels great to finally get that win,” he expressed on his team’s website. His teammate James Shaw, who came in fourth place, provided him with support.

He continues, “When the two guys attacked on the final climb and got a little bit of a gap on James and I knew we could come back in the last few hundred meters. I've been in situations like that before, where you just go overboard too early. And maybe I could have followed him at first. But I trusted that I had the legs and that I could come back a bit later. But it was hard. I had to suffer a bit.”

He concluded his remarks by expressing appreciation to his teammates and staff for giving him the chance. “Winning is nothing without the people around you. I just want to say a huge thank you to the team, the staff, my teammates and everyone who has supported me throughout the low points over the last couple of years,” concluded Quinn.