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"We took some risks, but we had a good capital plan" - Lorenzo Milesi shocked to put on red jersey at the Vuelta a Espana
CyclingSaturday, 26 August 2023 at 23:00
21-year old Lorenzo Milesi is having the time of his life. Just a few weeks after winning the under-23 time-trial World Championships, he led a victorious Team DSM-Firmenich to win the team time-trial and take on the race lead.
“No, I didn't expect this. It feels great. It's good for the whole team. This was very emotional," the Italian said in a post-race interview. "It was tougher than the World Championships." The Dutch team departed early in the day and benefited from that, managing to hold off all rival teams, including Movistar Team who had it's fifth rider finish less than one second slower than DSM's.
“We took some risks, but we had a good capital plan. We stuck to that, and it worked well. We are very happy with this victory”, he said. Milesi's lead is not one that is likely to be held for long, however it is an achievement that not only came as a shock but it also marks his young career.
Whilst Romain Bardet is unlikely to aim for the overall classification, this time will likely benefit Max Poole if he tries, but one of Milesi's teammates may be taking over the race lead after tomorrow's hilly finale in Barcelona.
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- He needs to finish out his contract and then go hit MTB and Cross/Gravel really hard, that's where his heart is.awp18-11-2024
- Pidcock is starting to sound like Froome now.Sweep18-11-2024
- I think this was because there were junior women in the race. If a race has junior women am pretty sure it has to be less than 45 minutes. I believe a rule is coming in for next season that will fine organisers that don't put on a junior women's race a fine equivalent to the prize money. So fingers crossed we should see more longer elite and junior women's races from next season.NorrisHippocampe18-11-2024
- Of course he CAN. Big salary in cycling is not when you win but when they talk about you (and your team / sponsors). For every news about Jonas, MVdP or Wout there are 10 times more(!) news about Pidcock (like everyday for last 2 months?). Since cycling is advertising sport not competitive sport (in terms of from money comes from) Pidcock is winner and GOAT - change my mind. ;-)averagecyclist18-11-2024
- Why do the women CXs keep getting short changed with the length of theor races? They could have easily done another lap to put them at 50 minutes which is their time limit. Yet another CX race where they fail to reach this when they had a chance to. Come on ... the math isn't that hard to figure out lap times and divide into 50 min!frieders318-11-2024
- All pro cyclists are massively underpaid! The amount of riding and physical exertion they put their bodies through is crazy compared to other sports. I can't think of any other sport where you are physically active at a very high level of power output for hours on end each day.Pogboom17-11-2024
- When I was working for Starkist/Heinz my manager quit. So the next week my group was put under another manager. During our first meeting he asked if there was anything we needed to tell him. I said that I would be out the following week on vacation. He said "I don't know if I can let you go on vacation". I replied, "You can't tell if I can go. You can only tell me if I can come back".Sweep17-11-2024
- :-)Sweep17-11-2024
- What a mess there :-)
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