Milano-Torino is a race with a long history, and at yesterday's 103rd Milan-Turin race, Mark Cavendish won the finish sprint.
Early in the race, martin marcellusi of bardiani-CSF-Faizanè, Juan Diego Alba of Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli and Daniel of Eolo-Kometa Viegas) formed a breakout group and at one point pulled the second difference to 5 minutes. The DSM team, mobile star team and Total Energy team then chased the field and recovered the rabbit less than 20 kilometers from the finish line.
Two drivers from EF Education EasyPost, James Shaw and Ben Healy, broke through again 16.6km before the finish line and pulled 15 seconds away from 13.5km, with Healy still holding a 17-second lead with 8.3km remaining. At this time, Cavendish's fast-paced convoy launched a fierce pursuit, and finally recovered it 4.4 kilometers before the finish line, and in the last 4 kilometers, the fast-paced team took control of the field, and Cabaña led the ride in front of the group.
The race reached the final kilometre and Total Energy team also took their sprinters to the front of the group to prepare for the finish sprint.
When the leading group passed the last bend before the finish line, Bouani, who was in front of the group, was not in a hurry to launch a sprint. At this point Cavendish's old partner, Michael M. Rk v, led him to the forefront of the group and led him.
Before the finish line, riders such as Arkea Samsic's Nacer Bouhanni, Vanti's Alexander Kristoff, Mobile Star's Max Kanter and Total Energy's Peter Sagan were ready to go.
Akea's rusher took Boujani 200 metres before the finish line, but he felt too far away to rush. Cavendish followed Morkov until the last 100 meters, seeing the timing and firing decisively! The Isle of Man missile was unstoppable and won the final victory of the finish sprint in one fell swoop! It was also his third victory this season. The sprint route of the second brother Sagan, who transferred to Total Energy Team last year, was blocked by Buani.
In a post-match interview, Cavendish said: "I am very happy that my old partner Morkov is playing with me again, we are very tacit on the field, which is especially important for single-day matches, because there is only one chance. This time the team had most of Fabio Jakobsen's band members at my service, so I had a solid backing for this race, and as you can see, we won an incredible victory. "
"This is my first time in Milan-Turin and I am very happy. I like the feeling of winning a game. I won the Milan-Sanremo championship and now I've added Milan-Turin. Most of the time Milano-Turin is a mountain stage, so this year Milan-Turin was a special victory for me. "
Top 10 of the competition:
1. Mark Cavendish – Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
2. Nacer Bouhanni – Team Arkéa Samsic
3. Alexander Kristoff – Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert
4. Max Kanter – Movistar
5. Peter Sagan – Total Energy
6. Andrea Vendrame – AG2R Citr en
7. Michael M rk v – Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
8. Ben Swift – Ineos Grenadiers
9. Simone Consonni – Cofidis
10. Biniam Girmay – Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert
Edit: Johnny
Image source: Milan-Turin official media