All eyes were on Marcel Kittel, Mark Cavendish, and André Greipel in today's sprint finish in Tirreno-Adriatico but when the peloton powered towards the finish line, it was Matteo Pelucchi (IAM) who shot forward to take a surprise win. The Italian admitted that he would have been happy with a top 5 result and dedicated the win to his teammate Kristof Goddaert who was tragically killed a few weeks ago.
"It was 90% sure that I would not ride it, but now and with change of the route, things could change. However it'll be difficult for me: it's a long race, with a hard finale. But I can't deny I'd love to try to be there and try something. We've also got Haussler and Chavanel but we could play off other teams."
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