Alexander Porsev showed that he has a great potential as a sprinter when he finished on the podium against the very classy sprint field in the World Ports Classic. However, the Russian regretted missing the chance to sprint for the win on the final stage.
Team Katusha’s Russian rider Aleksandr Porsev took third place in the final general classification of the two-day race World Ports Classic, which has ended today in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
"Unfortunately I couldn’t fight for the victory at the finish of today’s stage," Porsev said. The final kilometers were very technically complicated, so there were a lot of crashes. Inside the final km Andre Greipel fell just in front of me, so I was forced to slow my pace, losing positions in the group.
"But the main thing is I did not crash; I finished and took the podium place in general classification. I am happy with my performance here. Now I am in pretty top condition and I feel really good, so I am motivated for my next race Bayern Rundfahrt."
The second stage of the World Ports Classic was won by the Dutch rider Ramon Sinkeldam from Giant-Shimano. He outsprinted Theo Bos from Belkin and Gregory Henderson from Lotto-Belisol. Two Team Katusha riders, Alexey Tsatevich and Aleksandr Porsev took 16th and 18th places, respectively.
In the overall classification of the World Ports Classic after two days of racing Aleksandr Porsev took the 3rd podium place. He lost only 5 seconds to the overall winner Theo Bos. Second place is for Ramon Sinkeldam.
Today’s result is the third podium place in last few days for Aleksandr Porsev.
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