Just watched that, Kittel had to launch early as his lead out peeled off too soon and did a 250 metre sprint into a headwind. Viviani played it to perfection, but how strong must Kittel have been to still come second? And by some margin too, Kristoff was a few bike lengths back in third.
Quickstep haven't really got any better at lead out trains since Cav have they ? I seem to remember them dropping Cav off too early too / Cav finding other wheels to come off of.
Just watched that, Kittel had to launch early as his lead out peeled off too soon and did a 250 metre sprint into a headwind. Viviani played it to perfection, but how strong must Kittel have been to still come second? And by some margin too, Kristoff was a few bike lengths back in third.