In the chaos of the bunch sprint, Noemi wasn’t sure where she finished at first. Once her soigneur confirmed she made the podium, the Swiss champion erupted into smiles.
“This feels incredible,” she said, stepping off the podium. “I still can’t really understand it. Of course you always go for the win and you always try to win but for me, this third place feels like a victory. It feels like a big win. A podium in a monument is incredible.”
The 23-year-old has started the season with a bang. She won the queen stage and the general classification at the Tour Down Under, placed third at Cadel Evan’s Great Ocean Road Race, and earned top ten results at Strade Bianche and Trofeo Alfredo Binda. At the start in Genoa, Noemi knew she had the full support of her teammates going into the race.
“A result like this needs a really strong team and we proved that today,” she said. “Everyone was super committed from the beginning and they gave me so much confidence. I’m super happy that I could pull it off for the team.”
“ Mags was like my bodyguard today,” she continued. “She really stuck to me the whole race. I was caught up behind two crashes and had to come back, but she immediately waited for me, brought me back, gave me her gels, her bottles, and took my vest. She was like my bodyguard. And, that was super helpful, because having someone like this by your side, gives […]
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