Already author of a good end to the season in 2023, including a victory over the Tour de Toscane – Alfredo Martini Memorial and a podium on the Montreal Cycling Grand Prix (2e), Pavel Sivakov is also finishing its 2024 financial year in great shape. After taking ninth place in the Tour of Spainhaving shown himself to his advantage to World Championships and finished sixth in the Bernocchi Cup – GP Banco BPMthe Frenchman obtained, this Saturday, his first top 10 on a Monument, in this case the Tour of Lombardy. After having done a lot of work for his leader Tadej Pogacar in the Colma del Sormano, the team rider UAE Team Emirate had the strength to play his personal card in the last 48 kilometers and went for sixth place.
Video – Leader of Sivakov, Pogacar crushed Il Lombardia
“At the end of the season, it’s the mind that plays a huge role”
“I asked the team to do the Tour of Lombardy because I had very good feelings. I am super motivated and I believe that at the end of the season, it is the mind that plays a huge role”confides, at the microphone ofEurosportthe one who will very soon take the plane to China to compete in the Gree-Tour de Guangxi (October 15-20), last WorldTour race of the 2024 season. He then returned to his race. “After the attack by Tadej (Pogacar), I didn’t give up because I really had exceptional legs and I wanted to play for the podium. In the final, Ciccone (third of this Tour of Lombardyeditor’s note) played really well, he surprised us a little, but that’s how it is. Anyway, I’m super happy, I think I can be reassured by my level at the end of the season.”concludes Pavel Sivakov.