Favourites' reactions to Primavera

On the day after the 97th Primavera Milano-Sanremo, reactions to the unusual race outcome have been plenty. The Belgian Quick.Step squad was of course very happy to have outsmarted the rest of the sprinter's teams, especially Alessandro Petacchi's Milram outfit, which missed out on the victory by just a couple of metres: the crucial question of timing to bridge the gap to victorious breakaway Filippo Pozzato was raised, as well as the firepower of the Milram train questioned - but not by the Italo-German sprint protagonists themselves, who were satisfied with their performance.

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