Pollack happy with second place

By Susan Westemeyer

The road season has gotten off to a slow start for Team Volksbank's Olaf Pollack. He started off well on the track, taking a silver medal in the Madison at the World Championships in Manchester, but Monday's second place finish in the Neuseen Classics was his first road race podium of the year.

The 34 year-old's team-mate René Weissinger was in an 11-man escape group, which stayed away until 30 kilometres before the finish. "It was really all optimal," Pollack told Cyclingnews, "especially with Rene in the group. That meant we didn't have so much work to do back in the field. To set up the sprint we had Daniel Musiol and André Korff, who was really my last man, and Cameron Wurf worked really well, too, with preparing the sprint.

"Of course, a sprint is always a sprint, there is always chaos and you just have to stay cool," the 34 year-old continued. "I am happy with the result, especially while I am still not in top form. It should help motivate us for future races, because now we have seen that we can do it."

His next race for the Austrian Professional Continental Team will be the Circuit de Lorraine Professionnel, followed by the Bayern Rundfahrt.