Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) seems to be enjoying the European spring with the Belgian adding to his recent win at Paris - Tours, with a second place in the Italian classic, Giro del Piemonte.
"Paolini left a gap to Moreno on the last descent to the finish," Van Avermaet said. "[Vincenzo] Nibali tried to close the gap and with 400 meters to go I went full out, but it was too far and I couldn't close the gap."
Having struggled to find his feet with the BMC team in 2011, the 26-year-old has finally been finding his straps of late, and believes that given the right circumstances a good result at Lombardia could well be within his grasp.
"I don't know [how well I can go there]," Van Avermaet said. "First, I want to try and recover from today. Lombardia is normally too hard for me. But with this condition, you never know."
Giro di Lombardia is on October 15.
