Ciccone saddened by his ninth place at the Cycling World Championships in Montreal

"We deserved more. At the end the cards were shuffled and in any case we found ourselves with people, like van der Poel or Pedersen and Simmons, who always had an interest in finishing. Even uphill I tried my move to surprise, but the forces were what they were." Giulio Ciccone, who came ninth at the Road Cycling World Championships in Montreal at the end of a race in which he never held back, is saddened.

"For a moment I believed it because we glimpsed McNulthy - explains the Abruzzo native - We were 15-20 seconds away and a hole had opened up behind. But then they closed behind. I'm sorry for the result".