Daniel Oss took his first professional victory when he won the Giro del Veneto over 198 kilometers ahead of his Liquigas-Doimo teammate Peter Sagan. The duo escaped and stayed away from the charging peloton. The latter was in disarray due to a crash in the final kilometer, ultimately ensuring victory for the Italian. Sacha Modolo won the sprint for third place, ahead of Luca Paolini.
"I have been waiting for this moment for a while," Oss said after the dominating win. "This year I was already fighting for victory several times, but I was always lacking a little bit to achieve it. Today everything went the way it was supposed to go. We knew that the last two kilometers of the course were quite dangerous, due to the cobbles and the pouring rain. Together with Sagan, I tried to go all out with 1.5 kilometers to go. With a bit of determination and luck, we arrived solo.
"The Tour de France was an important check and today, despite being tired from the Eneco Tour, I felt very good. I hope to keep this form in the next weeks. I want to be a protagonist with the Liquigas-Doimo team in the last part of the season and maybe I deserve a call for the azzuri in Melbourne; dreaming doesn't cost anything."
The Liquigas-Doimo director, Paolo Slongo, was also quite pleased with the outcome. "We tackled the last part of the race in the best possible way," he said. "We were present in the final with Oss, Viviani, Peter and Juraj Sagan, all ready to go for the win. Daniel and Peter were clever to go in the perfect moment, but I applaud the whole team, which was capable of sacrificing itself to obtain the 32nd victory of the season."
Results
1. Daniel Oss (Liquigas-Doimo) 198 km in 4h 35’ 05’’
2. Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) st.
3. Sacha Modolo (Colnago-Csf Inox) a 3’’
4. Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone d’Angelo & Antenucci) st.
5. Nicolas Schnyder (Price – Custom Bikes) st.
6. Juraj Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) st.
7. Marco Marcato (Nazionale Italiana) a 13’’
8. Oleg Berdos (De Rosa – Stac Plastic) a 15’’
9. Matija Kvasina (Zheroquadro Radenska) st.
10. Christian Meier (Garmin – Transition) a 20’’