Just a few hours after he had provided key final assistance for UAE teammate Tadej Pogačar‘s victorious solo flight at Il Lombardia, Pavel Sivakov was on a flight to China, looking to see what he could achieve on his own account at the Tour of Guangxi.
On Saturday – and as practised during the UAE recon of Il Lombardia on Wednesday – Sivakov acted as the last segment of the UAE ‘booster rocket’ that launched Pogačar into orbit on the crucial Colma di Sormano climb.
“I wasn’t initially down for this race in Italy, but I did Bernocchi, and felt so good that I asked the team if I could do Lombardia as well as the original plan of Guangxi.”
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