For any other 19-year-old rider, riding not only their first Il Lombardia but their first Monument of any kind, finishing seventh and becoming the youngest Monument top 10 finisher in over 100 years would be a huge achievement.
But for Paul Seixas, who achieved exactly that on Saturday, bettering riders like Egan Bernal and Jay Vine to finish where he did, there was still some disappointment at the end of his extraordinary first professional season.
