Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla) came close to delivering another stage victory at this year's Giro d'Italia when on stage 17 he came ever so close to swinging the bunch dash for the line his way, even though going head to head with the pure sprinters is no longer part of his preferred playbook.
It was an early jump in the sprint for the Australian that almost carried him through to the line. Michael Hepburn led Matthews through the final corners and onto the finishing straight where he launched at around 250m to go, to try get a clear run and put the sprint specialists on the back foot.
