Michael Matthews has been left with bittersweet emotions after a brilliant ride ended with the Australian ace being pipped agonisingly once more by mere centimetres in his bid to win the Milan-Sanremo one-day 'Monument'.
Having looked as if he had timed his late sprint for the line perfectly with the biggest win of his garlanded career within his grasp on Saturday, the veteran Jayco AlUla rider was edged out in a photo finish by Belgian Jasper Philipsen.
After nearly six-and-a-quarter hours in the saddle following the exhausting 288km ride from Pavia, Alpecin-Deceuninck's Philipsen estimated he had won by just five centimetres.
