He was the most anticipated Italian rider and it's only logical that disappointment was written all over Jonathan Milan's face at the end of the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia: "The feelings were good but we got lost, I don't even know how or where... I found myself way back, I pedaled alone for a kilometer and a half on the right side to catch up, I spent a lot of energy: I got back on someone's wheel but I'm not even sure whose, but this rider hadn't started and when I got on it was too late and especially my legs were completely shot from the effort I'd made before. The guys from Soudal Quick Step did a fantastic job, big applause to Magnier who won".