Pezcyclingnews: Pez Talk: Adrien Costa

Rider Interview: Two Worlds silver medals isn’t bad, there are many riders who never get any! Adrien Costa was second in the last two junior World time trial championships and so Ed Hood caught up with the Axeon team rider to talk about his battles against the clock and his success as a road rider with a big future ahead of him.BMC, Armitstead, Sagan – none of those names lifting a world title in Richmond surprised us but one name we did expect to tug on a rainbow jersey was that of US junior, Adrien Costa. After interviewing him as silver medallist last year in Ponferrada, a year older and on home roads we expected him to lift the title, but. . .PEZ: Silver again – give us an insight into the emotions, please Adrien.Adrien Costa: There is no doubt that I was going into Worlds this year with much higher anticipations than last year, and I will not lie, it was a little bit disappointing to not climb one step higher. However, after giving it some time, I think the fact that the same result last year was a huge success and this year a disappointment indicates my development over the last 12 months and also my consistency. PEZ: Gold medallist, Leo Appelt, have you run up against him before, was it a surprise to see him win?I think there were a few people that came to mind as major contenders before Leo Appelt, but it seems he has...

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