Irish national time trial champion Ben Healy scored a podium finish at the Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands beating every rider but one to take second place.Healy finished behind double Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar after spending much of the 253km race in the front group.Healy, who had finished second in Belgian Classic Brabantse Pijl on Wednesday, was part of a 16-strong group that went clear at the front with about 100km remaining."At that point we still had Neilson (Powless) behind," Healy said. "He was our main leader for the team, so I kind of got a free ride.
I was still rolling through but not really pulling hard turns which definitely helped me in the finale."It was a super attritional race.
A lot of guys were hurting in that break. You really had to race carefully today, because an important move could happen at any time.
Those kind of circumstances suit me well but I think other riders had more trouble with that."Of that front group, only Healy and Britain's Tom Pidcock were able to follow Pogacar on the climb of the Eyserbosweg with 36km to go.