Milan San Remo, March 21, 2026, 298 km monument

[Red Rick]

What is going on? A Milano Sanremo break that's been given only three minutes at 45 kph? What has happened to the days of 12 minute advantages and 35 kph average speed until the Capi. Disgraceful

Sad times indeed. Kids these days have no respek

Spoiler

 

[Tricycle Rider]

@Tricycle Rider , do you knit?

Would you like me to knit you a scarf while there's not much going on in the race? It's all I know how to knit!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pauper Pogacar, short on resources, no Wellens, Narvaez and now Christen, down on his luck. He reminds me much of a young Oliver Twist, the orphan boy wandering the chartered streets of London, picking pennies off the side of the road. Boy for sale.

 

[Potomac]

Would you like me to knit you a scarf while there's not much going on in the race? It's all I know how to knit!

Maybe for Lombardia, with winter approaching.
But I'm hoping to lose the need for a scarf with spring arriving and things starting to bloom.
Thanks for the offer.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Milan San Remo is a race where riders coast around for 5 and a half hours (joking and chatting as if they're friends) and things only get serious for the last 53 minutes (gloves off, no prisoners, does your mother stitch?). Maybe the forum could mimic the race and only start the bickering and back-stabbing in the finale.

They just showed some riders chatting and laughing, all is well with the universe.

 

[Pippo_San]

Losing Christen is big stuff for Tadej's plans.
No Turchino then.

 

[topcat]

Losing Christen is big stuff for Tadej's plans.
No Turchino then.

The Turchino attack option was a joke.
Can some other demagogue take over cause I have to go for a 10k run?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Dillier is earning his keep today, how long has he been pulling now?

 

[YavorD]

Dillier is earning his keep today, how long has he been pulling now?

Since last MSR I think?
Seems like every time I see the front he is pulling.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wow a huge attack on the Turchino!!!

Is what I imagine they were saying on the cycling forums in 1946.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wow a huge attack on the Turchino!!!

Is what I imagine they were saying on the cycling forums in 1946.

I think they used Telegram back then.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Except for what looks like a black loincloth Polti's special edition jerseys look like something the Australian national team would wear... any significance to the choice of colors?

 

[vladimir]

Except for what looks like a black loincloth Polti's special edition jerseys look like something the Australian national team would wear... any significance to the choice of colors?

It's very similar to the Polti jerseys from the late 90s

 

[Tricycle Rider]

It's very similar to the Polti jerseys from the late 90s

Ah, so it's more like a retro look, good to know!

 

[fenns]

betting

MVDP 45%
Pog 38%
the rest 17%

 

[Boehmand]

Tobias Lund Andresen will win this bike race.

He's had a cold leading up to the race and has never done this kind of distance before, so it's doubtful.

He's one to watch in future though, same type of rider as Pedersen and Philipsen, but climbs a little better than the latter.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Who has been on cofidis watch for me?

 

[Boehmand]

Coincidence of the day:
7 or the 9 in the break are Italian
in both Mens & Womens races.

You say coincidence

I say ILLUMINATI

 

[RedheadDane]

Who has been on cofidis watch for me?

Spoiler: Cross-race reference

They seem to have had more luck than the women...

 

[Boehmand]

Women hitting Cipressa now.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who has been on cofidis watch for me?

I think they plan to skip Poggio and then ride straight to Sanremo undetected, like Tosatto or whoever it was did once.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Some very colorful buildings in the area, looks nice in contrast to the overcast skies.

 

[kingjr]

Am I seeing raindrops on the camera on Cipressa in the women's race?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Since last MSR I think?
Seems like every time I see the front he is pulling.

I thought he was done for the day as he had dropped back to the team car, but there he is again with his nose in the wind. (I think Dillier has won the "hardest working man in the peloton" award for the day.)

 

[Miha81]

Horrible crash in women's race