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

[Red Rick]

@topcat will you please be so kind as to edit poll so that it includes a Vino option?

He's racing.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

who are the other 2-3 riders?

The five riders I could think of were mvdp, he who must no be named, del toro, philepsen and ganna

Of course, I stupidly forgot about both vino and Tim Van dijke. Maybe I can make a poll after all

 

[YavorD]

And the real question is, could Merckx have won against MVDP?

Bit too old for this, isn't he?

 

[Lequack]

Have to post this every year. Pantani attack on Cipressa in 1999. Scroll to 19:15 if it doesn't automatically.

View: https://youtu.be/c1MB4tVSBhw?si=h_ueBM8aa0ihsPpD&t=1155


And the Italian commentators:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC8bvS0QU1c

 

[Rule #9 apostle]

Have to post this every year. Pantani attack on Cipressa in 1999.

Rather than an attack seems like he's fighting to hang on to the back of the moto-peloton

 

[Extinction]

I obviously hope he'll finish; I need all the points I can get for the CQ Game.
However, I've been wondering the same; bizarre as it might sound, could MSR simply be an "easier" race to return to racing in, compared to the cobbled classics with all the jostling for position?

Yes and he gets a much needed 300 km in his racing legs.

 

[tobydawq]

I obviously hope he'll finish; I need all the points I can get for the CQ Game.
However, I've been wondering the same; bizarre as it might sound, could MSR simply be an "easier" race to return to racing in, compared to the cobbled classics with all the jostling for position?

If that's your concern, you could just have picked a team with a higher chance of scoring points.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I know perfectly well on who my dark horse is in this race.

 

[Boehmand]

I obviously hope he'll finish; I need all the points I can get for the CQ Game.
However, I've been wondering the same; bizarre as it might sound, could MSR simply be an "easier" race to return to racing in, compared to the cobbled classics with all the jostling for position?

Maybe, and it may also have played in that Milan had to pull out - and the fact that Lidl has has a horrendous spring so far, with people crashing out and getting ill all over the place.

But as said, you never know with Mads P and he's not the type to enter a race just to train.

 

[Hugh Januss]

O Rochambeau

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

I know perfectly well on who my dark horse is in this race.

As a fellow Roglic fan, I don't mind enjoying a good delusion now and then. I'm having trouble seeing this one, though. What is his path to winning here, barring crashes or mechanicals?

 

[aphronesis]

Overall tactical failure and hidden form?

 

[Rob5091]

Big Mad Mads is back! Wow. I'm guessing he'll step off before the madness starts.

 

[Sciatic]

Van Aert will probably pull for Pogacar and van der Poel on the flat.

I’ll be please if Van Aert is sharp enough to be with them on the final flat!

 

[Oldman]

Of course he could not.

You all discuss this like Merckx, born and training in this age wouldn't have evolved? It's like saying Jesse Owens wouldn't have sprinted faster.

 

[Oldman]

As a fellow Roglic fan, I don't mind enjoying a good delusion now and then. I'm having trouble seeing this one, though. What is his path to winning here, barring crashes or mechanicals?

time travel

 

[Oldman]

Of course he could. If they had raced it against each other from 1995 to 2001, Eddy would have had another 7 victories to his name.

Could MvP get a bike small enough to ride? He was born in January, 95 so he'd be 3 1/2" months old. Seems unfair, too.

 

[Berniece]

As a fellow Roglic fan, I don't mind enjoying a good delusion now and then. I'm having trouble seeing this one, though. What is his path to winning here, barring crashes or mechanicals?

Like Stuyven is the only way I see possible

 

[Pantani_lives]

They predict a southwest wind, so headwind after all. This makes a successful solo even less likely.

 

[tobydawq]

Big Mad Mads is back! Wow. I'm guessing he'll step off before the madness starts.

What? Of course he won't, what would be the point of riding in that case?

 

[tobydawq]

I have one wish for this race and it might sound strange, but no lasting separation on the Cipressa, please. I really don't want that to become the new normal.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

They predict a southwest wind, so headwind after all. This makes a successful solo even less likely.

Teddy is hoping he's bulked up enough for the cobbles to nuke the sprint tomorrow.

 

[Red Rick]

As a fellow Roglic fan, I don't mind enjoying a good delusion now and then. I'm having trouble seeing this one, though. What is his path to winning here, barring crashes or mechanicals?

Milano Sanremo doing old school Milano Sanremo ***. It's wildly unlikely ofcourse, but if it were 2019-2022 there would be pathways.

Now an underrated problem is the likes of Jorgenson and Del Toro probably pulling to bring the group back together if Roglic were to make a well timed attack in the final 2km

 

[canina82]

They predict a southwest wind, so headwind after all. This makes a successful solo even less likely.

How strong?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

How strong?

Not strong, 10 kph. Still, it's complicating things regarding Cipressa attack. Maybe they'll have to count on tailwind sections of Poggio (with double UAE attack) or ...on the last 2 km.

Likely Teddy hitting against the wall , volume 5