Milano - Sanremo 2025, one day monument, March 22

[Salvarani]

And Groves finished 5th lol

 

[jono]

Dillier vindication.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Where did Issac Del Ayuso finish

 

[Salvarani]

Considering vdP's long-standing mental advantage over him, today could not have been an easy watch for Wout. He needs to show up with career best form to even be in contention in a few weeks.

I guess he really might be hiding under @RedheadDane couch after watching this

 

[Sciatic]

I hope that bird got relegated for interfering with Ganna’s sprint!

 

[kingjr]

Did Trentin try to bridge a one minute gap to Pogacar, MvdP and Ganna on the flat?

He got away on the descent

 

[Samamba]

Cort wasted so many years of his career being scared of one day races.

 

[Jack_89]

Next year will be worse if they do it again. I believe there will be more riders prepared there. IMHO.

against MVDP he will never win waiting for the Poggio. Indeed, the epilogue will always be like today: if it goes well, he loses in the sprint, if it goes badly (greater portability) he will lose by dropping in the last km of the Poggio. On such gentle slopes no one on Earth will be able to resist MVDP attacks. 🤣

 

[E_F_]

 

[Peyroteo94]

Ganna is thinking "what Am I doing here between these 2 aliens"

 

[Escarabajo]

I think he made this race pretty hard but MVDP was just better on the day.

He needs to try something different. The race before the Cipressa was too easy. I usually don't watch this race before the Cipressa but there are 3 little climbs where his team can ride like demonds. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the last Capo gradient of 6.5% and 2 Km and the group riding like a Sunday ride. You cannot arrive to the Cipressa with 100 riders. just can't. Not for him. It can work for the rest of the contenders but not for a rider like Pogacar. He needs a hard race to win. Even if he loses badly he needs to try something different here. He was kind of lucky there was a crash that parted the group.

If he does the same thing he needs luck to win. A crash, a flat, contenders in bad condition, etc. Who cares if he comes 10th or 20th. Just try something different. That's all I am asking.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Fantastic race. Major credit to Pogacar. Van der Poel is just a cold blooded killer.

 

[Sciatic]

Pog’s positioning is still lacking . . . Even on the podium

 

[Salvarani]

Great battle.

Ganna looked really heartbroken over the line.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Next year will be worse if they do it again. I believe there will be more riders prepared there. IMHO.

They were all expecting a Cipressa attack...

 

[Red Rick]

He needs to try something different. The race before the Cipressa was too easy. I usually don't watch this race before the Cipressa but there are 3 little climbs where his team can ride like demonds. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the last Capo gradient of 6.5% and 2 Km and the group riding like a Sunday ride. You cannot arrive to the Cipressa with 100 riders. just can't. Not for him. It can work for the rest of the contenders but not for a rider like Pogacar. He needs a hard race to win. Even if he loses badly he needs to try something different here. He was kind of lucky there was a crash that parted the group.

If he does the same thing he needs luck to win. A crash, a flat, contenders in bad condition, etc. Who cares if he comes 10th or 20th. Just try something different. That's all I am asking.

Then you go hard there, everyone recovers, and your domestiques are tired.

 

[MartinGT]

I don't think so to be honest. Today, Pogi showed he will destroy MVP. He was on the limit.

On the limit that much he was wheel sucking Pogi, then attacked him and finally




Won.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The only really bad thing about today's race is we're gonna keep hearing about which 7 riders should be in the Pogi squad for at least another year. Gilbert would of course have won in 2011 if Lotto had brought Adam Blythe.

 

[Escarabajo]

Then you go hard there, everyone recovers, and your domestiques are tired.

Correct. But is different. There will be different outcome. You don't know what will happen. It is probabilities...

 

[E_F_]

Turns out the hahahaha era just needed easy parcours to be entertaining.

 

[Escarabajo]

They were all expecting a Cipressa attack...

There were a crash that played in their favor. Some riders, I think, were expecting a regroup after Cipressa like in previous editions. next year they will be more alert. I think.

 

[Jan the Man]

I don't see many beating MVDP in The Ronde or P-R. Maybe Wout

Pog - Ronde Wout - Roubaix are realsitically the only shots.

 

[Escarabajo]

The only really bad thing about today's race is we're gonna keep hearing about which 7 riders should be in the Pogi squad for at least another year. Gilbert would of course have won in 2011 if Lotto had brought Adam Blythe.

I agree with this. I was kind of surprise when Tim Wellens pulled out and there was no one there from UAE until Narvaez showed up.

 

[Peyroteo94]

There were a crash that played in their favor. Some riders, I think, were expecting a regroup after Cipressa like in previous editions. next year they will be more alert. I think.

It was at the back.

 

[Rackham]

It's kind of funny how everyone did over 6 hours on a bike and only 3 guys were on TV in the final 20km.