Milano - Sanremo 2025, one day monument, March 22

[Red Rick]

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

"Rick, I thought you were a cycling fan?"

"No babe, I'm merely a Milano-Sanremo fan"

 

[E_F_]

Last time Pogi and MvdP raced each other at RvV Pog made MvdP look slow on the Oude Kwaremont.

 

[MartinGT]

Pog looking like a lost child with his oversized jersey on the podium

 

[gregrowlerson]

According to earlier posts in this thread he had to retire last year already.

This aged much better than those earlier posts!

 

[Escarabajo]

Pog forgot to use Del Toro

Del Toro was in the race?
His positioning was horrendous!

 

[Jan the Man]

Strongest rider clearly won- shapes up for a really exciting Ronde.

Chapeau to Ganna too for battling so hard. Great to see the two best classic riders of their generation battling between themselves.

 

[Sciatic]

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.

We all would have screamed if they switched to a camera off of those three!

 

[kingjr]

Last time Pogi and MvdP raced each other at RvV Pog made MvdP look slow on the Oude Kwaremont.

And that was vdP's best Oude Kwaremont ever no less

 

[Spine Concept]

This race is clearly favouring more MVP. Ronde has a lot more vertical meters.

I don't necessarily disagree. However, I don't think this race is the one to give your argument more substance. Mathieu did counter Pogi on the last ascent and opened up a bigger gap than Pogi ever had on Mathieu today. Also, the latter looked fresher in the end. De Ronde is a different beast altogether though.

 

[Wvv]

Would've liked a Ganna win, but always happy to see someone making Pogacar look a bit more human again. Chapeau MVDP, perfect performance in an honestly memorable Primavera.

 

[Netserk]

In memory of @Coffeeplanter [EDIT2: Figure of speech!], I think we should also guess what the fastest Cipressa time will be this year.

As the official time was 8'55":

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903468226555654418

View: https://x.com/faustocoppi60/status/1903468226555654418


The winner is @ChewbaccaDefense:

8:55

 

[Ilmaestro99]

As the official time was 8'55":

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903468226555654418

View: https://x.com/faustocoppi60/status/1903468226555654418


The winner is @ChewbaccaDefense:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903469315808014775

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1903469315808014775?t=dtF8AkAjKBHEsmvBGycUSw&s=19

 

[Escarabajo]

It was at the back.

Do you think the same three guys will break on the Cipressa next year? I will my hat if that happens.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

As the official time was 8'55":

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903468226555654418

View: https://x.com/faustocoppi60/status/1903468226555654418


The winner is @ChewbaccaDefense:

Holy sh!t...I got something right about today's race.

 

[theyoungest]

Two Dutch wins in Sanremo today. Maybe we'll do our national championships in Italy, since our government actively tries to prevent any sort of bike racing at all from happening.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903469315808014775

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1903469315808014775?t=dtF8AkAjKBHEsmvBGycUSw&s=19

But Netserk said from the start that Mihai's timing would decide it.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903469315808014775

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1903469315808014775?t=dtF8AkAjKBHEsmvBGycUSw&s=19

Hey man, stop trying to steal my thunder

 

[Ilmaestro99]

But Netserk said from the start that Mihai's timing would decide it.

Rigged man. I'm claiming a moral victory here

 

[E_F_]

And that was vdP's best Oude Kwaremont ever no less

He would have been quicker last year if he hadn't aldready won the race on Koppenberg, tbf.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Holy sh!t...I got something right about today's race.

Now you don't have to eat a watch as well.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Do you think the same three guys will break on the Cipressa next year? I will my hat if that happens.

Next year, no one will follow Pogacar. UAE was awful again and they still destroyed the peloton.

 

[kingjr]

He would have been quicker last year if he hadn't aldready won the race on Koppenberg, tbf.

Yeah, I definitely expect him to be faster this year (depending on weather conditions) but the same goes for Pogacar.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Do you think the same three guys will break on the Cipressa next year? I will my hat if that happens.

If not, there may be a better chance for someone other than Mathieu to win, because a bigger group for the sprint, means more chaos.

 

[Escarabajo]

For UAE team, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

thank you!

 

[Netserk]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903469315808014775

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1903469315808014775?t=dtF8AkAjKBHEsmvBGycUSw&s=19

I wrote beforehand that @jens_attacks is the official timekeeper