Milano - Sanremo: March 20, 2021

[HelloDolly]

Absolutely great win by Stuyven

I had money on SKA and think he could have doen better if hadnt panicked

But Jasper played a blinder

 

[Danskebjerge]

This was the second time this year that Kragh Andersen handed Trek Segafredo a classics win - first time was at Kuurne.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Stuyven owes Kragh a large Belgian beer

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

SKA strong like bull, smart like tractor

 

[jaylew]

Wow. Stuyven only won because he was caught by Andersen. Great finish.

Certainly he doesn't win without Andersen getting across to him but he still put himself in a position to win. You could see it was a great situation for an attacker to win with Ewan in that group

 

[Inquitus]

Ewan must be gutted, probably never get another chance like that at Milan San Remo.

 

[roundabout]

I don't really understand SKA there, but let's see what he has to say,

 

[rghysens]

Never would gave predicted this. Van der Poel really needs to position himself better to win this classic.
Anyway, on to the cobbles.

Hard to believe, but VdP just wasn't good enough to make the difference. No one was, with the exception of Stuyven.

 

[red_flanders]

The finale of this race is always interesting, unpredictable, and exciting! And you can sleep in to catch it on the west coast.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I felt Stuyven eased off a bit in front when he saw it was SKA coming across. He maybe would have got home alone anyway. Definitely, if Trentin and Alaphilippe hadn't done lead outs for nobody on their teams

 

[SafeBet]

Now seriously, full coverage might not be for everyone but there's nothing in life like the final 10 minutes of Milano - Sanremo.

 

[Breezy1985]

wow ineos terrible tactics, stuyven had the guts and also was lucky kragh andersen caught him and for some reason lead him out

why didnt ineos pull hard on cipressa if thats what they wanted to do with pidcock and kwiatek

It's hard to fight the programming

 

[Gigs_98]

Think a late attacker will win. Don't see them pulling Ewan to a sprint

Look guys, I managed to make a good prediction without saying the eventual winner sucks in the next sentence.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ewan must be gutted, probably never get another chance like that at Milan San Remo.

He already got 2nd when Nibali won it.
Does anyone get the Ineos tactics? If they wanted to favour Pidcock they needed to ride a higher pace on the Cipressa and more irregular on the Poggio.

 

[movingtarget]

Ineos seemed to be riding for Kwia but he didn't have the legs when it counted. I thought Matthews was a chance with a km to go.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Certainly he doesn't win without Andersen getting across to him but he still put himself in a position to win. You could see it was a great situation for an attacker to win with Ewan in that group/

That's why it was a great finish. Cycling is at its best when it's not all about power.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

But, any race where Alaphilippe, van der Poel, van Aert and Stuyven race, always one of them wins.

 

[Breezy1985]

SKA strong like bull, smart like tractor

Stuyven stronger than an 85% cocoa chocolate bar

 

[Eclipse]

Really interesting finale, at least in how it shook out.

Ewan's presence definitely contributed and once again if you have the big 3 together in the finale very few riders are going to do anything other than sit on when gaps present. Wonder if long term we'll more races picked up by big outsiders just because of it.

A well earnt win for Stuyven

 

[Panda Claws]

SKA strong like bull, smart like tractor

I disagree. His odds of beating Stuyven in a sprint were low to begin with. He made a play for 2nd and a somewhat possible first if Stuyven cracks. His other option was to finish outside the Top-10.

It is not like they would have stayed ahead if he wheelsucked Stuyven more. And even then I think Stuyven would still have outsprinted him as there was such a large gap between them.

 

[RedheadDane]

I don't really understand SKA there, but let's see what he has to say,

Maybe he didn't want to start any you-pull-no-you-pull arguments with Stuyven, so he figured he might as well go for it.

 

[rghysens]

I'm torn. Stuyven is a bit underwhelming. But it's good that MSR stays such an unpredictable race.

Not everyone is at the top of their game at 25 yo. Step by step Stuyven is buildibg him a nice palmares.

 

[movingtarget]

He already got 2nd when Nibali won it.
Does anyone get the Ineos tactics? If they wanted to favour Pidcock they needed to ride a higher pace on the Cipressa and more irregular on the Poggio.

Ewan needed a team mate in the final km but he looked great on the climb. Matthews and Ewan both must be wondering what they have to do to win MSR.

 

[Gigs_98]

Ewan must be gutted, probably never get another chance like that at Milan San Remo.

2 times in the last ten years that the main group let a solo attacker go and couldn't bring him back. 2 times Ewan got 2nd.

 

[johnymax]

Ewan must be gutted, probably never get another chance like that at Milan San Remo.

I wouldn't say so. It's his second 2nd place in this race and 3rd top10. I'm sure he'll have his chances again in the future.