Wait for the upcoming hairpin so you at least have a tailwind.
Yes, probably would have been better to wait a few seconds but to have the whereabouts full of adrenaline makes those small details and calls difficult to make 100% correctly.
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Wait for the upcoming hairpin so you at least have a tailwind.
Milano-Sanremo is the race where you have no excuse for not knowing every meter of the final 10 km. If you attack before the flat part of the climb, it should never be so early and never in to a headwind. They knew this morning what the wind direction would be.Yes, probably would have been better to wait a few seconds but to have the whereabouts full of adrenaline makes those small details and calls difficult to make 100% correctly.
Milano-Sanremo is the race where you have no excuse for not knowing every meter of the final 10 km. If you attack before the flat part of the climb, it should never be so early and never in to a headwind. They knew this morning what the wind direction would be.
And yet we see them very carefully time the attack on Poggio year after year. It's one thing to accept that he is not faultless, it's another not to recognise that he really made a mess of how he tackled the climb. He *** up.
In fact I think Pog gave massive proof today that while there are many ways to win Sanremo there is only one good place to attack uphillMilano-Sanremo is the race where you have no excuse for not knowing every meter of the final 10 km. If you attack before the flat part of the climb, it should never be so early and never in to a headwind. They knew this morning what the wind direction would be.
Despite launching several accelerations he was the only rider able to follow Kragh. He had the legs to drop everyone today.He messed up things a bit on the Poggio but in the end I don't think that it would have made a difference, getting 5th in this race is still a good result given his skillset
Without previous attacks I dont think he cleans Van Aert or MvdP off his wheelDespite launching several accelerations he was the only rider able to follow Kragh. He had the legs to drop everyone today.
He should do a Nibali sometime and just make MSR a main goal and arrive there in Tour shape.
I actually dont think yesterday shows great prospects for Pogs Sanremo chamces in the future. Circumstances benefitted him tremendously with the many withdrawals and the huge tailwind, yet attacking early on the Poggio did nothing despite a massive pace on the Cipressa.
Pogacar would have to wait for the same place as Alaphilippe and then hope for the best. But he doesnt have Alas kick and hes also not that level of descender to stay away with a small gap
Maybe it would actually be better to not pace Cipressa and make the Poggio ascent more crowded and chaotic. All that a near record Cipressa did was help everyones positioning.
He attacked 4 times, only once in a headwind I believe.Pogacar clearly said that he attacked too early and in the headwind.