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This year’s Milan to Sanremo With strong tailwinds expected along the Mediterranean coast on Saturday afternoon, many riders and teams were determined to create a quick and selective race, which could result in one of the fastest editions of the race ever. .
Several riders and teams enjoyed sunny, spring-like temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday at Cipressa and Poggio for final scouting.
Forecasts for Saturday’s race predict similar conditions, with increased wind speeds along the coast.
Riders start from Abbiategrasso, where the sun shines and the temperature is around 8°C. There is a slight headwind on the plains towards Turchino, which should help open up a consistent lead in the early breaks.
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The weather usually changes from Italian winter to spring. hit the Mediterranean coast near GenoaTemperatures are nearing 15°C as the Milano-Sanremo peloton turns right and begins the 130km drive towards Via Roma.
There will be a bit of crosswind for a while, but after the finale Ligure, the tailwind picks up with 85km to go and might reach 30km/h as the riders approach Sanremo.
Managers and their performance staff monitor the weather to understand the expected course of the race and fine-tune their strategies.
“There will definitely be tailwinds, even very strong tailwinds, which means it will be a very fast race, a very fast race. In his racing career he came close to winning Milan-SanremoSaid cycling news.
“Combined with the fact that some teams want to race hard, that means even faster. You can even expect them to hurt or drop Splinter on Cypressa, or even isolate some of Pogacar’s rivals.
“Poggio will be decisive again. I think Pogacar has learned its lesson after making too many attacks on the lower slopes last year. In some sections it even becomes a headwind, so a false attack can be costly.”
Movistar has Fernando Gaviria as protection rider for Milan-Sanremo, so hopefully the attacks on Poggio will offset each other and lead to some kind of sprint finish at Via Roma. Movistar’s line-up also includes Ivan Garcia Cortina and Alex Aranburu.
“As always, Milano-Sanremo is a very simple race to understand tactically, but very difficult to predict and get right,” said Chandoli. “We expect a fast race and a Classics attack on Poggio due to weather conditions. Then anything can happen. That’s the magic of Milano-Sanremo.”
