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M.á. Rodríguez
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Mathieu van der Poel He has been the strongest in the duel of Titans for the story that the Milan – San Rem Tadej Pogacar who tried everything in the Cipressa and Poggio. A race and a duel for the story that wrote one of its brightest pages to delight cycling.
The world champion anticipated all movements and tried everything, but failed to pick up a Van der poel that in a brilliant exercise of cold blood resisted to beat the sprint to Tadej already a Ganna that showed its best level.
Rain before fury
The hours and kilometers passed and, as is customary in the Classicissimathere was little to tell more than the penalties that the squad suffered under the cold and rain of the winter long in northern Italy.
It is not a career for nervous. Everything passes as a slow heat, such as the end of the course dance, with tiento and moderation, waiting for the right moment to enter with everything. THE PASSO OF TURCHINO AND THE CAPIS They were testimonial again from nothing. Without fighting in the first difficulties of the day, it was seen if Pogacar would try something in Cipressa or everything would explode again in the Poggio. To the mess.
Pogacar destroys the cypressa
We are in Liguria And the last 20 km most beautiful kilometers of the season are coming. This time UAE did decided to exploit the race in the Cipressa (5.6 km at 4%). A fall in the narrow start of the port fractured the platoon, but the Emirati squad was recomposed to light the chopper. Philipsenconvalescent of his fall this week, he had already missed and was out of the fight.
It goes without saying that the kom of the port was achieved. Began Wellenshe burst Narváez and Pogacar He took out the club to dynamit the front group and decide who was going to fight for victory. Van der poel The martyrdom resisted with solvency and a Gannaplethoric, he grabbed as he could. The three ended the descent with 49 seconds of advantage and generating many doubts from behind.
Final torture at the Poggio
He Poggio de San Remo It was the final battlefield again. Pogacar runaway launched up to three rabid walks. Ganna He released in the first and opened a hole that could only close before the final sprint. Van der poel He pressed his teeth and did not give in to the total harassment of a Tadej that touched fire and will go to one of the most celebrated hills of cycling. He even attacked in the final stretch, the proud leader of Alpecinto try to repeat your 2023 deed, but Pogacar It was not surprised. Perfect management of a Van der poel that, convinced, accepted the final send to the sprint.
We arrive in Roma. Ganna He managed to link and threw the rest in the final fly. But there was little to do. Van der poel dominated the stage and achieved his second Classicissima. Pogacar Repeat as third. Spectacle to the highest level. Few doubts that the world champion will try again for everyone.
