Pogacar: slaps down doing close to 60km/h just before Cipressa. Attacks on Cipressa, drops VDP on Poggio and wins a sprint from the front against Pidcock.
Evenepoel: the airco in his hotel didn't work so he loses 2 minutes to guys who will be fighting for 8th in GC next TDF.
Also Evenepoel: I think I can beat Pogacar in a grand tour.
If you want to get into #WomensCycling today is a good day to watch a bike race. It's Trofeo Alfredo Binda. This is the only monument of the women's spring campaign. This race was there before any other, it's over 50 years old and has always been a women's race. It has a finishing circuit with a few nasty Italian climbs in it. It can be a (reduced) bunch sprint, a small group of 2-3 riders going to the line or a solo victory and the odds of each outcome change 4-5 times during the final. This is what Milano - San Remo used to be like.
Interesting results for Strade biancchi femme
Interesting race for second for the men’s race
The best thing Paul Seixas can do for the future of his cycling career is not win this race today.
Your yearly reminder that Strade Bianche is a beautiful race, the cypresses, the Tuscan hills, dust flowing over fields full of grapes. When it's sunny it announces spring much better than Milano - San Remo does (and that is kinda it's job). Sienna is a lovely town to finish in, that last km up the via Santa Catarina is heroic. But it's not a monument. There is a teenager on the start list today who is older than the race itself. Strade becomes a monument when I can tell my grandchildren about how in my day Pogacar did solos of 150km and once, team mates Kopecky and Vollering, sprinted each other to the line whilst fist fighting and shouting profanities at each other (grandfathers are allow to exaggerate)
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Andrew Medew