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>>> Milan-San Remo: Tadej Pogačar strikes in closing metres to carry off Tom Pidcock in electrifying two-rider end and earns masterful victory
Milan-San Remo 2026 High 10
1. Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Crew Emirates-XRG 6:35’49″2. Tom Pidcock (GBR) Pinarello-Q36.5 S.T.3. Wout Van Aert (BEL) Visma-Lease a Bike +4″4. Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl-Trek5. Corbin Sturdy (NZL) NSN6. Andrea Vendrame (ITA) Jayco-AlUla7. Jasper Stuyven (BEL) Soudal-QuickStep8. Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Alpecin-Premier Tech9. Matteo Trentin (ITA) Tudor10. Edoardo Zambanini (ITA) Bahrain Victorious all S.T.
Simply Paris-Roubaix is left for the world champion.
Tadej Pogačar wins Milan-San Remo 2026! He beats Tom Pidcock by centimetres!
500 metres to go!
Flamme Rouge!
Assault in peloton
Van der Poel caught by the peloton with Lidl-Trek pushing flat out for Pedersen.
3km to go
Pidcock and Pogačar end the descent and they’re working collectively. 23 seconds to Van der Poel with the peloton virtually catching him.
Pogačar is pushing so onerous however Pidcock is within the wheel.
Pidcock will get Pogačar to come back again by once more with the world champion attacking Pidcock on the descent. This might be fairly one thing.
Pidcock strikes to the entrance. The descent begins and he’s in his ingredient. Pogačar must be cautious.
Pogačar slows up and searching round for Van der Poel as he’s closing down however the peloton is not far off both.
Van der Poel now 20 seconds behind the leaders.
600 metres to the highest. 6km to go to the end.
Pidcock is holding on so nicely and is locked onto the rubber of Pogačar’s wheel.
Assault!
Tadej Pogačar
Pogačar slows up and is now taking part in poker. Ready for the ultimate massive kicker.
Pogačar is hammering the tempo however Pidcock is exhibiting he’s nonetheless there and halfwheeling the world champion.
2km to the highest of the climb. Visma-Lease a Bike and Lidl-Trek proceed to work behin. Van der Poel within the hole and is not carried out but.
Pogačar main the best way with 8km to go, Pidcock on his wheel and searching extraordinarily good. Van der Poel now 10 seconds again with the peloton at 19 seconds.
Assault!
Tadej Pogačar
Pidcock follows however Van der Poel is gone!! Pogačar has lastly distanced the defending chmpion on the Poggio however Pidcock remains to be there.
Pidcock has stopped working.
Lotto-Intermarche his the entrance of the peloton and are hammering the tempo for goodness is aware of who! Simply eight seconds hole!
10km to go
The hole drops down to twenty seconds to van der Poel, Pogačar and Pidcock and Campenaerts is working flat out for Van Aert and he brings the hole underneath 20 seconds.
Vacek is main the chase in a Lidl-Trek prepare for Pedersen who, regardless of driving his first race in over 40 days, is wanting superb.
Tom Pidcock may turn into the primary non-WorldTour staff rider to win Milan-San Remo since 2013 when Gerald Ciolek received for MTN-Qhubeka.
All three leaders are working collectively now on the coast highway on the best way to the Poggio with 32 seconds again to the chasers.
Del Toro stalling the chase within the second group.
Some spots of rain on the digicam lens.
Pidcock appears to be like so easy on the descent of the Cipressa with Van der Poel taking the chance to tackle some vitamin. Pogačar main down.
20km to go
Assault!
Tadej Pogačar
Van der Poel now begins taking over the pacing.
Pidcock is working with Pogačar however Van der Poel shouldn’t be. Van der Poel took his traditional Cipressa bottle. Lidl-Trek have numbers within the chasing peloton at 21 seconds.
Pogačar is pushing onerous however Pidcock and Van der Poel look very composed.
Pogačar, Pidcock and Van der Poel have flown with no-one in sight! What an unimaginable acceleration.
Assault!
Tadej Pogačar}Tom PidcockMathieu van der Poel
Assault!
Isaac Del ToroTadej PogačarTom PidcockMathieu van der PoelFilippo GannaMads Pedersen
3km to go to the highest of the climb.
Del Toro strikes forward of Pogačar. Pidcock, Ganna, Van der Poel, Lund Andresen, Pedersen and the remaining all within the instant wheels of the world champion.
McNulty now has the tempo ramped up for Pogačar. Will he assault on the Cipressa?
Pogačar hits the entrance with McNulty.
Pogačar is completely flying up the facet of the peloton however he has an extended option to go.
Pogačar and Girmay again within the peloton.
Breakaway caught proper on the base of the Cipressa with Ineos Grenadiers main the best way.
Pogačar is within the vehicles and simply off the again earlier than the beginning of the Cipressa.
Del Toro is the principle man for UAE Crew Emirates-XRG as he sits within the peloton.
The peloton is 16 seconds off the again of the breakaway. Pogačar is 35 second sdown and Van Aert at 54 seconds with Van der Poel again within the peloton once more.
Van Aert additionally wanted a motorbike change after his crash.
Van der Poel was caught within the crash however he’s about to get again into the peloton once more. They nonetheless have a superb hole to shut.
Bike change
Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Uno-X Mobility paved the way with Ineos Grenadiers and Groupama-FDJ United all up there.
Crash!
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Crew Emirates-XRG)Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike)Binian Girmay (NSN)Soren Kragh (Lidl-Trek)Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike)
>>> Tadej Pogačar, Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert caught in crash in finale of Milan-San Remo
6km to the Cipressa.
Ineos Grenadiers, Pinarello-Q36.5, Decathlon-CMA CGM, Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, UAE Crew Emirates-XRG all unfold throughout the highway.
Faure-Prost is attempting to get again to the leaders of Maestri, Belletta and Milesi.
Ineos Grenadiers, UAE Crew Emirates-XRG and Ineos Grenadiers main the best way within the peloton. Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek_ being saved as much as the entrance by teammate, Matthias Vacek. Alaphilippe (Tudor) and Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) transferring his approach again up. Likewise Van Aert.
Excessive of the Capo Berta goes the break.
The hole is plummeting and Faure-Prost is dropped by his breakaway companions.
Novak returns to the entrance of the peloton.
Ineos Grenadiers and UAE Crew Emirates-XRG main the best way with Ben Turner and Florian Vermeerch.
The peloton begins the Capo Berta as nicely.
Maestri is pushing onerous on the entrance of the break.
The breakaway falling aside as per traditional. Marcellusi, Tarozzi and Moro all dropped.
Virtually six hours of racing with the common pace over 45kph!
40km to go
Uno-X Mobility additionally transfer to the entrance with Lidl-Trek and XDS-Astana.
Over the Capo Cervo go the break.
Ineos Grenadiers have good numbers, which is sort of one thing contemplating three of their staff went down earlier. They lead alongside Pinarello-Q36.5, Soudal-QuickStep, Lotto-Intermarche and UAE Crew Emirates-XRG.
Reminder of the break:
Onto the second Capi, Capo Cervo. 2.1km lengthy with a median gradient of two.5% with a max kick of 6%.
UAE Crew Emirates-XRG win the battle for management with Felix Großschartner main the best way.
50km to go
PInarello-Q36.5, Groupama-FDJ United, Soudal-QuickStep and UAE staff Emirates-XRG main the peloton with the hole dropping underneath 4 minutes because the break go over the Capo Mele.
Onto the Capo Mele! 1.8km lengthy with a median gradient of three.5% but it surely does kick up a bit.
Break right down to seven with Peron additionally dropped.
Soudal-QuickStep transfer up for the primary time shortly. They’ve Paul Magnier with an enormous alternative to turn into the primary French winner since Julian Alaphilippe driving for a similar staff in 2019. Alaphilippe driving right this moment however for Tudor.
Simply 3km to the Capo Mele!
Ben Turner went down for Ineos Grenadiers, not Josh Tarling.
60km to go
Lozano has been caught by the peloton.
Marcel Camprubi (Pinarello-Q36.5) additionally went down with a tangle of wheels. Pidcock and Ganna narrowly lacking the crash that occurred proper by them.
Crash!
Unfold throughout the highway with Pinarello-Q36.5, UAE Crew Emirates-XRG, Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Lotto-Intermarche, Bahrain Victorious and Tudor all in color order.
A number of groups beginning to transfer up. Tudor, Lotto-Intermarche, Bahrain Victorious and extra all difficult to manage and preserve their males nicely positioned.
70km to go
Hole down to 6 minutes with 20km to go to the primary of the Tre Capi, the Capo Mele.
Lozano dropped from the breakaway.
80km to go
Domen Novak comes as much as the entrance. Dillier is finished, he rode for 199km on his personal. The tempo modifications dramatically.
Virtually seven minutes between the break and the peloton!
Pinarello-Q36.5 crowding Dillier on a feed zone. The Swiss rider is absolutely struggling with the hole nonetheless rising with over six and a half minutes to the breakaway.
Break will get its hole to 6 minutes!
Dillier continues to guide, PInarello-Q36.5 are the staff behind him adopted by Unibet-Rose-Rockets. Not one of the massive identify favorite groups are close to the entrance. In reality, Del Toro is true in the back of the bunch. No stress in any respect.
100km to go
Dillier appears to be like in plenty of ache as he grits his enamel.
The breakaway now have 5 minutes on the peloton! Dillier actually wants some assist. That stated, there’s nonetheless over 100km to go so there’s now stress but.
120km to go
Pinarello-Q36.5 return to the entrance and sit behind Dillier within the peloton with Pidcock positioned amongst them.
The peloton have actually come off the fuel now. Dillier is driving once more and driving onerous however the break are actually pushing on as nicely with over 4 minutes between them now.
130km to go
The peloton is at present completely tiny because of the quantity of riders stopping for a wee.
The peloton taking one other alternative for a mass nature break with 133km to go. Again on the entrance of the peloton, it’s Dillier. The hole heading again out to virtually three minutes to the break as nicely.
The descending is down and Alpecin-Premier Tech instantly return to the entrance of the bunch.
The peloton generally sees splits and crashes on this descent, however right this moment appears to be like lots calmer, fortunately for the riders.
140km to go
Dillier is now proper in the back of the peloton and the time hole has dropped by a minute to 2 minutes as much as the break. Dillier will doubtless reappear on the entrance as soon as on the coastal highway however, for now, it’s Dutch nationwide champion, Danny van Poppel (Pink BUll-Bora-Hansgrohe), who leads the best way.
Peloton now additionally excessive of the Turchino. It’s a plunge right down to the Med now earlier than they deal with the attractive coast highway. A highway that has already been ridden by the ladies’s race who began earlier right this moment in Genoa. They’re now 30km from the end and nearing the Cipressa climb. Comply with the motion in our different reside web page…
The break go excessive, by the tunnel and down what’s a really steep and moderately twisty descent to the Mediterranean sea.
150km to go
Groups stepping into color order once more. Ineos Grenadiers, UAE Crew Emirates-XRG, Alpecin-Premier Tech and Bahrain Victorious all on the entrance. Michal Kwiatskowski (Ineos Grenadiers) simply went slightly bit agricultural having to go on the grass verge briefly.
Davide Ballerini (XDS-Astana) having to unclip and get going once more after the again of the peloton was squeezed by a good bridge highway.
Alpecin-Premier Tech transfer as much as lastly be part of Dillier on the entrance once more. This sees Bahrain Victorious and co transfer again slightly bit because the staff that has received the final three additions of this race.
160km to go
Bahrain Victorious transfer to the entrance alongside Lotto-Intermarche and the Dillier led a part of the bunch. Issues are altering.
They’re on the Passo del Turchino, formally it’s 5.6km however actually it’s far lower than that.
Biniam Girmay (NSN) and Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) in the back of the bunch having a chat.
A number of groups jostling for place within the peloton behind the little prepare led by Dillier with a number of UAE Crew Emirates-XRG riders behind him.
170km to go
UAE Crew Emirates-XRG have moved up en masse with Pogačar surrounded by his teammated together with Tirreno-Adriatico winner, Isaac Del Toro. Van der Poel additionally strikes up together with Van Aert. Will Pogačar do the unthickable and replica the nice Fausto Coppi and assault on the Passo del Turchino?
Dillier nonetheless doing his factor on the entrance of the peloton.
Two minutes and 40 seconds break up the peloton and the break.
180km to go
Van der Poel driving again into the peloton with teammate, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) in addition to Lukáš Kubiš (Unibet-Rose-Rockets). The latter within the full white shorts and Slovakian champs jersey.
Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) simply coming again into the peloton. He was a final minute substitute for Matthew Brennan who was dominated out on account of sickness. Campenaerts was referred to as up yesterday and he acquired on a aircraft and flew over to Milan.
The race goes by three areas in Italy right this moment. They’re Liguria, Lombardy and Piedmont.
200km to go
The primary change on the entrance of the peloton in a while sees Dilier and his Alpecin-Premier Tech staff joined by a rider from Pinarello-Q36.5 driving for Tom Pidcock. The Yorkshireman comes into right this moment off the again of a really spectacular victory at Milan-Turin (Milano-Torino) the place he soloed away from the likes of Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) and Primož Roglič (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) on the Superga climb to the end. How will he do right this moment with the speedy descent off the Poggio suiting him completely?
Pogačar simply returning to the bunch after a nature break and a cease on the automobile, he’s now being escorted again in the direction of the entrance of the peloton.
The riders now have 60km to go till the highest of the Passo del Turchino.
210km to go
Peron utilizing his EpiPen within the breakaway. He rides for Novo Nordisk. The entire level of the staff is that they alter the notion of individuals dwelling with diabetes. Each rider on the staff lives with sort one diabetes. The staff was based by Phil Sutherland and Joe Eldridge in 2005, they each have diabetes as nicely.
The break are driving onerous however, so are the peloton.
220km to go
Attention-grabbing that Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) is in fourth wheel within the peloton as they trip again throughout to Dillier.
Dillier has been let go off the entrance but once more, this time being let go together with a Lidl-Trek rider. He’s getting very irritated with the remainder of the bunch. It causes one other break up within the bunch and is being stitched again collectively once more.
Virtually an hour and a half of racing carried out with the common pace at 46.4kph. They’re nonetheless actually hammering alongside.
230km to go
Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Jan Christen (UAE Crew Emirates-XRG) each crashed onerous on a bridge not so way back, utterly missed by the cameras with each of them having to desert the race.
The breakaway had break up up as nicely with some riders taking an opportunity to have a nature break with Marcellusi and Maestri being the 2 riders persevering with as a duo.
They arrive again collectively once more however it is extremely strung out with riders actually within the gutter. The tempo is excessive and the wind appears to be there as nicely.
There’s a number of splits within the peloton right here with a gaggle of about 20 riders having about 50 metres hole on the remainder of the peloton.
The remainder of the peloton spoiling Dillier’s pacing once more as he’s driving off the entrance of the peloton as soon as extra with Novak. These two are wanting to maintain the tempo excessive however Soudal-QuickStep, Ineos Grenadiers and EF Training-EasyPost aren’t as eager.
The hole is coming down some extra with it now at three minutes and 18 seconds.
250km to go
There are some massive identify riders who had been meant to be racing right this moment however have been caught out by sickness and household points in each the lads’s and girls’s races. Within the males’s facet, two standout names are Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike). Nonetheless, there’s somebody who has are available in for Milan for his first race look in over 40 days, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), how will he be performing right this moment?
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260km to go
Marcellusi is having a chat with the medical automobile for a second. He has gone again to the break now. However, one thing to control.
That is what the peloton appears to be like like in the mean time. Dillier doing what he usually does.
40 minutes raced and so they have coated over 30km already.
Polti-Go to Malta are carrying the retro Nineties type Polti equipment right this moment…
270km to go
The typical pace up to now is 51.4kph! Completely unimaginable speeds early on.
The tempo within the peloton is definitely fairly excessive because the hole went out to about 4 minutes and 20 seconds with Dillier bringing it down to simply round 4 minutes once more and it’s coming down.
Virtually all the lineup of Alpecin-Premier Tech hit the entrance of the peloton together with Van der Poel, who’s in fourth wheel, very fascinating to see the defending champion so near the entrance.
Dillier and co are caught with the previous Swiss nationwide champion goes to the entrance with Novak with Ineos Grenadiers, Lidl-Trek and Soudal-QuickStep all up in the direction of the entrance.
Annoyingly for Dillier, the peloton weren’t able to observe his pacing early on and he has gone clear with two different riders, Johan Jacobs (Groupama-FDJ United) and Axel Laurance (Ineos Grenadiers). All braking and searching round questioning the place everybody else is.
The peloton take management with the hole at over two minutes, in fact, it’s Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Premier Tech) who involves the entrance of the bunch. He settles in for his yearly monster trip on the entrance of the peloton.
And that’s the peloton nicely and actually set as a number of riders take their pure breaks.
The break of the day:
The breakaway appears to have fashioned with the peloton letting it go. A couple of extra riders tried to trip away however acquired a powerful telling off by Domen Novak (UAE Crew Emirates-XRG) and returned to the peloton.
The break go the mistaken approach on the roundabout! The primary little bit of highway curiosity and it goes mistaken. The lead vehicles and police bikes led the best way with the riders following. A brand new breakaway is forming after that weird second.
About 10 riders away with about three Bardiani CSF-7 Saber, a number of from Novo Nordisk and Polti-VisitMalta in addition to Matthew Dinham (Picnic-PostNL).
298km to go
Impartial begin
The groups have all signed on for the race and are set for the impartial begin. However, how about this bonkers particular equipment from Polti-Go to Malta.
Its fascinating that Ineos Grenadiers assume that Josh Tarling may very well be concerned for the win right this moment, however they do have Filippo Ganna…
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The rival staff DSs have theories on what the brand new techniques might be for UAE Crew Emirates-XRG…
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Van der Poel agrees with Eddy Merckx with saying Pogačar ought to simply go on the Poggio, however is that this simply thoughts video games?
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It’s the traditional route for the riders with the Passo del Turchino coming at roughly the midway level. The riders then have an extended trip to the Tre Capi, the Capo Mele, Capo Cervo and the Capo Berta. After that, it is not removed from La Cipressa, the place Pogačar launched his assault final yr, and eventually, the usually decidinig Poggio di Sanremo with a terrifying plunge down into San Remo and a end on the By way of Roma.
However let’s get targeted on right this moment… Tadej Pogačar (UAE Crew Emirates-XRG) as soon as once more involves try to take this lacking piece in his palmares. Nonetheless, he nonetheless has the defending champion, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) to content material with over this 298km route.
In fact, Milan-San Remo has the historic Monument tag, shared with simply 4 different races. Two in Belgium, two in Italy and one in France. They’re, in fact, Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Il Lombardia.
At present is a day that’s steeped in historical past and legend. The longest one-day race in skilled biking at virtually 300km, it’s the slowest of gradual burns. The riders must handle their vitamin, consuming, positioning, techniques and far more in addition to on this unimaginable chess recreation of a motorbike race.
Buongiorno and welcome to Cyclingnews’ reside updates of the lads’s 117th Milan-San Remo.
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