Alberto Contador backs ‘big favourite’ Tadej Pogacar for Milano-San Remo 2023 glory - 'he has all the chances'

16.03.2023 - 11:31 eurosport.com

Tadej Pogacar is the favourite to win Milano-San Remo, seven-time Grand Tour winner Alberto Contador has told Eurosport in an exclusive interview.

Two-time Tour de France winner Pogacar will lead a strong UAE Team Emirates roster at the 114th running of Milano-San Remo on Saturday.

Ad It will be Pogacar’s third outing at the first Monument of the year, having finished fifth in 2022 and 13th in 2021, and Contador – winner of the event in 2012 – is backing the 22-year-old to further burnish his palmares.

Milano — Sanremo'I know the roads pretty well' — Pogacar to tackle Milano-San RemoYESTERDAY AT 11:31 “I think he has all the chances,” Contador exclusively told Eurosport. “For me, Pogacar is a big favourite to win Milano-San Remo. “We know he is a rider that can launch an attack on a climb that isn’t that hard and still open up a gap. “Even if he takes another rider with him or a small group, he is a rider that one-on-one can beat almost any rider.

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All-time cycling great Eddy Merckx believes Tadej Pogacar «can win everything» after winning a maiden Tour of Flanders title. The two-time Tour de France champion produced a stunning solo attack on the penultimate climb to pass lone leader Mads Pedersen and said afterwards he «could retire after today and be proud of my career». Ad Pogacar now only needs Milano-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix to complete the Monument sweep; a feat only pulled off by Merckx, Rik Van Looy and Roger De Vlaeminck.

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'I could retire today and be proud' - Tadej Pogacar after brilliant Tour of Flanders win

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) basked in a day he will “never forget” after winning a maiden Tour of Flanders title on Sunday with a scintillating solo attack. The two-time Tour de France champion, who somehow contrived to finish fourth in a two-horse race in 2022, made his decisive attack on the penultimate climb – the Oude Kwaremont – distancing Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Deceuninck) and quickly reeling in, and then passing, lone leader Mads Pedersen (Trek–Segafredo). Ad He crested the final climb – the Paterberg – with a 14-second lead over Van der Poel, leaving a 12km time trial into the finish in Oudenaard.

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Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) wrote the next captivating chapter in his illustrious career with a remarkable solo victory in the fastest Tour of Flanders ever raced. After a series of early skirmishes, the Slovenian put in his decisive attack on the second dual ascent of the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg to drop rival Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and deny the Dutchman a third win in four years.