Tadej Pogacar to lead strong UAE Team Emirates at Milano-San Remo: 'I know the roads pretty well'

14.03.2023 - 15:31 eurosport.com

Tadej Pogacar will lead UAE Team Emirates at the highly-anticipated Milano-San Remo the team has announced. Fresh off his dominant Paris-Nice victory, Pogacar will be back in action and among the riders to tackle the longest one-day race on the World Tour.

Ad Taking place on March 18, Alessandro Covi, Davide Formolo, Felix Grosschartner, Domen Novak, Matteo Trentin and Diego Ulissi will also compete for UAE Team Emirates.

Milano — SanremoHow to watch Milano-San Remo, route details and contenders4 HOURS AGO At a gruelling 294km, a number of riders will fancy their chances, not least Pogacar himself. «Milano-San Remo is a beautiful race,” he said. “I know the roads pretty well.

I don’t live too far away and sometimes in training I can go to the Poggio and ride it. “I’ve pictured many scenarios in my head of how the race can go.

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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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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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