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

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. I won’t say any rider, but almost any rider.

“So for sure, he is one of the riders to follow and to watch in this next edition of Milano-San Remo because, for me, he is in the top two or three favourites to win the race.” How to watch Milano-San Remo, route details and contenders Pidcock to miss Milano-San Remo with concussion after Tirreno-Adriatico crash 'I know the roads pretty well' — Pogacar to tackle Milano-San Remo Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) and Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) are all set to take part in the longest one-day race on the World Tour. The first of cycling’s five Monuments – the others being the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Giro di Lombardia – will see