'Capable of doing crazy stuff!' - Arvid De Kleijn and Tudor Pro pull off shock sprint victory at Milano-Torino

Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro) pulled off a huge shock at the 2023 Milano-Torino in a chaotic bunch sprint. The race, considered the oldest in the world, saw a new winner and the Dutchman from the young team upset some huge names such as Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) and Peter Segan (TotalEnergies). Ad Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) finished second and Casper Van Uden (DSM) completed the podium coming in third.

Milano — Torino'Tudor have taken a big boy's race' — De Kleijn causes huge Milano-Torino upsetAN HOUR AGO The final 5km was messy concoction of riders with a series of roundabouts and turns not allowing any team to immediately fashion an effective move. Eventually DSM and Tudor riders jostled for position as they headed for the line, with Van Uden attempting to launch in the final 200 meters. However, the Tudor lead-out was played to perfection with De Kleijn hitting the front and closing out a narrow gap by the barriers as Gaviria looked to snatch the win late on.

But it was the underdogs who took it and De Kleijn securing just his sixth career win. Pidcock to miss Milano-San Remo with concussion after Tirreno-Adriatico crash Bernal to make European return at Volta a Catalunya, Ineos Grenadiers confirm “I feel great, I feel really great,” he said afterwards. “The team did an amazing job to put me in a good position and when I went through the 300m corner, I knew I was going to win, I felt it.

“Everyone around me says I’m capable of winning so you believe it yourself. You have a good group of guys surrounding you. At the end I felt I can win here.