Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

MVDP seems intent on upcoming Milan San Remo. He is laser focussed on beating Pog. He's also a brilliant example of using cycling cross to prep for early season. He's looking fantastic.
 
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MVDP gets to do that because he has the green light to do that. Nothing happens without the approval of the DS. If you ignore the DS, you are putting your career in peril.

Milan-Sanremo is a one-day race. MVDP is built for one-day races. He will be leading out Phillipsen at the Grand Tours. However, Phillipsen is scheduled for Milan-Sanremo. Will he have an unconditional green light for that race? Probably not. Conditional, based on the race situation? Most likely.
 
Will it be Ganna v Pog v MVDP again do you think? Who else has a chance this year? And will Pog's strategy be an equally long distance attack? He couldn't shake the other 2 last time and that cost him in the end. He needs to get down the Poggio on his own I think.
 
Rás Cnoic said:
Will it be Ganna v Pog v MVDP again do you think? Who else has a chance this year? And will Pog's strategy be an equally long distance attack? He couldn't shake the other 2 last time and that cost him in the end. He needs to get down the Poggio on his own I think.
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The rosters aren't complete yet, so we'll see. Those three are confirmed. So is Pidcock. I would not count out Milan. He's been climbing well for a sprinter. Wout and Jorgensen have a shot. The question I want answered is what will Del Toro do?
 
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Per GCN, record crowds at Strade Bianche this year — in part due to what they're calling the Pogacar Effect.

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Given that several UK cyclists have been knighted, sainthood for Pogi seems perfectly reasonable. If the Pope's a cycling fan, not so far-fetched.
 
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Per GCN, record crowds at Strade Bianche this year — in part due to what they're calling the Pogacar Effect.

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Given that several UK cyclists have been knighted, sainthood for Pogi seems perfectly reasonable. If the Pope's a cycling fan, not so far-fetched.
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Except the current Pope is a yank so unlikely 😂

Seems a good guy though. No fan of the orange fella.
 
Great win for Pidcock at the Milano Torino, which as the commentator repeatedly tells us, is 150 years old this year, the oldest Classic race. Incredible when you think about it.

So that's Pog, MVDP and Pidcock all with wins under their belts. Milan San Remo looking tasty.

 
While you were watching Milano Torino, I was watching Danilith Nokere Koerse, a flat to rolling romp through the Belgian countryside on pavement, dirt, and a number of cobbled sections. The roads are narrow for most of the race, so there were lots of crashes. A group of four, including Sean Christian from MAP, got up the road and stuck it until 20km to go. 23 year old Alec Segaert countered solo and made it to 150m to go before getting swamped. Earlier in the day, Jasper Phillipsen had crashed, and broke a shoe. He did a rolling shoe change alongside the team car and got back on. In the final, it looked like Jordi Meeus was going to take it, but Phillipsen found (not made) a hole, and won by a length, getting his first win of the season.
 
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