Milan-San Remo 2024 predictions and cycling betting tips: Mathieu van der Poel chasing La Primavera double
Free cycling tips, best bets and analysis for the 115th edition of Milan-San Remo
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Mathieu van der Poel
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Milan-San Remo predictions
Tadej Pogacar doesn't tend to adhere to scripts.
The youngest winner of the Tour de France, the first winner of the yellow jersey to triumph at the Tour of Flanders, the list goes on.
Pogacar's latest reinvention of the cycling rulebook was a remarkable 81 kilometre solo success at Strade Bianche earlier this month, when he claimed victory by the largest ever margin at that race.
So even being a Grand Tour rider by definition, it would be no surprise if he broke new ground on Sunday and won the 115th edition of Milan-San Remo, often called the sprinter's classic.
The longest race on the calendar, La Primavera tends to be decided in the closing stages and on the race's two main ascents, the Cipressa and Poggio.
Towards the top of the Poggio was the point where Mathieu van der Poel made a decisive move last year, leaving behind the rest of the peloton including Pogacar, and the Dutch world champion could employ similar tactics again.
Van der Poel hasn't raced on the road this year but he dominated the cyclo-cross scene over the winter, winning 13 of his 14 races culminating in a sixth world championship success in that discipline.
Also road world champion from Glasgow last year, Van der Poel has finished fifth, third and first on his last three attempts at this race and his podium finish in 2022 also came on his first raceday on the road of that year.
If the form is there, the Dutchman could take some stopping again.
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