#milan-san-remo

#milan-san-remo

After last year, losing by a tyre width or something, it gave me extra motivation to put a bit more time into the recon. I made sure I know every piece of the road.

The men’s race will start in Pavia, just south of Milan, at 10:15 local time and end in San Remo at about 5:00 pm local time.

Philipsen, had no time to react when he fell, coming down hard on to his right side. His kit was ripped in a number of places and there were wounds visible on his knee thigh, arm and hand.

San Remo is the most technical of the Monuments, to win it requires creativity, the ability to seize the moment. You cannot allow yourself to decide in advance where you will attack.

"Of course winning San Remo is a dream, I think for everyone, but especially as an Italian rider. This is the first year again and I know that every year there will be this race, but of course it's a big dream for me [to win this edition]."

Fast forward two more years, and with wins in Gent-Wevelgem, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France already in his palmares, Girmay will be gunning to be in the running on Saturday, team COO Maxime Segers told Nieuwsblad, even despite a previous month out from racing.