Milano-Sanremo 2024 Race Report: Jasper Philipsen out-sprinted the group of favourites to take the win after a detailed battle on the Poggio and down into the streets of Sanremo. Tadej Pogačar and final yr’s winner, Mathieu van der Poel cancelled one another out, however Alpecin-Deceuninck nonetheless took the win. Michael Matthews was second and Pogačar third.
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Jasper Philipsen gained the 2024 Milan-Sanremo. The Belgian gained the dash from the group of favourites after he was led-out by teammate and World champion, Mathieu van der Poel. Michael Matthews was a detailed second, Tadej Pogačar third. This was the quickest Milano-Sanremo in historical past.
Jasper Philipsen offers Alpecin-Deceuninck its second Milano-Sanremo in a row
Il Percorso
Final yr, for the primary time, Milano-Sanremo didn’t begin in Milan, however in Abbiategrasso. This yr there’s a new place to begin, Pavia, which is situated a bit additional south, 36 kilometres from Milan. In 2023 the riders handed via Pavia after 30 kilometres. The race is just not 30 kilometres shorter, there may be solely a distinction of 6 kilometres; 288, in comparison with final yr’s 294 kilometres. The remainder of the route is way the identical. The stretch between Pavia and the Passo del Turchino is barely longer than prior to now, however in any other case it’s ‘enterprise as traditional’. The riders will cross the Passo del Turchino in the direction of Genoa Voltri and from there they journey westwards alongside the coast. By way of Varazze, Savona and Albenga they attain the Tre Capi: the Capo Mele, the Capo Cervo and the Capo Berta.
2024 Milano-Sanremo map
From the highest of that final climb, 38.9 kilometres from the end, it will likely be ‘full velocity forward’ to the final two climbs of the day: the Cipressa, which has been a part of the route since 1982, and the Poggio di Sanremo, first utilized in 1961. The Cipressa is simply over 5.6 kilometres with a gradient of 4.1%. There are alternatives right here for an assault, the summit is greater than 20 kilometres from the end. That is additionally the place the pure sprinters are left behind. The technical descent from the Cipressa leads again to the SS 1 Aurelia nationwide street. The climb of the Poggio di Sanremo begins 9 kilometres from the end.
2024 Milano-Sanremo profile
The Poggio is 3.7 kilometres lengthy and has a mean gradient of three.7%. Simply earlier than the highest the ramp will increase to eight%. The street is slim, with 4 hairpin bends within the first 2 kilometres. The descent (as everybody is aware of) has many slim and treacherous bends. The final a part of the descent enters town of Sanremo. The final 2 kilometres are on lengthy, straight roads. At 850 metres from the end there’s a left flip at a roundabout. The final bend to the ending straight on By way of Roma is 750 meters from the end.
Prime favorite in the beginning – Mathieu van der Poel with pantaloni bianchi
The opposite prime favorite in Pavia – Tadej Pogačar: Will he assault on the Cipressa?
We didn’t have to attend lengthy for the ‘break of the day’ to type: Sergio Samitier (Movistar), Romain Combaud (dsm-firmenich PostNL), Davide Baldaccini, Valerio Conti & Kyrylo Tsarenko (Corratec-Vini Fantini), Davide Bais, Mirco Maestri & Andrea Pietrobon (Polti Kometa) and Alessandro Tonelli & Samuele Zoccorato (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè).
288 kilometres to go
Not Milan, however Pavia remains to be a pleasant place to start out a motorcycle race
The ten man escape weren’t given a lot of a bonus. Alpecin-Deceuninck and Lidl-Trek, with particularly Silvan Dillier and Jacopo Mosca, took the entrance of the peloton. They stored the main group inside three minutes all day. The 2 tams had been working for final yr’s winner Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen.
The break of the day
Not an excessive amount of occurred on the Passo del Turchino, the primary climb of the day, however the race favourites; Van der Poel and Pogačar stored an eye fixed on the motion. They had been nicely positioned on the entrance, particularly for the descent. All of the favourites then disappeared from the entrance once more and the group work-horses took over. Would there be assaults on the Tre Capi?
The peloton let the break go early, however didn’t need to give them an excessive amount of time
The break had a protracted street in entrance of them
On Tre Capi; the Capo Mele, the Capo Cervo and the Capo Berta, it was UAE Crew Emirates on the head of the peloton for the primary time. Chief Tadej Pogačar had given directions to begin to make the race onerous on these climbs. The main group misplaced a few of its benefit, however they had been capable of maintain out for fairly some time longer.
Van der Poel was again to his group automobile greater than as soon as within the first 60 kilometres
Simply earlier than the Capo Berta, there was the primary crash. Tim van Dijke and Cedric Beullens with some others, all hit the deck. The sturdy tempo of UAE Crew Emirates males additionally began to trigger riders to lose maintain in the back of the peloton. Surprisingly, European champion Christophe Laporte was amongst them. Far more was anticipated from the co-leader of Visma | Lease a Bike.
The Passo del Turchino and the Mediterranean awaits
The tempo was now at ‘prime velocity’ to the foot of the Cipressa. Many groups got here ahead which brought on nervousness within the peloton. The UAE Crew Emirates riders misplaced their place on the entrance for some time within the run-up to the Cipressa, however after only some hundred metres on the climb, they had been again on the entrance and once more there was an acceleration.
Finally: The peloton reaches the Mediterranean
It was Isaac del Toro who set the tempo, however he seemed to have completed an excessive amount of and needed to drop again. The younger Mexican couldn’t keep his excessive tempo and it was left to Tim Wellens to take over. Pogačar had used up most of his ‘lead-out’ males by that time. Wellens put the stress on within the remaining kilometre of the climb. This thinned out the peloton to about 30 riders on the prime.
Pogačar holding again for the massive assault?
Solely 100 kilometres to go
Two of the remaining escapees crashed on the descent because the peloton caught them. This left Bais out entrance of the race. It took a while for the chase to get organised within the peloton. There was additionally a chasing group behind that got here along with the favourites. There was now fairly a big group heading the Poggio.
Julian Alaphilippe will likely be hoping for some good luck for a change
The peloton wasn’t letting the break get too distant
It was the Tudor group for Matteo Trentin, who had been the primary to hit the Poggio. INEOS Grenadiers took over a little bit later, however we needed to watch for actual acceleration. It was Wellens once more, he got here via 2 kilometres from the highest and initiated an assault by Pogačar. The Slovenian jumped 900 metres from the summit. Van der Poel noticed it coming and was on the Slovenian’s wheel. As had been Alberto Bettiol and Filippo Ganna.
80 kilometres to go and the break had lower than 3 minutes
UAE Crew Emirates moved ahead for the Cipressa
The Pogačar group didn’t proceed the transfer and loads riders managed to affix them. Pogačar took benefit of the second and jumped away once more. Van der Poel needed to shut a spot, however was capable of shut the hole on the descent. A bunch of about 10 different favourites had been additionally not far again and so they additionally rejoined on the descent.
The UAE plan for the Cipressa didn’t come to something
INEOS had been working onerous for Ganna and Pidcock
Simply earlier than the top of the descent it was the dare-devil, Matej Mohorič who shot away from the group and instantly took an enormous lead. It was an excessive amount of for the previous winner and he was caught with 1 kilometre to go. There was then makes an attempt from Matteo Sobrero and Tom Pidcock, the INEOS man seemed to have the race, however they couldn’t keep away. It was Van der Poel who was pulling the group collectively for Philipsen was nonetheless within the group.
Pogačar couldn’t get the hole he needed
Mohorič’s late assault seemed promising for some time
Van der Poel ensured that the Belgian was within the good place to dash for the win. Michael Matthews seemed like he may take the massive win that he has been attempting for all his profession, however Philipsen got here previous on his inside subsequent to the limitations to win Milano-San Remo. Matthews needed to make do with second, Pogačar sprinted to 3rd place forward of Mads Pedersen who had been piloted nicely by Jasper Stuyven. Bettiol completed fifth and a contented Van der Poel completed in tenth place.
It was shut
Jasper Philipsen – Did I win?
2024 Milano-Sanremo winner, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): “It’s an unimaginable feeling to win Milano-Sanremo. It makes me actually proud and blissful, particularly after the lead out I obtained from Mathieu van der Poel. It was a quick race all day however I used to be feeling excellent on a regular basis. I believed in myself however all the pieces needed to go to perfection. I managed to come back again. I wasn’t used to dash after 300km and I may really feel the distinction. I didn’t anticipate Michael Matthews to be that good however I’m glad I managed to beat him.”
2024 Milano-Sanremo podium
Milano-Sanremo Outcome:
1. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck in 6:14:44
2. Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco AlUla
3. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Crew Emirates
4. Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
5. Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Training-EasyPost
6. Matej Mohorič (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
7. Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Dstny
8. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Lidl-Trek
9. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Soudal Fast-Step
10. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck.
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