Milano-Sanremo: From the Outset

Milano-Sanremo is the longest of all of the Spring Classics, in fact of all of the one day races on the pro calender.  This group of eight had gotten away at the very start of the race.  As they made this turn, Samuele Rivi (EOLO-Kometa), Filippo Tagliani (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli), Artyom Zakharov (Astana Qazaqstan), and Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) had been off the front of the peloton for 189 kilometers.  With another 104 to go they had a sizeable gap of seven minutes on those behind.  With so much yet to go it did seem unlikely that they would be able to stay away, but it was well worth the effort to give it a try.

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Strade Bianche: Making Their Own Luck

Cycling is full of tradition (and superstitions) one of which is that the guy who has bib number 13 will flip one upside down inorder to ward off the bad luck.  It is one of those small rule infractions that is never enforced.  But this foursome that included Lilian Calmejane (Ag2r-Citroen) - number 13 - Marco Brenner (DSM), Taco Van Der Hoorn (Intermache Wanty Gobert Materiaux) and Samuele Zoccarato (Bardiani-CSF Faizane) was making their own luck off the front of the peloton.  With 62 kilometers to race, the group had a nice two minute gap on those behind, but lets face it, this one wasn't going to stick. 

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Milano-Sanremo 2021, You Gotta' Eat

 With 190 kilometers covered, a distance longer than most every Grand Tour stage, it was important for everyone to keep eating just to be able to make it to Sanremo.  Let alone to be able to race to the finish. So it was that Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiaini-CSF-Falzane) dropped back to his team car to grab another bite to eat.  He and his break away companions still had another 109 kilometers so he (and they) had to eat.  The octet had almost five minutes on the peloton behind, yet it would not be enough time to ensure a win on the Via Roma.

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Milano-Sanremo, You Go Get Them

Marco Frapporti (Vini-Zabu-KTM) looked across to Manuele Boaro (Astana) as if to say, "You go chase them down."  The duo of Matha Bais (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermac) and Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) had ridden off the front of the trio, the third rider being Damiano Cimi (Gazprom-RusVelo).  The five were the remaining guys off the front of the peloton, who had been out there for 250 kilometers.  Surely, this will be the longest breakaway of the 2020 Pro Cycling Season.  The quintet did join back together in their efforts to keep the peloton at bay.

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