Another thrilling Milan-San Remo finale demands we look back over it. This is not an attempt to be Captain Hindsight, it’s a chance to look back at the tactics of the day, if they were successful and why teams chose to take this approach.
Most people expected UAE Emirates to smash the Cipressa, just like they did last year, where they reduced the bunch to just 30 riders, but that didn’t happen this year. They did pace the climb, and sacrificed Felix Großschartner, but the pace wasn’t super high. The thinking behind this was to save more men for the Poggio, it was going to be an all or nothing move on the final climb.
