Blythe ‘shocked’ by manner of Van der Poel’s Milano-San Remo win

Eurosport specialist Adam Blythe states he was “surprised” by Mathieu van der Poel’s (Alpecin-Deceuninck) attack that saw him win Milano-San Remo for the very first time. Van der Poel belonged to a high quality quartet that included himself, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers). It was Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates who did the majority of the damage to the remainder of the peloton, prior to Van der Poel chose a huge attack of his own right before the crest of the Poggio climb and hung on to win by 15 seconds from Ganna and Van Aert. Milano – Sanremo ‘You need to follow every attack’– Pogacar on Poggio strategies ahead of Milano-San Remo YESTERDAY AT 22:29 “I do not believe we anticipated him to go,” stated Blythe on The Breakaway. “Ultimately, you would back him in a sprint because scenario. “Pogacar has actually simply gone on the attack and you might see just how much Wout was suffering. It was simply at a point at a modification of cam angles and we didn’t see the real attack. “We were all a bit shocked and resembled, ‘he’s gone, he’s gone, he’s gone’. In that circumstance you can see the space increasing. Even at the top of the climb we were believing they would get him back. “It surprised me to see how his type remained in Tirreno-Adriatico to what it was here since that was another prepare. I was rather surprised with it.” ‘I can not envision a much better situation than this one’– Van der Poel responds to Milano-San Remo win Van der Poel won his 5th cyclo-cross world title previously this year however had not revealed much on the roadway prior to Milano-San Remo. At Tirreno-Adriatico, he mostly played the group function and was dropped early on the hillier phases. Milano-San Remo as it occurred: Van der Poel wins very first monolith of the year’ Wanted to race no matter what’– Kopecky wins Nokere Koerse 4 days after sibling’s deathIt was a contrast to 2021 when the Dutchman had an awesome fight with Van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe at Tirreno-Adriatico, which Dan Lloyd referenced when talking about Van der Poel’s preparation for the very first Monument of the year. “What we do not understand is just how much he was conserving at Tirreno,” stated Lloyd. “Him, Wout van Aert and Alaphilippe put a lot into Tirreno a number of years earlier, it was great to enjoy however they did spend for it a bit down the line at the Monuments. “I simply question if he intentionally throttled back. He’s not a client man so I would be amazed if he had the ability to keep back if he believed there was a win there.” – – – Stream the 2023 biking season live and on-demand on discovery+, the eurosport app and eurosport.com. Strade Bianche Strade Bianche: How to see in 2023 28/02/ 2023 AT 20:27 Cycling Record-smashing Remco which handshake– 24 minutes that formed the season 25/12/2022 AT 18:00