Milano-Sanremo 2025, Pidcock: "Too many second places so far. Tomorrow I hope to do better"

Rome, 21 March 2025 - Among the most suggestive transfer market moves of the last session was the signing by Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team di tom pidcock, coming out (not without a trail of controversy) from Ineos Grenadiers: the beginning of the season, with 4 successes already on the scoresheet, is proving the new partnership right, which at the Milan-Sanremo 2025 could experience a historic afternoon.  

Pidcock's statements

  Not only the victories: the British rider is also burdened by the many second places he has collected so far, with the one in 2025 Roads behind Tadej pogacar, favourite for tomorrow, to weigh perhaps more than the others. "I'm happy with the consistency I've had so far, but in the last few weeks there have been too many second places: let's hope we can change that tomorrow. I can't say what my plan will be for the race, but as always, the closer you get to the race, the more decisions you have to make that can put you out of the game. It will therefore be important to stay in the game until the end, and then try to take the good shot to win". pidcock, after the hard work of the Tirreno-Adriatico, several reconnaissances in the last few days, also with old glories of the bike such as Vincenzo Nibali e Maurizio Fondriest. "I spent a whole week in Sanremo, studying the route and some specific points. However, I came from the efforts of the Strade Bianche and Tirreno-Adriatico and so I took it pretty easy too."

Kooij's statements

  Moving on to Visma-Lease a Bike, hopes are answered in Olav Kooij, which is precisely in the Race of the Two Seas found a good important sharp to relaunch his candidacy for tomorrow, although perhaps not for a hypothetical front row of the starting grid. "I'm satisfied with my start to the season despite the crash at Tour of Oman, which was a bad setback. I recovered well and came in second in the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, in addition to winning a stage at the Tirreno-Adriatico. I hope to repeat myself tomorrow and show myself and, to do that, as a team we have to work at our best to be in the best position for the final". In reality, apart from the Dutch sprinter, the Visma-Lease a Bike has several other options up his sleeve, as explained by the sporting director Maarten Wynants. "If the race were to explode soon, we have runners like Ben Tulett (according to the Milan-Turin 2025, ed.) e Axel Zingle". Without forgetting the various Victor Campenaerts, Dan McLay, Attila Valter e Tosh Van Der Sande, for a roster that will try to make up for the lack of top players like Christophe Laporte and especially Wout van aert.

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