Race analysis, favourites, and predictions for Milano - Sanremo 2023

As every year, Milano-Sanremo is the first of the five cycling monuments to be held. Also known as La Primavera (The Spring) because of its location on the calendar, Milano-Sanremo is the longest race of the season, with a total distance of almost 300 kilometres. Although it is normally a quiet race until the final part, the last 15 minutes always guarantee strong emotions and a first class show, since everything is decided in the ascent and the descent of the Poggio di San Remo (3.6 km at 3.7%) and the last 2 flat kilometers that head to the finish line in Sanremo.

The route

The Milano-Sanremo route has remained faithful to tradition, and in recent years it has hardly changed. Although a distance of almost 300 kilometers means that the event is necessarily for resistant riders, it is common for a large peloton to reach the first slopes of the first of the two final short climbs, the Cipressa (5.6 km at 4.1%). Already in the Cipressa the pace accelerates and the peloton loses units, but it is in the Poggio di San Remo (3.6 km at 3.7%), which is crowned with 5 km to go, where the big stars fight for the champions’ glory.

Favorites

The winner of the last edition of the race, Matej Mohorič (800) will try to defend the title won last year thanks to his incredible downhill skills. Wout Van Aert (1200), Tadej Pogacar (1200), Mads Pedersen (1000), Julian Alaphilippe (1000), Mathieu Van Der Poel (1200), Magnus Cort Nielsen (800), Christophe Laporte (800), Thomas Pidcock (600), Biniam Girmay (600), Jasper Stuyven (600), Søren Kragh Andersen (400) and Arnaud De Lie (200) complete a spectacular list of favorites.

Photo: Milano-Sanremo