Milan San Remo 2024: Top 5 Favourites – Mathieu van der Poel vs Tadej Pogačar On the Poggio?

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Hello everyone and welcome to another video here on the cycling day exra Channel and spring has arrived and that means that the cycling season has truly awoken in terms of European racing with Milan Sano being the first Monument of the season with its elongated length which really allows to deliver a show

After a long wait of watching the race with so many different narratives as well going into the 2024 Edition certainly this Edition will maintain the Intrigue of the race in today’s video we’re going to look at five of the favorites for this year’s race but first

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Why not try the app like myself download it to give it a try first on our list is the 2022 Champion mate morich who has been in good form in 2024 despite not having a great weekend at the Belgian Cobble Classics in the start of the year

He got a superb win after aggressive riding on the stage two of the tour of valenciana and in stab Yani the world gravel Champion managed to get inside the top 10 on a very challenging course and the longest course in the race as well it’s no secret that he’s targeting

Par Bay but this race certainly is on his radar and with the attributes that he brings and the experience he has from The Amazing podo descent he did if the big superstars look at each other a bit too long we could see mate escaping up the road and winning his second edition

Edition coming in at number four and this is the obligatory Danish pick and this time it is mes pilson who has been absolutely in Supreme form in 2024 having dominated in both ET de and torela Province winning both the GCS and further to this he was in the mix in

Paris n really showing himself in the Sprint but ultimately coming out empty-handed the Dane will hope that he can carry that form into his first Monument of the season and he seeks to Wi win his first monument in his career something that he wants to emulate like

Wal cson the Danish icon and mass pison is no stranger to the podium when it comes to these Monument races Mass Pon might not have finished on the podium here in Milan Sano but he certainly has a good record as the only two races he has finished in the race he’s finished

Sixth place in both times so this is certainly a race that suits toan his team is interesting because they also have the likes of yasper Sten Jonathan Milan and Andrea boli who finished on the podium in E lombardia so certainly a very strong team and they could be

Looking to win the race once again the win however could be a difficult one as despite the race being known as the sprinters Monument it has been a while since the race has finished in a big sprint so his positioning on the podo is going to be vital and he will have to

Stay on the right wheel and not get distance on the climb or on The Descent but M pson certainly has all the cap abilities and the form to get ahead coming into number three and here I’m going to say visma Lisa bike I know it’s

Not a rider but it’s a bit uncertain who their leader is this Malisa bike are bringing both Christal laort and Ola KY who both are in very strong form chrisop laort was very strong in the opening Belgian weekend looked like he wasn’t pedaling too hard and his teammate won

Both the races whereas ol of Ky have been running absolute rampant in Paris n and absolutely dominated the couple of Sprints that he did win so they really do have two weapons but two different scenarios christop Lort probably could hang with the punches and then we have

Ola Co who can sit back in that second group and then they have the insurance policy but who’s going to win this who’s going to be the leader out of that I don’t know but it has been a while since they won this race with wal vanard and

Of course in their different iteration they also won it with Oscar ferer several times before before we go into the top two just some honorable mentions and we have to give a mention to Bam gay who has been showing good form in trano atrio however he did abandon on the

Final stage however he is a sprinter that is able to hang on in the harder finishes and with the right combination he could be in the mix for a top position as well as this Jasper philipson who looked very strong as well in terano atrio could be up there acting

As an insurance policy for alasen the Kik and we can’t not mention last year’s second place finisher phip bana who hasn’t been looking as strong as he was last year but who’s to say that he can’t replicate the impressive climb that he did on the podo last year and

Potentially he could be a player we also have Team Jacob Ulus Caleb Yuan who has finished on the podium twice here and they come with a team that includes marus Schmidt Luke PL and Michael Matthew so jaula certainly will try and get another Victory as well coming into

Number two and this is last year’s fourth place finisher Tad Pacha who has begun the year very strongly actually how he finished it by winning an Italian one day race in the form of stab Yanke where he showed his form with that Sensational 81 km attack from the

Finishing Line and now T Pacha is on the verge of completing a hattrick of Italian one- Day races in the form of lombardia straia against Milan Sano something that has never been done before and Eddie MKS of course couldn’t have done this because strata didn’t

Even exist when he was racing if he were to win he would also be the first Rider since W art in 2020 to win La Prima and Sanka in the same year but in terms of how taracha wins the race that is the big elephant in the room last year he

Was very aggressive on the pad and wasn’t able to get away he has that powerful kick however there are other riders that are able to match him as this clim isn’t the hardest and as shown last year his rivals if they are in attendance with the correct form really

Are able to outdo his power and therefore his chances are limited he’ll have to hope that they are on a bad day and that his team makes the race hard enough to somewhat soften their power and perhaps pushing a hard Pace from the suppressor could be the way to do it he

Has a very strong team with the likes of Alexandro kovi Mark hii vasar gangan Brendon mnti Doman Novak and Diego elisi so the tempo can definitely be put on there Diego Lisi if he’s on the right form could blast up the podu with maresi and then tacha could ride off into the

Sunset but all eyes will be on TI of gacha after that Sensational ride in Tuscany can he win his fourth out of the five big monuments only time will tell coming to number one and this is a bit of a bogey position in terms of our list

But it is the defending Champion Macho vable who won with an explosive attack on the podo last year which which incidentally was also the fastest time on the climb recorded so far this year will be his first race of the season on the road after another Sensational cycle

Cross season where he capped It Off by winning the World Championships once again this time in tabour without any hassle it is certainly a ballsy move to begin your season with Milan San rmo without any road race preparation but he has been training all winter in Spain

With regular cycle cross races so the question of his form should not be there in my opinion he did the same in 2022 where he was able to finish third in the race so possibly despite no one else having done this in the past I don’t see

Why Macha VPO can’t do the same thing as tider did in Stan by winning his first race of the season if Mach vapore is the same form as last year there’s certainly no one who can beat the double world champion and it has been a while since

We’ve seen the world champion win Milan s remel so this would be incredible on top of this as mentioned alerson have a great team which includes yasper philipson and he can certainly be a great plan B that’s basically it for this video make sure to hit the like

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