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The episode analyzes the thrilling events of the Milan San Remo race with insights from professional cyclists.

Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP This year’s Milan San Remo might be the craziest race I’ve ever seen. All the tension and build-up, the favourites crashing with just 30km to go, the epic chase back from Pogi, and the fantastic duel for the win on the Via Roma. What. A. Race. Where do we even start to unpack all that?! Fortunately, as always, I’m joined by World Tour Pro, Luke Durbridge, and EF Education EasyPost Sports Director, Tom Southam, to dig into what we’ve just seen at San Remo, look ahead to the rest of the Spring races, and, of course, share a few good laughs along the way. Obviously, this episode kicks off with Southam, Durbo, and me digesting the men’s Milan San Remo that saw a battle-scarred Tadej Pogačar clinch victory in the sprint against Tom Pidcock, with a resurgent Wout Van Aert hanging on for 3rd behind, ahead of a raging Mads Pedersen leading home the bunch. There were so many absolutely crazy moments and amazing rides from heaps of different guys in the bunch - I can’t even begin to wrap it up here; you’ll just have to hear us yarn all about it. This month’s PeloChat is all about bunch positioning. Durbo gives us his insight into how…

People in this episode

Host: Mitch Docker

Guests: Luke Durbridge, Tom Southam

Topics covered

• Milan San Remo
• cycling tactics
• race analysis
• bunch positioning
• Spring races

Keywords

• Milan San Remo
• Tadej Pogačar
• cycling tactics
• race analysis
• bunch positioning

Sponsors

MAAP

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EF Education EasyPost

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