As the peloton entered Cipressa the UAE Team Emirates block detonated the race, with
Jan Polanc and
Davide Formolo shedding the peloton down to less than 25 riders, who would end up fighting for the race win. Formolo, and later
Diego Ulissi did a great chunk of pacing to setup the Slovenian's attack on the Poggio, however his aggressive stance didn't prove to be successful as there was always someone able to follow and the gradients weren't high enough to split the group.
Pogacar was the only rider capable of following the attack of Soren Kragh Andersen in the final ramps of the Poggio and entered the descent well positioned, however Matej Mohoric came around and made his move on the descent: "In fact, when he overtook me downhill, I saw that he was already taking big risks, drifting and even coming off the road, so I didn’t dare follow him."
"What we have done today as a team is an excellent sign for the next races and for the Milan-Sanremo editions that we will race in the next few years. It was a very fun Classic," Pogacar added.
"Now three days of rest await me, then I’ll start preparing my next appointments," he concluded. Pogacar has had a wildly successful start to the season, and his next races will be Dwars door Vlaanderen and Tour des Flandres where he will be testing himself in the cobbled roads of Belgium.
