"The sprint was good, but unfortunately, it was for 4th not 1st" - Michael Matthews comes close again at Milano-Sanremo but misses podium in 2025
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Michael Matthews continues to find himself there or thereabouts at Milano-Sanremo. Sadly for the Australian however, victory has once again proven out of reach with Matthews having to settle for 4th behind the runaway trio of Mathieu van der Poel, Filippo Ganna and Tadej Pogacar.
As was widely predicted pre-race, the main instigator of the fighting was Matthews' good friend Pogacar. "Yeah I think we expected what he did today," assesses the Aussie in a post-race interview afterwards. "But yeah, knowing it and following him are two different things!"
"You could see from the bottom when UAE made it hard that they were always going to do a move like this. They didn't have the resources to go to the very top, so they needed to make it hard from the bottom of the Cipressa and that's what they did," continues Matthews, who now has five top-4 finishes at Milano-Sanremo to his name. "My legs were just quite lactated all day. I think I'm really struggling in the cold at the moment unfortunately. I think the sprint was good, but unfortunately, it was for 4th not 1st."
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- Roubaix, sure. Flanders, I don't see itvappaxbipmv25-03-2025
- I hope so, come on Wout! back to your best days!
maria2024202425-03-2025 - Hahaha! The only thing WVA can take on is a mean mug for being a sore loser. Not a chance for him. Pogi is a real top class rider. He lost and got third, yet his good humor and respect for MVDP is a sign of a humble champion. WVA is a great rider but has no class.Onepiece25-03-2025
- Door 1: get past this mentally and race again Door 2: retirementb3tlla25-03-2025
- a concussion is a serious deal and I wish him well, but really he seems so fragile mentally and physically for a great champion. he won the tour 2 x which is insane, but he faced no adversity. he is crumbling with some tough times.mij25-03-2025
- Wow ! Why was he allowed to finish that stage? Where was the concussion protocol?frieders325-03-2025
- You know, all his critics would be the first to complain about the Tour if he retired.Mistermaumau24-03-2025
- Fine by me, was just trying to understand why you felt Tadej’s and MVDP’s 2 per year was more interesting than 3 and 1 or with the others thrown in the mix. Up to now results of the two eras are not very different but it may have been more interesting to compare the number of races where both actually CONFRONTED each other. I’m pretty sure TP and MVDP don’t have a hope in hell of offering nearly as much rivalry, many years the other 2 did 2 or 3 monuments together, in 1975 they even both did all 5! And that’s without counting classics. Compared to that it sure looks as if today’s riders try to avoid the others. You’re right to spend your time otherwise if you prefer I enjoy learning stuff from people with their personal view, whether I agree or not, debate is a great tool for that but obviously no longer fashionable in the age of Twitter where stating is more important than reasoning. Enjoy the racing/your rides, whatever.Mistermaumau24-03-2025
- Thanks, I will go look for itJumpyjohn24-03-2025