On Wednesday, Tom Pidcock took a strong win at Milano–Torino, showing his form is there with a great solo win just three days before Milan–San Remo.
In a race shaped by control and smart tactics, the Brit from the Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team handled both climbs of Superga like a boss. The multi-disciplined star stayed patient early, covered the key moves. Then he made it count on the final ascent—attacking with around 600 m to go, dropping Tobias Halland Johannessen and Primož Roglič.
This is his second win of the 2026 season. He won Stage 5 of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol, finishing third overall.
“I’m very happy. I felt a little bit strange today…it almost felt like my first race of the year again,” he said. “But yeah, I’m super happy.”
On his initial ascent up the Superga, he played it cool.
“The first climb was a long way to go, I didn’t really want to go in…but with 300–500 meters to the top I knew I had to close it myself.”
From there, the race tilted his way.
The final acceleration was sharp and decisive—a good sign of form heading into the first Monument of the season.
However, with La Primavera on the horizon, Pidcock is keeping expectations in check: “Milan–San Remo is very different, being in good shape doesn’t mean everything. It’s one of my favourite races but if you make one mistake, it costs you everything.”
In 2025, he said then he turned into the Cipressa in a bad position and everything was different.
Piddy also hinted that everyone knows where Tadej Pogačar will launch. I mean, the fact that his team has even said so hardly keeps it a secret either. The Poggio is too short and too easy for him to get a gap. So the worst-kept secret in the pro peloton is that the world champion is going to try and launch on the Cipressa.
The Cipressa is 5.6 km long with an average gradient of 4.1 per cent. The Poggio is 3.7 km long with an average gradient of 4.0 per cent. You’ve probably seen riders having to slow down in the switchbacks on the latter. Pogi himself has in the past told media exactly when he will attack–and given that there really aren’t too many places to do so–unlss you pull a Matej Mohoric or Sean Kelly and make a move on the descent–the Cipressa seems like the best option. But everyone will be prepared for that, it seems.
“The race is very explosive and I like that. It’s really one of my favourite races. And yes, we already know what will happen on the Cipressa,” he said to Cycling Pro Net.
Coverage of the men’s race is on FloBikes.com at 4 friggin’ 50 a.m. EDT. The women’s race feed begins at 7:30 a.m. EDT. Remember, the dude’s MSR is 300 km long and not a lot happens until the last quarter. But hey, it makes for nice background noise if you’re riding the trainer.
The startlists are still being finalized. So far, two Canadians are listed in the women’s race: Visma-Lease a Bike’s Sarah Van Dam, and Movistar’s Olivia Baril.
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