{"id":545772,"date":"2026-03-19T01:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545772\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:51:09","slug":"pidcock-crushes-elite-climbers-at-milan-torino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545772\/","title":{"rendered":"Pidcock Crushes Elite Climbers at Milan-Torino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pidcock hits form right on time for Milan-San Remo, denies Johannessen and Rogli\u010d with muscling uphill kick.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Pidcock won Milan-Torino\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Copy-of-Passport.jpg\" data-loaded=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Copy-of-Passport.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\"> (Photo: Marco BERTORELLO \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Updated March 18, 2026 10:02AM<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/tom-pidcock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tom Pidcock<\/a> looks pretty ready for <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/milan-san-remo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Milan-San Remo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, that might be an understatement given his mega-watt winning attack Wednesday at Milan-Torino.<\/p>\n<p>The Brit launched away from a bunch of elite climbers on the Superga summit finish with 600 meters of steeps still to go, and he didn\u2019t need to look back.<\/p>\n<p>Tobias Halland Johannessen and Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d led the chase but were nowhere near closing the gap. They finished 4 and 5 seconds back, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Not bad for Pidcock on a day of iffy legs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a weird day. It felt almost like the first race of the season. I felt the accelerations in the legs all day,\u201d he said at the finish. \u201cI hesitated to attack but eventually I did and the timing was right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA win is a win. No win is easy to come by so it\u2019s nice to get this one,\u201d Pidcock said.<\/p>\n<p>Former Milan-Torino champion Mark Cavendish was (randomly) on-hand to award Pidcock the winner\u2019s flowers for his second victory of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pidcock\u2019s upstart Pinarello-Q36.5 squad delivered a standout performance Wednesday as it builds toward an <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/project-pidcock-enters-year-2-with-the-tour-de-france-and-pogacar-dead-ahead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ambitious season centered on the Tour de France.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second-tier team was active in keeping its 26-year-old leader in position through the final 40km and its frantic double ascent of the Superga.<\/p>\n<p>Now they\u2019ve got to do it all over again at Milan-San Remo, but against Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Poga\u010dar.<\/p>\n<p>Ouch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMilan-San Remo is very different, it\u2019s very explosive,\u201d Pidcock said at the finish Wednesday. \u201cThis shows I\u2019m in good shape, but that doesn\u2019t mean everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso last year I was in really good shape [for San Remo], but then I was in the worst position on the Cipressa,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll do our best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Milan-Torino results:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pidcock hits form right on time for Milan-San Remo, denies Johannessen and Rogli\u010d with muscling uphill kick. 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