{"id":1833015,"date":"2026-03-18T09:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1833015"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:20:53","slug":"pidcock-crushes-elite-climbers-at-milan-torino-with-mega-watt-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1833015","title":{"rendered":"Pidcock Crushes Elite Climbers at Milan-Torino with Mega-Watt Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tom Pidcock looks pretty ready for Milan-San Remo.<\/p>\n

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In fact, that might be an understatement given his mega-watt winning attack Wednesday at Milan-Torino.<\/p>\n

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

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

Not bad for Pidcock on a day of iffy legs.<\/p>\n

\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

\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

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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

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PIDCOCK RIDES AWAY \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n

Tom Pidcock plays the final climb of Milano\u2013Torino perfectly to win! pic.twitter.com\/QIOIiF67qw<\/p>\n

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Pidcock\u2019s upstart Pinarello-Q36.5 squad delivered a standout performance Wednesday as it builds toward an ambitious season centered on the Tour de France.<\/p>\n

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

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

Ouch.<\/p>\n

\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

\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

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Copy-of-Passport.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated March 18, 2026 10:02AM Tom Pidcock looks pretty ready for Milan-San Remo. In fact, that might be an understatement given his mega-watt winning attack Wednesday at Milan-Torino. The Brit launched away from a bunch of elite climbers on the Superga summit finish with 600 meters of steeps still to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-1833015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1833015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1833015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1833015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1833015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}