S14 Ep12: Cliffhanger

The Cycling Podcast returns for another round-up of a packed and intriguing last week in professional cycling, with Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico completing their respective journeys and Milan-Sanremo on the horizon. 

Daniel Friebe, Lionel Birnie and Rob Hatch look first at Paris-Nice, where Jonas Vingegaard served up a timely reminder of his credentials ahead of his Giro-Tour double bid. We discuss Redbull–BORA–hansgrohe’s tactics on the decisive stage to Uchon, a thrilling team time trial and Lenny Martínez’s tactical masterclass on the final stage. The focus then switches to Tirreno, where good friends Isaac del Toro and Giulio Pellizzari turned rivals, with the Mexican ultimately prevailing. 

In the final part of the episode, we look ahead to the great cliffhanger of the spring season, Milano-Sanremo, and particularly Tadej Pogačar’s latest bid to win there. There’s a trip to Coorevits Corner, former winner Pippo Pozzato’s advice for Pogačar, and another interview with the Slovenian’s own dedicated Sanremo coach, former rider and local boy Niccolò Bonifazio.  

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