Philipsen, a flash in San Remo
words: CHRISTIAN GIORDANO © Sky Sport Italy © -- March 16, 2024 The most resistant puncheur in the world, the fastest Milan-San Remo ever -- 46,112 km/h average speed winner, blown away the 1990 Gianni Bugno's 45,806. Jasper Philipsen, won the 115th Classicissima di primavera burning in via Roma, after 288 km starting from Pavia, the Australian Michael Matthews, at his third podium in San Remo (after two third places), and the Slovenian Tadej Pogačar, with the rainbow jersey and reigning winner Mathieu van der Poel the other super favourite, who was however at his seasonal debut on the road. The final up and down the Poggio climb is - since 1960 - the last quarter of an hour of humanity that is worth a whole career. Pogačar attacked twice, at -6.5km and -5.9km, but something in his UAE Emirates' race plan did not work, especially with super domestiques Marc Hirschi and Diego Ulissi. Alpecin-Deceuninck team exploited their own B-plan, which Ineos' Tom Pidcock twice - and B...