Also this year no rainbow jersey will win the Milan-Sanremo ; it seems strange, but it hasn't happened since 1983, the year in which Giuseppe Saronni reached the finish line alone with 44 ”over Guido Bontempi and Jan Raas . A small record that will remain intact 39 years later, because the current world champion, Julian Alaphilippe will not start.

The “Classicissima” loses the musketeer due to bronchitis and all those who had bet on him at the Fantacycling are forced to run for cover. His condition deteriorated yesterday morning. He hadn't missed any of the previous five editions and the race is one of his favorites: first in 2019, third in 2017 and 2020. This year he wouldn't be the number one favorite, but still one of the eligible candidates. Alexandre Roos on L'Equipe says that this setback should not change the rest of Alaphilippe's season: Tour of the Basque Country from 4 April, Freccia Vallone and Liège . But change the plans of Quick-Step , which was left without a captain. The Belgians then recalled Fabio Jakobsen , the Dutch sprinter who had already achieved six wins at the start of the season. It will be his first Sanremo, however. Patrick Lefévère , his great boss, expressed doubts last week, in his column for the Flemish newspaper Het Nieuwsblad , about the advisability of fielding a pure sprinter. Roos explains that the reasoning is correct: “both the Jumbo for Van Aert and the UAE for Pogacar will blow up the race before reaching via Roma”. The signing de l'Equipe then focuses on Florian Sénéchal , who could prove to be the surprise. Yesterday he went to try the Poggio, and he could be the surprise card of the Wolfpack .

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