Ganna digs deep at Milano-Sanremo

Filippo Ganna battled hard at Milano-Sanremo, finishing in the chasing peloton following a thrilling edition of the Monument.

The INEOS Grenadiers riders went all in, hitting the front and supporting Ganna onto the race’s penultimate climb, the Cipressa. The winning move went clear towards the top, with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates – XRG) bouncing back from a crash to edge out Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Cycling) in a two-up sprint.

The team rebounded well from a crash with 65 kilometres to go on the approach the Tre Capi sequence of climbs. Ben Turner and Connor Swift were able to quickly remount and return to the front, while Michal Kwiatkowski was taken to hospital for checks.

Regrouping on the approach to the Cipressa, Jack Haig, Axel Laurance, Swift and Ben Turner helped string out the bunch and position Ganna well, before Ganna was led onto the climb by Josh Tarling.

Pogacar himself had gone down in a crash with a number of contenders, with the peloton splitting briefly prior to the Cipressa.

Pogacar and Pidcock were able to distance Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-PremierTech) on the Poggio, before battling it out at the finish in Sanremo.