The sprinters traditionally dominate Milan-San Remo but Fabian Cancellara is again determined to have his say, despite turning 34 on Wednesday.
Cancellara has been targeting the spring Classics since 2004 but it would be wrong to think he is past his best. Indeed he had his best winter in many years and is confident he will have yet another strong spring Classics campaign, starting on Sunday.
The Swiss rider has already won a tough stage of the Tour of Oman – beating many of his Classics rivals, including Peter Sagan, in a sprint. On Tuesday he won the final time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico. When he sat down with the media to talk Milan-San Remo, he seemed more relaxed, more confident and more convinced of his form than he has for awhile.
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“I’m relaxed, why should I stress? I’ve done what I needed to do before the season,” he says, revealing there are several reasons.
“Of course I need to suffer and if I’m not ready for that, then I won’t go anywhere. But I think I’ve got a different freshness this year. This is the second year of the team and so things are working easier. Bauke [Mollema] came in too. Last year I crashed and was sick after Christmas, I was two weeks behind schedule and it’s not easy to recover that time. I didn’t want that and was motivated this winter. Fortunately I was ahead this year and so when I got sick after Oman, I could stay at home and relax.”
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