Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) is the bookmakers’ favourite to win Milan-San Remo, and those in the know - the directeur sportifs who will be in the team cars on Saturday - agree that this year’s La Classicissima is Sagan’s to lose.
Cyclingnews spoke to six of the leading directeur sport ifs, and three predicted that Sagan would win. The other three picked their own team leader or another rider, but all struggled to see how Sagan can be beaten.
Sagan will have Patxi Vila in the Bora-Hansgrohe team car on Saturday, with the former Spanish rider also one of the German team’s coaches. He is confident that Sagan can live up to all the hype and expectation, but he's concerned about the strength of rivals' teams.
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"If all the big names are together in a select group without any teammates, then I think Peter is the favourite," Vila told Cyclingnews.
"Our problem is if some teams make it a really hard race and then have several riders in the finale and over the Poggio; then they could try to work against us. Of course we’re ready for that, but it’s always harder to win when you’re out numbered."
Vila also warned of the big-name riders focusing on each other and someone escaping from their grasp in the finale.
"Kwiatkowski is a real danger if the sprinters let him go clear. He showed that at Strade Bianche," Vila suggested, picking the Pole as an outsider.
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