Sanremo 6th Placed Dion Smith Gets PEZ’d!

Rider Interview: Sixth place in last Saturday’s Monument – Milano-Sanremo, a surprise result for Dion Smith? No, not if you look at the New Zealander’s build up over the years. Ed Hood caught up with Dion the day after Sanremo to hear all about it.The Mitchelton-Scott Milano-Sanremo line-upExpect a very different Milan San Remo this weekend, said the English, Cycling Weekly magazine in their race preview. They got that wrong; it was all about the Poggio as we predicted and as it has been for the last couple of decades. A surprise winner? No chance.Two of the best riders in the world off the front and battling for their name on that historic roll of honour with Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) adding another beautiful Italian race to his palmars after last weeks Strade Bianche victory.He was the first Belgian winner since Fons De Wolf in 1981 Andrei Tchmil in 99? were talking REAL Belgians here, please. Last years winner, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck – Quick-Step and France) made it a full house of podium places after taking third in 2017, first last year and now second.Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb and Australia) took third behind the two desperados despite blood pouring from a hand which was scraped hard against one of the high retaining walls on the Poggio. Fourth spot went to omnipresent Peter Sagan (BORA-hansgrohe and Slovakia) with Giacomo Nizzolo (NTT Pro Cycling and Italy) commanding our respect hes no lightweight but survived the warp speeds of the Poggio to be...