The potential sprint field for Milan-San Remo took a dent on Wednesday as Lidl-Trek confirmed that Jonathan Milan will miss Saturday’s race due to illness.
Milan raced Tirreno-Adriatico last week, missing out on the 221km sprint stage but coming good on the final day to win stage 7. However, after returning home, illness disrupted his preparation for the next big race.
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The chances of a sprinter taking the spoils on Via Roma seem increasingly low, however, with all pre-race talk focusing on the much-hyped rivalry between defending champion Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and world champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who has long been searching for a way to win this race.
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