This spring, Matej Mohorič claimed to have “destroyed cycling” after winning Milan-San Remo.
“Everyone will start to use dropper posts,” said the Slovenian after revealing the secret behind his solo escape on the white-knuckle descent of the Poggio.
However, the supposedly game-changing technology doesn’t appear to have caught on in the pro peloton, ot yet at least.
“I didn’t see so much enthusiasm about using it in road races after I used it successfully in San Remo,” Mohorič said while at the Bahrain Victorious training camp in Spain.
“But I still believe it makes a difference. It makes the bike easier to control and lowers the centre of gravity. If there’s a chance, I’ll definitely use it again in some races, but I don’t know what the others will do.”
Part of the problem is the fact that dropper posts, which are common in mountain biking, are so rare on road bikes. In fact, most seat tubes are shaped in a way that wouldn’t even fit the droppers currently on the market. And to comply with UCI regulations, they have to be on the market already.
Despite Bahrain Victorious sponsor FSA making a dropper post of its own, the post in use by Mohorič was a sponsor-incorrect choice of the Fox Transfer SL Performance Elite, made possible due to the traditional round standard seatpost on the Merida Scultura – which itself was a change of bike from his usual Reacto.
“It’s not so easy to implement on a road bike. It needs to be assessed by the UCI, safety tested, approved, so it’s not so easy,” Mohorič explained.
“The one we used was completely standard and that’s one of the rules you need to respect – it needs to be tested and so on. So it’s not going to be easy for all the others to use. I’m not sure if they will push for it or not.”
Still, it’ll be no surprise to see Mohorič lining up for a Milan-San Remo defence with a dropper post installed once again. He may have lost his element of surprise now but still believes he can win the Italian Monument in several ways.
“Milan-San Remo will be a tricky race next year. I doubt the race is going to finish the same way it did last year – surely the others will try to attack before the Poggio and make a difference on the climb, but I’ll still try to do my best, get to the top with as little gap as possible and come back on the descent.
“Even if comes down to the last kilometres, I still think I have a chance to attack and anticipate the sprint, or possibly do the sprint. I’ll decide in the heat of the moment. It’s an…
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