It was, in some respects, another day at the office for Brandon McNulty to support UAE Team Emirates-XRG leader Tadej Pogačar, but it was not so straightforward a task at Milan-San Remo. It was a debut for the US rider at the opening Monument of the season, and a sixth appearance Pogačar. The process, however, was fraught with two significant crashes and team adjustments across the six-and-a-half hours of racing.
The US rider was in the thick of the action across the 298 kilometres, which wasn't decided until the final 200 metres with the World Champion winning a final kick to the line ahead of Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5). Across the opening 55 kilometres from Pavia to San Remo, the peloton looked to be biding their time until the turn south on the Ligurian Coast, but the first disaster struck.
