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James Shrubsall

Milan-San Remo 2026 start list: All the riders to look out for in the first Monument of the year

Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar riding in Milan-San Remo 2025.

For all the talk around this weekend's meeting between Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel, you'd be forgiven for imagining that there was nobody else lining up to compete on Saturday's Milan-San Remo. Or perhaps that these two heavyweights had butted noses in a boxing-style weigh-in before loosing a volley of intimidating threats.

But it is fans, pundits and – shhh – the media who have done most of the talking, while Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) has left the odd deftly-placed hint and Van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) has remained characteristically tight-lipped.

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