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James Moultrie

'Next year Cipressa under eight minutes?' - Van der Poel and Pogačar joke with each other after record-breaking Milan-San Remo

SANREMO, ITALY - MARCH 22: Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and Team UAE Team Emirates competes during the 116th Milano-Sanremo 2025 a 289km one day race from Pavia to Sanremo / #UCIWT / on March 22, 2025 in Sanremo, Italy. (Photo by Luca Bettini - Pool/Getty Images).

After breaking through the elusive nine-minute barrier up the Cipressa climb in Milan-San Remo, race winner Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and key animator Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) have quipped about going even faster next season.

For years, the record 9:17 ascent set by Alexandre Gotchenkov and Gabriele Colombo back in 1996 withstood the test of time and continuous assaults in recent seasons by Pogačar and his UAE squad. 

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