Tom Pidcock could see the finish line of Milan-San Remo and almost smell the podium flowers of victory. He had followed a late move by Matteo Sobrero (Bora-Hansgrohe) and then struck out on his own with just 500 metres to go.
But the Briton wouldn't be joining the storied list of names of the 115th edition of La Primavera: world champion Mathieu van der Poel nullified the Briton's final-kilometre attack with 300 metres to go and then delivered his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Jasper Philipsen to the win.
