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James Moultrie

Tom Pidcock suggests Milan-San Remo victory would have been 'a bit of a fluke' as he makes quick switch to GC mode for Volta a Catalunya

SANREMO, ITALY - MARCH 21: Race winner Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG and the second place winner, Thomas Pidcock of Great Britain and Team Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling react after the 117th Milano-Sanremo 2026, Men's Elite a 298km one day race from Pavia to Sanremo / #UCIWT / on March 21, 2026 in Sanremo, Italy. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

Just two days after narrowly finishing second to Tadej Pogačar at Milan-San Remo, Tom Pidcock has looked to turn away from his understandable initial disappointment, saying how losses like last Saturday's are what make victories all the more sweet when they do come.

The Brit survived all of the World Champion's accelerations on the Cipressa, after Pogačar returned from his crash, and then survived in his wheel where Mathieu van der Poel couldn't up the Poggio, before losing out in the sprint by half a wheel.

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