Julian Alaphilippe was the great favorite of the Sanremo and the French, punctual as ever with the victory in his amazing start to the season, ha hit the mark at the finish line in via Roma by force burning a posse of ten men comprising the best of the startlist of the edition n.110 of the Classicissima of spring. Alaphilippe he built his triumph with a first attack on the Poggio, climbed, with the help of Stybar e Gilbert, at a record speed less than just that created by Laurent Jalabert in the victorious Sanremo of 1995. Unlike how much did Nibali last year, the action of French did not produce the desired void because History e Kwitkowski they were good at mending the hole by dragging four other riders with them, including Alejandro Valverde. Once reached, Alaphilippe he had even finished behind the outriders in the descent that brought the race back to the Aurelia as if he was resigned to the failure of his attack on the Poggio. Trentin was two kilometers from the finish to attempt the sortie at the head of the race where meantime a small group of a dozen runners had formed in which they were rego out and come back too Vincenzo Nibali and Tom From the mill. Running out of inspiration Trentino, it seemed that History took the reins of final of the race but the Slovakian champion had an indecision in the rush decisive on the finish straight which was fatal to him. He stays in the center of the road instead of turning to the left where an impregnable road emerges Alaphilippe is releases everythinghis explosive watt rregulating the Belgian nose and the Polish Kwiatkowski. History, Which is it was due settle for fourth place, was once again the great loser of Sanremo, a classic-monument that so far has reserved him only placings and many disappointments. But as a great gentleman what is the former three-time world champion was among the first to congratulate Alaphilippe.
Fifth behind History the Slovenian finished Mohoric, sixth the Belgian Van Aert, seventh the world champion Valverde, eighth NibaliAustralian Clark, ninth, tenth Trentino followed by Tom From the mill e Matthews. Elia Viviani, which was with History e Alaphilippe in the trio of the great favorites of the the day before, he gave up on the first ramps of the Poggio arriving 65th at 1'27" but right in time to celebrate with the comrades of the Deucenink Quick Step the triumph of Alaphilippe. An order arrival full of champions that gives even more prestige to the formidable victory dthe French which the Equipe celebrated as “imperial". Alaphilippe it is the seventh success in this beginning of the season, which comes a few days after thati in the Strade Bianche on the dirt roads of the Chianti and in two stages of the Tirreno Adriatica. For the French - that with Thibaut Pinot had also won the Giro di Lombardia, the last classic monument of 2018 - it is the 14th success in the Spring Classic which saw a transalpino, Little Breton a impose itself in first edition in 1907. Before yesterday, the last success transalpine date 2016 with Arnaud Demare. L onlyaburning Fignon, among the French, succeeded to do an encore by winning the 1988 and 1989 editions in succession. Curiously in the golden register of Sanremo there is not the name of Bernard Hinault, who in compensation gave the French their last victory in the Tour back in 1985. A fast too long forExagon that l 'Alaphilippe these days it makes it a little less bitter rekindling hopes of the next "revanche" also in the Grande Loop.
