Bike Shorts: Wiebes and van der Poel rule

Thrills, spills and a point (or two) of contention at Milan-Sanremo.

The first Monument of the season has been run and done.

I do like Milan-Sanremo not least because of how dynamic and open it can be, as we saw again this year in the men’s race with a classics specialist, a time trialist, and a climber battling for line hours in what is traditionally considered a sprinters’ race.

(I’ve corrected how I spell Sanremo from m…