PERFECT RIDE IN A CLASSIC RACE 2026 Milano Torino Men s Highlights TNT Sports Cycling

The oldest race on the cycling calendar. 1876 to 2026, the 150th birthday of Milano Torino. But it was the 106th edition of Milan-Turin that's had pauses here and there. And this race now, a spring one, with Tom Pidcock, Primož Roglič, a former winner, and the rest turning up to race. Beginning in Lombardy, just outside of Milan, in Braux, and heading all the way to Turin. The finish in the last couple of years has returned to Superga. Back to being a climber's race again, after a few years as a sprinter's classic. This is a classic finish, and on its 150th birthday, a very special day. A sunny start then in Lombardy, heading to Piemonte, and 144 riders on the start list. The first hours ridden at lightning pace, as most races invariably are now. It took almost an hour for six riders to get up the road. They were Milesi, Ferrand, Comrade, Biogoro, Pietro Bonomare. The maximum gap they'd get would be about a minute and 50 seconds. But it was all about pacing to getting into Superga, and the first of the two climbs on the 176 kilometer race. Red Bull Bora-Hans group, alongside UAE Team Emirates and Pinarello Q36.5, were the teams that did most of the work. But it was a real fight for position that gobbled up the last few seconds of the breakaway's advantage. Milesi the first to lose contact, the third division rider from BS Carrera going at the bottom of the first ascent XTS Astana would take it up, looking to help out Fortunato Andulisi, before Red Bull Bora-Hans grew with the team to really lift the pace. Andrea Pietro Bon would be the last survivor of the breakaway. And it was towards the end of the first ascent of Superga that he'd be reeled in. Just after the maximum 14 percent gradients, we had the first big attacks as well. 20 kilometers remain when Primoz Roglic, winner in 2021, decided to go on the march. He was one of a number of options for Red Bull Bora-Hans group, who also came to this race with Giulio Pellizzari. Pellizzari would follow on a little behind. Other names reacting including Alex Sepera of EF Education Easypost, Tom Pidcock and Kian Oertebroecks, racing again for Movistar, his new team. Those four came together before being joined by another smaller group over the top, and 12 riders were suddenly at the front of the race. Jan Christen leading UAE's charge, and three riders for Red Bull meant tactical flexibility. They played a card with young Adrien Boischy, allowed to go away on the descent. The former mountain biker would take over 20 seconds of a gap, but a bigger group would come back, led by Uno-X, particularly Jonas Abramson and Maunus Kort, just before the next descent of Superga. This would be the final run to the line, just under five kilometers at over nine percent. Movistar were looking good and Natnael Tesfatsion led them. They were accompanied by Jefferson Sepera and Kian Oertebroecks. Oertebroecks has never won a one-day race, and he was in feisty mood, attacking on three occasions all the way up, each time shaking the group out that little bit more. Oertebroecks going again with one and a half kilometers to go. Pellidari distance here, although he'd been dropped and come back on a couple of occasions. Alex Sepera had his opportunity for EF Education Easy Post again, and Primoz Roglic was part of a group of five-star riders, taking it into the final kilometer in a bit. Roglic would go again. Oertebroecks for the umpteenth time. The battle though was resolved with around 600 meters to go. Tom Pidcock making his debut at the race, attacking, surveying a gap and extending it to the line. Tobias Harlan-Johannesson was doing his best to follow. Roglic wasn't too far behind either, but with this view suddenly on our screens, Tom Pidcock was confirmed the winner. 150 years of history, and on the race's birthday, it took just one attempt for Tom Pidcock to come and win it. His first one-day win since he won the Amstel Gold Race a few years ago. Victorious ahead of Johannesson, who moved up from third last year to second this time, and the evergreen Roglic, always there are thereabouts. His teammate Pellidari was fourth, and Keone Oertebroecks an exciting fifth for Movistar, who are just getting to know him. A handshake between two stars of the game, and Tom Pidcock with victory for Pinarello Q36.5. He's the first British winner since Mark Cavendish. Pidcock, Johannesson, Roglic, Pellidari, Oertebroecks, John by Sepeda, Berwick, Fortunato and Fancello. Cavendish was on the podium to present the prizes. And a stellar day for Pidcock, who builds up to Milano-San Remo, a race you can watch live and on demand on TNT Sports and Discovery+.