Monumental Saturday is coming, Team Polti Kometa ‘with reins loosened’ towards San Remo

The Milan-San Remo really needs no introduction. The first monument of the year, almost three hundred kilometers long, and a sequence that cycling enthusiasts know by heart: Turchino halfway through, then the three capes (Mele, Cervo, Berta) and finally Cipressa and Poggio.

This year, the only variation is the initial segment, with the start from Pavia and 40 km between the Ticino and Po rivers before joining the usual road at Casteggio. Team Polti Kometa will show up at the Classicissima with the same Milano-Torino riders: Lonardi, Maestri, Gomez, Sevilla, Pietrobon, the Bais brothers.

Photogallery from January training camp by Maurizio Borserini

Returning to the team car after the Tirreno-Adriatico is Stefano Zanatta, who analyzes the prestigious appointment: “It’s the most important one-day race of the first part of the season, and we face it with the right fighting spirit and the perfect lineup for this prestigious showcase. It’s a pity we couldn’t recover Restrepo from the flu that hit him at the end of the Tirreno, but we’ll be at the start with several good attackers and a sprinter who is increasingly resilient…”

In its two participations so far, the Italian squad has honored this race by getting into the breakaway and bringing all its men to the Via Roma finish line. Among those who will try to make a breakthrough on Saturday is a 27-year-old from Trentino who stayed in the peloton in the 2023 edition but is one of Polti Kometa escape artists: “The Milano-Torino loosened up our legs and the day after tomorrow we’ll try our best, including Lonardi for the finale,” guarantees Mattia Bais, who for the first time in San Remo will have with him his brother Davide. “Last year he had to skip because he was sick, finally this year we manage to both be there!”