Filippo Pozzato unhappy with Milan-San Remo route change

Filippo Pozzato celebrates second place in Roma Maxima

The Milan-San Remo race organiser introduces the Pompeiana climb this year between the Cipressa and Poggio to make a much harder race. The decision rules out many sprinters, including Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step). Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida), the 2006 winner, said that the organiser went too far by adding Pompeiana.

"I liked the race how it was," Pozzato told Cycling Weekly. "You can't change every race to create something hard. It's only right that the sprinters have their races as well.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.