So I see this race panennale as a punchy sprinter is gonna win it. Someone who can win from a group so you gotta be it's the Milan San Remo type rider that's gonna win this. If you you need to be able to get over the poshia and the chapressa and Milan Sanremo to win Milan Sanremo. I see this as the same. It's going to be that fast finishing punchy climber. It's not the course for the big Nands, Peters, Rulare, type thing. This race is nearly as the start list is packed, but we do have some big, big names not to. And the team in Eos have decided that guys start the Juro d'Italia, they're not allowing them out of the bubble to compete in it. So, Garant Thomas, Felipe Bogana are newly crowned World Time Trial Champion, Ron Dennis, who must have been disappointed with his time trial ride. They're not allowed outside the Ineos bubble, so they're not going to compete, they're going to continue to get ready for the Jiro, starting next week. We obviously have Remko Evanpaul, who milled himself out of it, I think he's recovering from a broken pelvis after his crash last month. We've Peter Sagand, who's decided to rest up before the start of the Jiro, I already said Mads Pedersen to defend the champion and for me this is one that was, didn't make a lot of sense. Sawncorn Anderson, our two time stage winner in the Tour de France apparently did want to ride but he wasn't selected by Denmark. Strange, strange. So let's have a look at the race favourites and there are a lot of names we'll know from the Tour de France. We have Julian the housewife favourite, Alaphaleep. One of my favourite moments of the tour was when Alaphaleep got dropped out of the brake. I didn't go to stage 1011 and he was looking at his bike, he'd be banging the chain and then he came out the next day and said, I love this honesty, I absolutely love it because we've all had this moment. He said, no, it wasn't a mechanical at all, the legs were just gone. And I love that because so many guys would have hidden and lied about the mechanical and that just goes to measure of how secure the man is in his own skin at the moment. But we've, Julian Alifley for France, you gotta think he's gonna be dared here about, He's a fast uphill, he's a fast finisher, he can descend well, it seems nailed on for a rider like him. We have Michael Bling Mathews and he's backed up by a pretty stellar team, Richie Porsche coming fresh off of podium, Luke Dorbridge, Clark, strong, strong support and cast for Bling Mathews. We've fugel sang for Denmark and our very own podcast guest, Irishman, honorary Irishman, Chris Hill Jenson backing him up. If the Columbians have a stacked lineup but they just never seem to be able to get it right. It's like the OE cliches were African teams in the soccer world cup, they just can't get it together and the Columbians are a bit like that. They have all the talents they've low-peas leading the team with Cantana and Martin is a completely stacked lineup but they won't get it together. We've Michael Woods who as fuck all of a team with him, he's got a couple of guys but they're not at the level to really support him for Canada. seen him two years ago in Inn's Brook, putting it up to Valverde, almost winning the world, cramping. We heard him on the road, man podcast, saying he taught you won the World Championships that day. He just cramped at the last minute. I'm tipping my goals for a podium. And then we've got, you know, this, the gruesome to some, the Paul Jean Rodshaw, Paul Gacha and Roglich. Now, Pogacha's already said it'd be a dream if Roglich won the race. I don't think it's, I don't think, I don't see him as a fast enough finisher. I don't see him as fresh enough after the Tour de France. Remember, he completely imploded on La Plata Belfis and has he recovered from that? That was basically the last day of the Tour de France, Bardis, Patrick Stéperade and de Paris. So yeah, I just don't see him recovered. Pogacha, has he been partying? What's he been up to? Has he been sleeping? He's a 22 year old and he just won the Tour de France and celebrated his birthday in between. I don't know if he's going to be there either. Yanny Brackovich is on the team again, another roadman podcast guest supporting the guys and we've looked on Meskets, who two top trees in the Tour de France, which epic.
Both days actually, it's Sarn Corn Anderson actually won, which is interesting, but he's there as well. So Slovenia for a small nation have a stacked roster. The Italians, as we said, they can never get it together. These lads couldn't cooperate to run a pizza takeaway place. We've neebly, we've betty old, Flanders winner from last year, but they'll fall apart. They just can't seem to agree who's the leader. They can't seem to agree on strategies. The passion that's so brilliant and romance and why we love the Italians, they just don't seem to be able to harness it in any sort of creative way. For me it's a miracle to Chippeline, he was that 1998 to the Wonder Worlds that he even got it together once to produce a winner, for me as a miracle. Maybe more America, Mario, Chippeline is talent than Italy's organizational skills. Would you bet against Alejandro Vaverde? You might say yes you would bet against him because he's 40 years old. But honestly where we sang this two years ago, a 38 year old I now chance in Innsbruck and he went in one end. He's over 100 career wins, now I would say he didn't like to play some for in the tour. But again, it's Valverde, you bet against some Atcher Peril. Then we have the out-now pre-race favourites, the best boygrutter in the world at the moment, Woked VanArts. He's Tees Benoit, Craig Van Avermert, a bunch of other hitters to support him there. But it's a battle of Eagles. The Belgics have got together more recently than the Italians in Volcanburg in 2012. We've seen the extraordinary Philip Juber pulling off the big win that day. already all going to roll in behind Wilt, I don't know. He seems a difficult difficult man to beat when you can go uphill, you can go downhill, you can ride on the flat and go solo and you're the fastest finisher around. Seems difficult to beat but I'm gonna go and I'm gonna say he will be beaten by Airman, friend of the show, Michael Bling Matus. He's my tip for the world championships. I think Bling, he showed Grey Form last week in Terraino. He He has that freshness from that coming out of Tour de France, he's the chip on his shoulder, it's fucking a dangerous thing for arrivals to have someone with his talent who's been on the podium in the Worlds before, let's not forget, with a chip on his shoulder. I think he has something to prove after being left out of Tour de France and he's my tip. I'm even going to call a podium for you. I'm going to go Bling Matches, Wout Van Art, Alejandro Vavard. No, Bling Matches, Wout Van Art, Mike Woods. the podium for you. Doesn't get much better than that. This podcast will go down in history if I've accurately predicted that podium. Get on to, I don't even know where you put your bets on. Get that podium nailed in. Get bling mattutes nailed on for the win. I'm really excited for it. If you can't tell it in my voice, I am massively excited for it. It's even my own birthday weekend and what better way than to stuff my face, full of cake and watch the world championships. Roadman, I'm super excited about this and that's why I brought you broke tradition and brought you a weekend podcast. I'll be back on Monday to unpack this world championships and gloat at the accuracy of my predictions. Until then, Roadman, right safe out there. Hey everybody, it's Anthony again. Really quick, I want to invite you to join arguably the best thing I've ever put out inside the Roadman community. It's a challenge. It's a challenge called a 14-day kickstart challenge. So regardless of where your fitness is at right now, this is going to be the catalyst for making you faster and making you leaner. I've created this challenge to take the guesswork out of everything. It's 14 days, training plans, regardless of what your level is. There's masters, beginner, advanced, there's meal plans, shopping list and even a video course holding your hand and talking you through at all. So what I recommend you do right now is just stop everything, press pause on this audio and go to roadmancycling.com forward slash 14 day or check out the link in the bio that roadmancycling.com slash 14 day