Cycling: Yesterday April started with the Tour of Flanders opened. But already in March the cycling fans were offered some interesting races. We look back on an eventful month and present you the three most exciting cycling results in March 2018.
Cycling Highlight March #1: FantasTIESJ Benoot impressively wins Strade Bianche
With much anticipation 2018 Roads expected - and all expectations were met or even exceeded. One of the most interesting one-day races on the cycling calendar still rolls under the radar for some fans. But that should be the end of it now. With an impressive performance secured himself Tiesj Benoot the biggest – and so far the only – success of his career. The Belgian from Team Lotto Soudal won the rainy mud battle through Tuscany by attacking from a chasing group and catching up to the front on his own. There he simply left Wout Van Aert and Romain Bardet and won as a soloist after an incredible race to catch up.
Cycling highlight March #2: Marc Soler celebrates after the dramatic final stage at Paris-Nice
The fact that the Paris-Nice long-distance trip is one of the most exciting tours in the cycling calendar year after year is no longer news. This assumption should prove to be true again this season. After Simon Yates scored a double on the seventh stage, the Brit was on the verge of overall victory. But he has the reckoning without Marc Soler made by the Movistar team. The young Spaniard was only sixth before the final stage, a whopping 37 seconds down. But the 24-year-old put everything on one card and attacked on the eighth stage early. Simon Yates had nothing left to oppose and the Izagirre brothers took each other out of the running. So Marc Soler wasn't allowed to celebrate the stage victory at the finish, but he was able to celebrate the overall victory.
Cycling highlight March #3: Vincenzo Nibali narrowly makes it to the finish at Milan-Sanremo
Our Milan-Sanremo the first monument of the season was on the program in mid-March. World Champion Peter Sagan was once again the favourite, but as is so often the case, tactics played a decisive role. When it went up the Poggio, Vincenzo Nibali was able to break free. Behind was a huge group with numerous sprinters. But they didn't agree. Thanks to his downhill skills, Nibali was able to keep his narrow lead to the finish line - narrow, but absolutely deserved.