S14 Ep14: Arrivée: Milano-Sanremo (Women)
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Join Rose Manley and Rebecca Charlton as they kick off the spring series of Arrivée episodes with the second edition of the revived Milano-Sanremo.
Whether you’re a Milano Sanremo stan or a Milano Sanremo can’t-stand-it, you’ll want to listen to this Arrivée episode covering the women’s race.
With a couple of big names not making it to the startline, the race to the Via Roma looked to be turned on its head. Crashes, breakaways and fierce battles on the Cipressa and Poggio all came into play in a dramatic 2026 edition, only the second ever official Milan-Sanremo for the women.
Can Lorena Wiebes take the pressure and defend her title? Will Kasia Niewiadoma the story of her season with a win? Might Lotte Kopecky find an opportunity for herself?
Find out exactly what certainly did and what certainly could have happened as Rose and Rebecca take you through the race.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Arrivae by the Cycling Podcast. |
| 0:16.9 | Well, hello and welcome to this Arrivae episode from the Cycling Podcast Feminand, our first |
| 0:21.6 | Arriva of the year, and we are, of course, covering the Milano San Remo Donne race. |
| 0:27.6 | I should say right now, this is spoiler-tastic. |
| 0:31.6 | We are going to be going into minute detail about what happened in that race. |
| 0:35.6 | So if you haven't watched it, if you want to know what |
| 0:37.6 | happened in the race before you come and listen to us, dissect it, then go away and watch the race. |
| 0:42.9 | It is worth watching. I know me and my co-host, Rebecca Charlton. Hello. We were actually |
| 0:50.0 | a little bit down on Milan, San Remo, weren't we, in the week when we recorded our regular episode. |
| 0:55.3 | But this gave us, has given us actually so much to talk about that we couldn't even get |
| 0:59.5 | all of our household chores done, no doubt. |
| 1:01.8 | I got no household chores done. It was absolutely thrilling, wasn't it? And I take it all |
| 1:07.0 | back. Forget I ever said anything that I ever criticised this race. |
| 1:11.3 | It was brilliant. |
| 1:13.2 | It was brilliant. |
| 1:14.4 | I did get a load of washing done in the first 100 kilometres. |
| 1:17.3 | Oh, now I feel bad. |
| 1:19.9 | It was a productive day for me. |
| 1:21.8 | Well, shall I go through what happened in the race as a little summary? |
| 1:27.3 | So Milan San Remo, or should that technically be Geneva to San Francisco? what happened in the race as a little summary. |
| 1:32.1 | So Milan-San-Rameau, or should that technically be Geneva to San Rameau, |
| 1:33.9 | as that's where the race began for the women, |
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