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“When you think of the team now, after the week that Pippo\u2019s had, you\u2019d be hard pressed to not build the whole team around him, just go all in for Pippo,” Thomas said of the team\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n
“The way he\u2019s going, second in Tirreno, climbing like a climber even though he\u2019s 80+ kilos, it\u2019s unbelievable really, the week he\u2019s had.”<\/p>\n
With the British team likely going all-in for Ganna, adding an experienced climber like Thomas should help to contend against the expected onslaught from big race favourite Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> and UAE Team Emirates-XRG.<\/p>\n“[Ganna] is definitely going to be protected, whether we have another guy, we could potentially have Kwiato and Axel Laurance<\/a>, or do they build the whole team around Pippo? It will be an interesting one, where they go with that, but hopefully, I\u2019ll be a part of it.”<\/p>\nThomas recently posted on Instagram that he was riding the Cipressa in a training ride. When he starts on Saturday, it will be his sixth and final participation at Milan-San Remo, 14 years after his first in 2011.<\/p>\n
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