2016 Milano - San Remo (World Tour)

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Milano - San Remo, 293 km (this reflects the altered course).

Arnaud Demare wins 2016 Milano-San Remo

Another shot of Demare's win

The race: Arnaud Demare has joined the immortals by winning the 107th edition of Milano-San Remo. First Frenchman since Laurent Jalabert in 1995 to win the race.

The organizers were confronted with an emergency early in the race. A landslide near the Turchino pass (km 142) forced the riders to detour and spend 10 kilometers on the Autostrada before rejoining the originally planned route. The race was never neutralized nor slowed for the on-the-fly route change.

This photo of the blocked coastal road shows a crushed car.

Early on an eleven-man beak went clear: Gediminas Bagdonas (Ag2r), Serghei Tvetcov (Androni Giocattoli), Mirco Maestri (Bardiani CSF), Jan Barta (Bora Argon 18), Adrian Hurek (CCC-Sprandi-Polkowice), Roger Kluge (IAM Cycling), Matteo Bono (Lampre-Merida), Samuele Conti (Southeast-Venezuela), Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNL-Jumbo), Andrea Peron (Novo Nordisk) and Marco Coledan (Trek-Segafredo).

As the riders began ascending the Turchino, the break had a 6min 40sec gap. But as the race headed southeast, down the coast to the finish in San Remo, the gap began to fall. Along the coast there is a series of smallish climbs, but none served to break things up.

What did happen though, were a string of crashes. One involved eventual winner Demare, in fact. He was able to rejoin the field, as were most of the others.

By the time the pack hit the Cipressa, the penultimate ascent, the break had been caught. Breaks flew off the front, but the one that seemed to really matter was the solo escape by former world champ Michal Kwiatkowski. With two kilometers to go he was looking like he might make it to the line.

It was not to be. He was caught, and then there was one more crash, which took out Fernando Gaviria, who was leading, and perhaps more importantly, slowed Peter Sagan.

From the charging peloton, Demare was the day's fastest, the Frenchman earning a clear win.

After the race, Demare said, “This is incredible. There are days like this one in which everything works despite the occasional hiccup, like crashing at the bottom of the Cipressa. I made it across at the bottom of the Poggio and the entire way I felt fantastic. I became the under-23 world champion in similar conditions after crashing. I’m delighted to win Milano-Sanremo. This is a big one and has been running for over a century. It’s extraordinary. I’m extremely happy.”

And from Etixx-Quick Step, the team of the very disappointed Fernando Gaviria:

Victorious in three races this season, the 21-year-old Fernando Gaviria experienced the toughest day of his pro career, one in which he came very close to a huge result, but was eventually left in tears. Despite the crash, which saw his effort come to an abrupt end, Fernando was keen on taking the positive things out of this race: "I am very sad for what happened. It was my fault, as I was in a perfect position, but then I lost my focus for two seconds, because I began thinking on how to sprint, and touched Van Avermaet's wheel. This was enough to throw away all the hard work of the team. I have mixed feelings: I missed an important opportunity, but on the other hand I am happy that I could cope with a 300-km long race and felt good throughout the day. It's not the crash that hurts, but the outcome, especially as I was thinking of this race since January."

Complete results:

293 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.386 km/hr

Photos

1	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	6hr 54min 4sec
2	SWIFT Ben	SKY	s.t.
3	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
4	BOUHANNI Nacer	COFIDIS	s.t.
5	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
6	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
7	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
8	POZZATO Filippo	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA	s.t.
9	COLBRELLI Sonny	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
10	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
11	SANCHEZ Luis Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
12	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	s.t.
13	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
14	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE	s.t.
15	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
16	BAKELANDTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
17	BONIFAZIO Niccolò	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
18	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
19	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
20	GAVAZZI Francesco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
21	REBELLIN Davide	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
22	FEDI Andrea	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA	s.t.
23	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
24	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
25	BOOM Lars	ASTANA	s.t.
26	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
27	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
28	QUINTANA Dayer	MOVISTAR	s.t.
29	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
30	PELLIZOTTI Franco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
31	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
32	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	0'08"
33	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	s.t.
34	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
35	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
36	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	s.t.
37	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
38	SOUPE Geoffrey	COFIDIS	0'11"
39	REYNES MIMO Vicente	IAM CYCLING	0'14"
40	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	SKY	0'34"
41	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	0'36"
42	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
43	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
44	DE KORT Koen	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
45	VISCONTI Giovanni	MOVISTAR	s.t.
46	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	s.t.
47	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
48	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
49	KENNAUGH Peter	SKY	s.t.
50	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
51	FELLINE Fabio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
52	VIGANO Davide	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
53	SELVAGGI Mirko	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
54	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA	s.t.
55	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
56	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	s.t.
57	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
58	ULISSI Diego	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
59	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
60	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	0'43"
61	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	0'44"
62	NERZ Dominik	BORA-ARGON 18	0'53"
63	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	1'12"
64	WAEYTENS Zico	GIANT-ALPECIN	1'26"
65	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	1'30"
66	DE VREESE Laurens	ASTANA	1'38"
67	VANDENBERGH Stijn	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
68	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
69	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE	s.t.
70	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
71	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
72	BARBIN Enrico	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
73	PONZI Simone	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
74	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	s.t.
75	SPILAK Simon	KATUSHA	s.t.
76	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	s.t.
77	CUMMINGS Steven	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
78	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
79	GAVIRIA RFernando	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	1'48"
80	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
81	SMUKULIS Gatis	ASTANA	1'53"
82	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	s.t.
83	FRAPPORTI Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
84	VIVIANI Elia	SKY	s.t.
85	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
86	LADAGNOUS Mathieu	FDJ	s.t.
87	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
88	VANENDERT Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	1'59"
89	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	2'43"
90	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
91	ROWE Luke	SKY	s.t.
92	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Rein	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
93	REZA Kévin	FDJ	2'58"
94	LOZANO RIBA David	NOVO NORDISK	3'17"
95	YATES Simon	ORICA GREENEDGE	3'18"
96	OSS Daniel	BMC	3'26"
97	AGNOLI Valerio	ASTANA	s.t.
98	KOREN Kristjan	CANNONDALE	3'29"
99	TJALLINGII Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
100	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
101	MAESTRI Mirco	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
102	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	s.t.
103	ANDREETTA Simone	BARDIANI CSF	3'31"
104	MODOLO Sacha	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
105	SELIG Rudiger	BORA-ARGON 18	4'13"
106	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	4'25"
107	CAPECCHI Eros	ASTANA	s.t.
108	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
109	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
110	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
111	RAST Grégory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
112	ROTA Lorenzo	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
113	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	6'16"
114	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	6'46"
115	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
116	KLUGE Roger	IAM CYCLING	7'01"
117	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
118	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
119	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO	9'25"
120	FERRARI Roberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
121	HOULE Hugo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
122	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA GREENEDGE	10'16"
123	MARTINEZ Daniel	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA	s.t.
124	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
125	DE LA PARTE Victor	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	10'48"
126	LIGTHART Pim	LOTTO SOUDAL	11'37"
127	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
128	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	12'53"
129	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
130	DE BACKER Bert	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
131	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
132	VAN ASBROECK Tom	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
133	SERGENT Jesse	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
134	VENTOSO Francisco	MOVISTAR	s.t.
135	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
136	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	s.t.
137	AMEZQUETA Julen	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA	s.t.
138	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
139	RENSHAW Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
140	DRUCKER Jean Pierre	BMC	s.t.
141	CHICCHI Francesco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
142	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
143	LOBATO Juan Jose	MOVISTAR	s.t.
144	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	s.t.
145	COLEDAN Marco	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
146	CATTANEO Mattia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
147	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
148	BELLETTI Manuel	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA	s.t.
149	TEDESCHI Mirko	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA	s.t.
150	GRETSCH Patrick	AG2R LA MONDIALE	14'25"
151	HENTTALA Joonas	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
152	MARANGONI Alan	CANNONDALE	s.t.
153	VERSCHOOR Martijn	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
154	WILLIAMS Christopher	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
155	TVETCOV Serghei	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
156	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
157	MEZGEC Luka	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
158	PLANET Charles	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
159	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
160	DE MESMAEKER Kevin	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
161	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
162	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	14'28"
163	DELAGE Mickael	FDJ	s.t.
164	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
165	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
166	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
167	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
168	BLYTHE Adam	TINKOFF	s.t.
169	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	s.t.
170	HONKISZ Adrian	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
171	JENSEN Juul Christopher	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
172	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE	s.t.
173	KUREK Adrian	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	17'59"
174	THOMSON Jay Robert	DIMENSION DATA	19'07"
175	ALAFACI Eugenio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
176	MIHAYLOV Nikolay	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
177	TONELLI Alessandro	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
178	CONTI Samuele	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA	21'17"
179	MARECZKO Jakub	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA	s.t.
180	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	22'25"

Race map and profile:

2015 Milano-San Remo map

Map of start area

Map of finish

2015 Milano-San Remo profile

Milano-San Remo photos:

A vintage photo of the Castello Sfrozesco, from which the race departs

Tom Boonen heads to the start with the castle in the background.

Nacer Bouhanni

Mark Cavendish

Danilo Wyss

The peloton is lined up to start. You can see the castello through the archway.

The pack goes through Campo Ligure

Team Katusha putting some muscle near the front.

The pack in Pavia

Here's the peloton and it's lined-out in Tortona

Looks like a nice day for a bike race

Of course there was that small problem with the road...

The pack was together for the final kilometers

Peter Sagan was slowed in the final sprint by a crash

Arnaud Demare is clearly the fastest rider of the day.

Arnaud Demare just after the race.

Alexander Kristoff, just after the race. He finished 6th.

Michael Matthews was never able to recover after a crash. Note his elbow, right glove and torn jersey.

Arnaud Demare enjoying his victory

And of course, he gets a nice parting gift....

The day's podium, from left: Ben Swift (2nd), Arnaud Demare and Jurgen Roelandts (3rd)

2015 Milano-San Remo start list: March 18, 2016

	TINKOFF
	DS: Bruno Cenghialta
1	SAGAN Peter
2	BLYTHE Adam
3	BENNATI Daniele
4	BOARO Manuele
5	BODNAR Maciej
6	GATTO Oscar
7	KREUZIGER Roman
8	TOSATTO Matteo
	AG2R-LA MONDIALE
	DS: Arturas Kasputas
11	BAKELANTS Jan
12	BAGDONAS Gediminas
13	DOMONT Axel
14	GRETSCH Patrick
15	HOULE Hugo
16	MONTAGUTI Matteo
17	RIBLON Christophe
18	SERGENT Jesse
	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC
	DS: Gianni Savio
21	CHICCHI Francesco
22	CECCHINEL Giorgio
23	FRAPPORTI Marco
24	GAVAZZI Francesco
25	PELLIZOTTI Franco
26	TVETCOV Serghei
27	SELVAGGI Mirko
28	VIGANO Davide
	ASTANA
	DS: Stefano Zanini
31	NIBALI Vincenzo
32	AGNOLI Valerio
33	BOOM Lars
34	CAPECCHI Eros
35	GRIVKO Andriy
36	LUTSENKO Alexey
37	SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
38	SMUKULIS Gatis
	BARDIANI CSF
	DS: Roberto Reverberi
41	ANDREETTA Simone
42	BARBIN Enrico
43	BOEM Nicola
44	MAESTRI Mirco
45	COLBRELLI Sonny
46	PIRAZZI Stefano
47	ROTA Lorenzo
48	TONELLI Alessandro
	BMC
	DS: Valerio Piva
51	VAN AVERMAET Greg
52	CARUSO Damiano
53	DE MARCHI Alessandro
54	DRUCKER Jean Pierre
55	BURGHARDT Marcus
56	OSS Daniel
57	QUINZIATO Manuel
58	WYSS Danilo
	BORA-ARGON 18
	DS: Enrico Poitschke
61	ARCHBOLD Shane
62	BARTA Jan
63	BENEDETTI Cesare
64	BENNETT Sam
65	KONRAD Patrick
66	MUHLBERGER Gregor
67	SELIG Rüdiger
68	VOSS Paul
	CANNONDALE
	DS: Fabrizio Guidi
71	BRESCHEL Matti
72	CLARKE Simon
73	KOREN Kristjan
74	LANGEVELD Sebastian
75	MOSER Moreno
76	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
77	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
78	VAN BAARLE Dylan
	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
	DS: Gabriele Missaglia
81	DE LA PARTE Victor
82	KUREK Adrian
83	MARYCZ Jaroslaw
84	HONKISZ Adrian
85	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej
86	MIHAILOV Nikolai
87	PONZI Simone
88	REBELLIN Davide
	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
	DS: Didier Rous
91	BOUHANNI Nacer
92	JEANNESSON Arnold
93	COUSIN Jerome
94	LAPORTE Christophe
95	LEMOINE Cyril
96	SIMON Julien
97	SOUPE Geoffrey
98	MATE Luis Angel
	DIMENSION DATA
	DS: Rolf Aldag
101	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
102	CAVENDISH Mark
103	CUMMINGS Stephen
104	HAAS Nathan
105	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
106	PAUWELS Serge
107	RENSHAW Mark
108	THOMSON Jay Robert
	ETIXX-QUICK STEP
	DS: Davide Bramati
111	BOONEN Tom
112	GAVIRIA RFernando
113	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
114	SABATINI Fabio
115	STYBAR Zdenek
116	TRENTIN Matteo
117	VANDENBERGH Stijn
118	VERMOTE Julien
	FDJ
	DS: Frederic Guesdon
121	DEMARE Arnaud
122	DELAGE Mickael
123	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
124	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
125	REZA Kevin
126	ROUX Anthony
127	BONNET William
128	VICHOT Arthur
	IAM CYCLING
	DS: Mario Chiesa
131	ELMIGER Martin
132	HOWARD Leigh
133	HAUSSLER Heinrich
134	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
135	KLUGE Roger
136	PANTANO Jarlinson
137	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs
138	REYNES Vicente
	LAMPRE-MERIDA
	DS: Mario Scirea
141	ULISSI Diego
142	BONO Matteo
143	CIMOLAI Davide
144	CATTANEO Mattia
145	FERRARI Roberto
146	MODOLO Sacha
147	MORI Manuele
148	ZURLO Federico
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
	DS: Herman Frison
151	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
152	GALLOPIN Tony
153	LIGTHART Pim
154	HANSEN Adam
155	ROELANDTS Jurgen
156	SIEBERG Marcel
157	VANENDERT Jelle
158	BAK Lars Ytting
	MOVISTAR
	DS: Jose Vicente Garcia
161	AMADOR Andrey
162	ANACONA Winner Anrew
163	LOBATO Juan Jose
164	BETANCUR Carlos Alberto
165	QUINTANA Dayer Uberney
166	VALVERDE Alejandro
167	VENTOSO Francisco José
168	VISCONTI Giovanni
	ORICA-GREENEDGE
	DS: Matthew White
171	MATTHEWS Michael
172	ALBASINI Michael
173	BEWLEY Sam
174	YATES Simon
175	IMPEY Daryl
176	JUUL JENSEN Christopher
177	KEUKELEIRE Jens
178	MEZGEC Luka
	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA
	DS: Serge Parsani
181	POZZATO Filippo
182	AMEZQUETA Julen
183	BELLETTI Manuel
184	TEDESCHI Mirko
185	CONTI Samuele
186	FEDI Andrea
187	MARECZKO Jakub
188	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe
	GIANT-ALPECIN
	DS: Marc Reef
191	DE BACKER Bert
192	ARNDT Nikias
193	CURVERS Roy
194	DE KORT Koen
195	GESCHKE Simon
196	STAMSNIJDER Tom
197	TIMMER Albert
198	WAEYTENS Zico
	KATUSHA
	DS: Jose Azevedo
201	KRISTOFF Alexander
202	BYSTROM Sven Erik
203	GUARNIERI Jacopo
204	HALLER Marco
205	LAGUTIN Sergey
206	MORKOV Michael
207	SPILAK Simon
208	VICIOSO Angel
	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
	DS: Nico Verhoeven
211	BATTAGLIN Enrico
212	HOFLAND Moreno
213	LEEZER Tom
214	MARTENS Paul
215	TJALLINGII Maarten
216	VAN ASBROECK Tom
217	VAN EMDEN Jos
218	VANMARCKE Sep
	NOVO NORDISK
	DS: Massimo Podenzana
221	AMBROSE Scott
222	DEMESMAEKER Kevin
223	HENTTALA Joonas
224	LOZANO David
225	MEJIAS Javier
226	PERON Andrea
227	PLANET Charles
228	VERSCHOOR Martijn
	SKY
	DS: Dario Cioni
231	THOMAS Geraint
232	KENNAUGH Peter
233	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
234	PUCCIO Salvatore
235	ROWE Luke
236	STANNARD Ian
237	SWIFT Ben
238	VIVIANI Elia
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
	DS: Adriano Baffi
241	CANCELLARA Fabian
242	ALAFACI Eugenio
243	BONIFAZIO Niccolo
244	COLEDAN Marco
245	FELLINE Fabio
246	NIZZOLO Giacomo
247	POPOVYCH Yaroslav
248	RAST Grégory