2024 Milano-Torino (1.Pro), Italy

105th Edition: Wednesday, March 13, 2024

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Milano (Rho) - Torino (Salassa), 177 km

Alberto Bettiol takes a solo win in Salassa. RCS Sport photo

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Weather at the finish city of Salassa at 12:40 PM, local time: 17C (63F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The route: The route is essentially flat in the first half but features some noteworthy asperities in the second. Departing from Rho, the route crosses the upper Po Valley through the rice-fields area, touching on the towns of Magenta, Novara and Vercelli before heading into the Canavese area. The first climbs of the day are located in Cossano Canavese and San Martino Canavese.

After leaving Rivarolo Canavese, the first passage into Salassa marks the start of a 44-km circuit with two climbs of around 4 km each. These are the climb from Rivara to Prascorsano, with gradients of around 9% in the first part then easing up in the second and, after Cuorgnè, the Colleretto Castelnuovo climb, which is a little smoother. The last climb is located at about 18 km from the finish line. The usual urban obstacles such as roundabouts, traffic islands and raised crossings will be met in the towns crossed. The last 10 km are pretty much flat all the way to the finish in Salassa.

Last kilometres:
Last 5 km flat and almost straight on very wide roads with a few roundabouts. The final straight is 800 m long, 8 m wide, on asphalt.

The race: There were three on-starters: Rubén Fernández (Cofidis), Jardi Christiaan Van der Lee (EF Education-EasyPost) and Alexander Krieger (Tudor).

The riders head through the start city of Rho towards the official start line. RCS Sport photo

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the winner of the 105th Milano-Torino, Alberto Bettiol, said: “It’s a nice victory. I’m very proud to win in Italy. Milano-Torino is one of the most iconic races in the world. I tried with 30km to go because I wanted to test my legs after Tirreno-Adriatico and before Milan-Sanremo. I didn’t expect to go so fast with a bunch of riders behind. It was very tough actually. I suffered a lot. It’s important for the team to win. I tried my best and it worked”.

Here's the race report from winner Alberto Bettiol's Team EF Education-EasyPost:

Alberto Bettiol, Giro d’Italia stage winner and the Tour of Flanders champion, adds a win at Milano-Torino to his palmarès today.

As the race approached Prascorsano, Alberto attacked the peloton. He didn’t wait to see if anyone would join him. The Tuscan rider put his head down and began a 30 kilometer time trial effort.

He quickly opened a gap on the peloton that maxed out around 40 seconds. As the kilometers ticked by and the terrain rolled up and down, Alberto’s advantage yo-yoed, dropping at times to just seven and eight seconds.

With two kilometers to go, the peloton could see Alberto ahead. He kept his focus on driving himself forward to take the win.

“I didn’t expect to go so fast for so long,” Alberto said. “I expected a bunch of riders behind [to follow my attack] but in the end it was really tough. I didn’t plan to suffer so much in Milano-Torino but I’m really proud to win today. For the team it’s important because it sends to my teammates and to the staff an extra motivation for the upcoming races.”

Head sport director Charly Wegelius said that the team had prepared for a few different race scenarios, including Alberto’s aggressive attack.

“That was one of the plans, for Alberto to go solo,” Charly said. “We wanted a hard, hard race to get rid of the real pure sprinters. One option was to ride tempo but the peloton did that for us and the other option, we were either going to have Marijn wait for the sprint if it was a bigger group or have Alberto try early. I wasn’t actually expecting him to go quite so early but he did a great ride. He got a good gap quite quickly, obviously because he was riding so fast. With five Bora riders there, we knew it was going to be tight, especially with the headwind until four kilometers to go. But we also knew that coming into the final, there’d be a certain amount of hesitation when the others didn’t want to commit for each other behind, so we just wanted to get him as close as we could to the line so they would lose their organization and luckily that’s what happened.”

The squad will celebrate tonight with some well-earned prosecco before looking ahead to Milano-Sanremo this weekend.

Complete Results:

Photos

177 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.343 km/hr

1	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	3hr 54min 13sec
2	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	@ 7sec
3	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:09
4	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
5	Kevin Vermaerke	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
6	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Emil Herzog	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
9	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Frederik Wandahl	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
12	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
13	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
14	Florian Lipowitz	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	0:23
16	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	0:59
17	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
18	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
20	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
25	Kristian Sbaragli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
26	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
27	Davide Bais	Polti Kometa	s.t.
28	Giacomo Villa	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
30	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	1:01
31	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
32	Filippo Magli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
33	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Simone Gualdi	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
35	Andrea Pietrobon	Polti Kometa	s.t.
36	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
37	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
38	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
41	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
42	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
45	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Alexander Hajek	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Odd Christian Eiking	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
48	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:11
50	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	1:15
51	Louis Barré	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:30
52	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	1:43
53	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
54	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:47
55	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	3:36
56	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
57	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
58	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
60	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Germán Dario Gómez	Polti Kometa	s.t.
62	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
64	Valerio Conti	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
65	Mattia Bais	Polti Kometa	s.t.
66	Giovanni Lonardi	Polti Kometa	s.t.
67	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
68	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
69	Alessandro Fancellu	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Luis-Joe Lührs	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	Gal Glivar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Mirco Maestri	Polti Kometa	s.t.
75	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	Diego Sevilla	Polti Kometa	3:43
78	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF	3:47
79	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	6:16
80	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
81	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
82	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
83	Enzo Leijnse	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
84	Lorenzo Conforti	VF Group-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
85	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
86	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
87	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	8:08
88	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
89	Davide Persico	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
90	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Hubert Grygowski	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
92	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
93	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
94	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
97	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
98	Mattia Pinazzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
99	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
100	Moritz Kretschy	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
101	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Patrick Bevin	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
103	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
106	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Benjamin Peatfield	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	12:23
108	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
110	Lukasz Owsian	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
111	Milan Kadlec	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
112	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	s.t.
113	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
114	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
115	Michael Mørkøv	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
116	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
118	Alex Edmondson	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	14:43
119	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.

 

2024 Milano-Torino map & profile

2024 Milano-Torino map

Map of the 2024 Milano-Torino start

Map of the 2024 Milano-Torino finish

2024 Milano-Torino profile

 

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2024 Milano-Torino photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Rider presentation ceremony: Mark Cavendish and Michael Morkov. Cavendish did not finish the race.

Before the start, race winner Alberto Bettiol picks up his bike.

Bob Jungels

2020 Milano-Torino winner Arnaud Demare heads to the start.

A trio led by Marco Murgano tries its luck.

Alberto Bettiol wins the race.

Jan Cristen was second.

Marc Hirschi leads in his group for third place.

Race winner Alberto Bettiol

The podium: Jan Christen (2nd), Alberto Bettiol (1st) & Marc Hirschi (3rd)

Start list with back numbers, March 12, 2023:

	Astana Qazaqstan
1	Mark Cavendish
2	Cees Bol
3	Michele Gazzoli
4	Alexey Lutsenko
5	Martin López
6	Michael Mørkøv
7	Santiago Umba
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
11	Arnaud Démare
12	Louis Barré
13	Donavan Grondin
14	Hubert Grygowski
15	Mathis Le Berre
16	Lukasz Owsian
17	Miles Scotson
	Bingoal-WB
21	Davide Persico
22	Floris De Tier
23	Louka Matthys
24	Johan Meens
25	Lennert Teugels
26	Marco Tizza
27	Giacomo Villa
	Bora-hansgrohe
31	Bob Jungels
32	Alexander Hajek
33	Emil Herzog
34	Florian Lipowitz
35	Luis-Joe Lührs
36	Anton Palzer
37	Frederik Wandahl
	Cofidis
41	Bryan Coquard
42	Thomas Champion
43	Ruben Fernandez
44	Simon Geschke
45	Stefano Oldani
46	Benjamin Thomas
47	Axel Zingle
	Corratec - Vini Fantini
51	Kristian Sbaragli
52	Matteo Amella
53	Valerio Conti
54	Alessandro Iacchi
55	Marco Murgano
56	Lorenzo Quartucci
57	Samuele Zambelli
	EF Education-EasyPost
61	Andrey Amador
62	Stefan De Bod
63	Lukas Nerurkar
64	Alberto Bettiol
65	Yuhi Todome
66	Marijn Van Den Berg
67	Jardi Van Der Lee
	Intermarché-Wanty
71	Arne Marit
72	Kevin Colleoni
73	Simone Gualdi
74	Rune Herregodts
75	Tom Paquot
76	Dion Smith
77	Gijs Van Hoecke
	Israel-Premier Tech
81	Ethan Vernon
82	Pier-André Côté
83	Moritz Kretschy
84	Nadav Raisberg
85	Nick Schultz
86	Riley Sheehan
87	Jake Stewart
	Movistar
91	Iván García Cortina
92	Carlos Canal
93	Davide Cimolai
94	Lorenzo Milesi
95	Sergio Samitier
96	Gonzalo Serrano
97	Einer Rubio
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
101	Matteo Badilatti
102	Gianluca Brambilla
103	Walter Calzoni
104	Marcel Camprubí
105	Alessandro Fancellu
106	Nicolò Parisini
107	Joey Rosskopf
	dsm-firmenich-PostNL
111	Casper Van Uden
112	Alex Edmondson
113	Milan Kadlec
114	Enzo Leijnse
115	Patrick Bevin
116	Benjamin Peatfield
117	Kevin Vermaerke
	Polti Kometa
121	Mattia Bais
122	Davide Bais
123	Dario Gómez Germán
124	Giovanni Lonardi
125	Mirco Maestri
126	Andrea Pietrobon
127	Diego Sevilla
	TotalEnergies
131	Valentin Ferron
132	Fabien Doubey
133	Fabien Grellier
134	Emilien Jeannière
135	Julien Simon
136	Jason Tesson
137	Mattéo Vercher
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
141	Simon Pellaud
142	Aloïs Charrin
143	Robin Froidevaux
144	Alexander Kamp
145	Alexander Krieger
146	Roland Thalmann
147	Fabian Weiss
	UAE Team Emirates
151	Marc Hirschi
152	Sjoerd Bax
153	Jan Christen
154	Gal Glivar
155	Vegard Stake Laengen
156	Pablo Torres
157	Diego Ulissi
	Uno-X Mobility
161	Alexander Kristoff
162	Jonas Abrahamsen
163	Fredrik Dversnes
164	Stian Fredheim
165	Odd Christian Eiking
167	Søren Wærenskjold
	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
171	Lorenzo Conforti
172	Filippo Magli
173	Martin Marcellusi
174	Alessio Martinelli
175	Mattia Pinazzi
176	Manuele Tarozzi
177	Enrico Zanoncello