2014 Milan–San Remo

2014 Milan–San Remo 2014 UCI World Tour 4 30 Peloton, Milan-Sanremo 2014.jpg The peloton in Savona 300 23 March 1 294 km 6h 55' 56" Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 Fabian Cancellara SUI TFR 2014 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2014 2013 2015 The 2014 Milan–San Remo was the 105th running of the Milan–San Remo single-day monument classic cycling race. It was held on Sunday 23 March over a distance of 294 km 1 off and was the fourth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won in the sprint by Alexander Kristoff, ahead of Fabian Cancellara and Ben Swift. Route and pre-race favourites Race organisers initially introduced major changes to the route for the 2014 edition of the race, with the new Pompeiana climb being introduced between the existing Cipressa and Poggio climbs in the climax of the race, although the earlier climb of Le Mànie was taken out. This was seen to tip the balance of the race in favour of puncheurs and climbers rather than sprinters, with many sprinters including 2009 winner Mark Cavendish (OPQ 2014) stating they would not compete. However, in February 2014 race organisers announced the new climb would not be used after all, due to poor weather conditions.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pompeiana-out-of-milan-san-remo Pompeiana out of Milan-San Remo Cyclingnews.com Future plc 28 February 2014 22 March 2014 With no replacement climb, the route now resembled that of the 2007 edition, and seemed to now favour sprinters due to a flatter route than in previous years. Subsequently, the likes of Cavendish and André Greipel (LTB 2014) decided they would compete in the first monument of the season. Peter Sagan of CAN 2014 was seen as one of the top favourites going into the race, due to his all round sprinting and hill climbing abilities. Cavendish, Greipel and GIA 2014's John Degenkolb were considered favourites should the race end in a bunch sprint, whilst the likes of Fabian Cancellara (TFR 2014), Philippe Gilbert of the BMC 2014, OGE 2014's Simon Gerrans and Tom-Jelte Slagter of GRS 2014 would be looking to set up victory by dropping the sprinters on the final climbs. Gerrans did not start the race, after being ruled out the day before due to illness.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gerrans-ruled-out-of-milan-san-remo Gerrans ruled out of Milan-San Remo Cyclingnews.com Future plc 22 March 2014 22 March 2014 Teams As Milan–San Remo was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places to the race, completing the 25-team peloton The 25 teams that competed in the race were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/start-list Milan-San Remo 2014 start list Cyclingnews.com Future plc 23 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120419171955/http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/start-list 2012-04-19 dead 22em ALM 2014 AND 2014 AST 2014 COG 2014 BEL 2014 BMC 2014 CAN 2014 EUC 2014 FDJ 2014 GRS 2014 GIA 2014 IAM 2014 KAT 2014 LAM 2014 LTB 2014 MOV 2014 MTN 2014 TNE 2014 OPQ 2014 OGE 2014 SKY 2014 SAX 2014 TFR 2014 UHC 2014 YEL 2014b Race overview thumb|The break of seven in Savona The 2014 Milan San Remo was won by a powerful sprint from Alexander Kristoff of KAT 2014 who started his sprint with about 150m to go and surged clear of a fading Mark Cavendish. Fabian Cancellara of TFR 2014 finished 2nd for a 3rd time in this race and on the podium for a 5th time in seven years. Ben Swift of SKY 2014 took a surprise 3rd place, ahead of Juan José Lobato (MOV 2014) and Mark Cavendish (OPQ 2014). Two of the pre-race favourites missed out towards the finish, with John Degenkolb puncturing as they hit the Poggio and André Greipel suffering from cramps after chasing to get back in the winning move on the descent of the Poggio. The race was run in harsh conditions with hail and heavy, freezing rain hammering the riders for hours. An early break of seven built up a considerable lead but they were reeled in as they hit the Cipressa and Vincenzo Nibali (AST 2014) went on a surprise attack. He built up a lead of around 35 seconds from the peloton but was reeled in as the race exploded in to life on the Poggio, led by Katusha and Cannondale. In the end it was a reduced group of some 27 riders that came to the finish and Kristoff was given a lead-out by his team-mate Luca Paolini and proved the strongest at the end of a really hard day in the saddle.Milan-San Remo Results http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/results Cycling News dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130320160139/http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/results 2013-03-20 Kristoff may have been seen as an outsider and was odds of 80/1 in February before the route change reverted to favouring the sprinters. He was fancied by some though following his strong showing in the Tour of Oman and because of his liking for long, hard days in the saddle. He was 33/1 to win with the bookmakers on the day.Milan San Remo 2014 Preview http://www.cyclingbetting.co.uk/milan-san-remo Cycling Betting Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 6h 55' 56" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI TFR 2014 s.t. 3 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2014 s.t. 4 Juan José Lobato ESP MOV 2014 s.t. 5 Mark Cavendish GBR OPQ 2014 s.t. 6 Sonny Colbrelli ITA COG 2014 s.t. 7 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 s.t. 8 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2014 s.t. 9 Gerald Ciolek GER MTN 2014 s.t. 10 Peter Sagan SVK CAN 2014 s.t. References External links http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/MilanoSanremo/it/ Category:Milan–San Remo Category:21st century in Lombardy Category:21st century in Liguria Milan-San Remo Milan-San Remo Milan-San Remo