2016 Milan–San Remo

March 2016 2016 Milan–San Remo 2016 UCI World Tour 4 28 Peloton, Milan-Sanremo 2016, Savona.jpg The peloton in Savona 300px 19 March 2016 1 295 km 6h 54' 45" Arnaud Démare FDJ 2016 FRA Ben Swift SKY 2016 GBR Jürgen Roelandts LTS 2016 BEL 2015 2017 The 107th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycling classic took place on Saturday, 19 March 2016. It was the fourth of 28 races of the 2016 UCI World Tour; the first one-day race.Wynn Nigel UCI WorldTour calendar 2016 http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/uci-worldtour-calendar-2016-193076 Cycling Weekly Time Inc. UK 20 February 2016 It was also the first cycling monument of the season. It was won by Arnaud Démare in a sprint finish, ahead of Ben Swift (SKY 2016) and Jürgen Roelandts (LTS 2016). The finish was disrupted by a crash involving Fernando Gaviria (OPQ 2016), causing several riders to take avoiding action, ruling them out of contention. A landslide on the road caused the race to be diverted for a length of 9 km mi on. Route As one of the sports monuments, Milan–San Remo is among the highest-rated races in professional cycling.Westby Matt Spring classics: A beginner's guide to Paris-Roubaix, Milan-San Remo and the other one-day races http://www.skysports.com/cycling/news/12040/9732750/the-classics-a-dummies-guide-to-paris-roubaix-milan-san-remo-and-other-one-day-races Sky Sports 22 March 2016 9 April 2015 The 2016 route was set to be 291 km mi on long. Generally considered a sprinters' classic, the race ran from the Via della Chiesa Rossa in Milan to the traditional finish on San Remo's Via Roma. The final part of the race included the climbs of the Cipressa and the Poggio, which usually proved decisive for the race outcome. Across the road, the riders also had to tackle the 35 km mi on climb of the Passo dello Turchino, although it was not considered to be a key point in the race. After the Turchino, the route followed the Aurelia road along the coast from Genoa all the way to the finish in San Remo. With a little over 50 km mi on left to go, the first of the coastal climbs started with the Capo Mele, the Capo Cervo and the Capo Berta, before meeting the final two climbs leading to the finish.Is the timing right for a generational shift at Milan-San Remo? http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/preview/ cyclingnews.com 19 March 2016 17 March 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160318143016/http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/preview/ 18 March 2016 A landslide on the morning of the race at a point 130 km mi on into the race caused the route to be slightly changed, with the riders taking a 9 km mi on detour along the A10 highway, entering in Genova Voltri and exiting in Arenzano, rejoining the original course at that point.Landslide hits Milan-San Remo course http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/landslide-hits-milan-san-remo-course/ cyclingnews.com 19 March 2016 19 March 2016Milan-San Remo: Demare takes upset win http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/results/ cyclingnews.com 19 March 2016 19 March 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160320153316/http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/results/ 20 March 2016 As a consequence, the race ran over a distance of 295 km mi on.107th Milano – Sanremo (1.UWT) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Milano_Sanremo_2016 procyclingstats.com 22 March 2016 25 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190325171502/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Milano_Sanremo_2016 dead Participating teams 25 teams were announced to take part in the race: all 18 World Tour teams were automatically invited;http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/16/82/39/2-ROA-20150619-E_English.pdf UCI Cycling Regulations: Part 2: Road Races page 110 article 2.15.127 Union Cycliste Internationale 20 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702030045/http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/16/82/39/2-ROA-20150619-E_English.pdf 2 July 2015 seven continental teams were given wildcards – totalling 200 riders.Giro d'Italia, Tirreno-Adriatico and Milano-Sanremo wild cards 2016 announced http://www.gazzetta.it/MilanoSanremo/en/2016-01-18/giro-d-italia-tirreno-adriatico-and-milano-sanremo-wild-cards-2016-announced-140307301392.shtml La Gazzetta dello Sport 20 February 2016Milan-San Remo 2016 – Start List http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/start-list/ cyclingnews.com 19 March 2016 19 March 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160317065655/http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/start-list/ 17 March 2016 dmy-all As Moreno Hofland (TLJ 2016) was unable to start due to illness, 199 riders took part in the race.Wynn Nigel Milan-San Remo kicks off with sunny start http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/milan-san-remo-kicks-off-with-sunny-start-photos-217386 Cycling Weekly 19 March 2016 19 March 2016 UCI WorldTeams ALM AST BMC CPT 2016a DDD EQS FDJ IAM LAM LTS MOV OBE 2016a TGA KAT TLJ SKY TNK TFR 2016 UCI Professional Continental teams AND CSF BOH CCC COF STH 2016a TNN 2016 Pre-race favourites thumb|Alexander Kristoff (pictured in 2009) was considered to be the main favourite for victory. The outgoing champion, John Degenkolb, missed Milan–San Remo after injuries sustained in an early-season training camp in Spain.Irish Independent http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/john-degenkolb-and-warren-barguil-among-six-giantalpecin-cyclists-hospitalised-after-being-hit-by-a-car-34390916.html John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car 23 January 2016 John Degenkolb – Es geht voran http://www.johndegenkolb.de/de/441-es-geht-voran.html www.johndegenkolb.de 11 February 2016 3 February 2016 de https://web.archive.org/web/20160211121159/http://www.johndegenkolb.de/de/441-es-geht-voran.html 11 February 2016 In his absence, 2014 winner Alexander Kristoff (KAT 2016) was tipped as the main favourite for the victory.Milan San-Remo 2016: Alexander Kristoff is the bookies' favourite to regain his crown http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/milan-san-remo-2016-alexander-kristoff-is-the-bookies-favourite-to-regain-his-crown-217266 cyclingweekly.co.uk 19 March 2016 18 March 2016 Fabian Cancellara (TFR 2016) was also rated highly in what would be his final appearance in the race, as he was a former winner and had shown strong form, winning Strade Bianche earlier in the season.Ostermann Ostermann Cancellara will noch einmal glänzen http://www.sportschau.de/weitere/radsport/fabian-cancellara-klassiker-mailand-san-remo-100.html sportschau.de 19 March 2016 de 18 March 2016 World Champion Peter Sagan (CSC 2016) was also named as a race favourite, as he had shown good form, albeit still lacking a win in 2016. He rode with bib number one in the absence of Degenkolb. Two riders came into Milan–San Remo with particular successes in hand, namely Michael Matthews (OGE 2016a), who had won two stages at Paris–Nice just a week earlier, while Greg van Avermaet (BMC 2016) had won the overall classification at Tirreno–Adriatico. Other favourites included Alejandro Valverde (MOV 2016), Niccolo Bonifazio (TFR 2016), Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas and Michał Kwiatkowski (all SKY 2016), Nacer Bouhanni (COF 2016), Zdeněk Štybar (OPQ 2016), Sacha Modolo (LAM 2016), Tony Gallopin (LTB 2016), Arnaud Démare (FDJ 2016), Edvald Boasson Hagen (MTN 2016) and Simon Clarke (CPT 2016a). 2009 winner Mark Cavendish (MTN 2016) was also named as a favourite. Meanwhile, AST 2016 named Vincenzo Nibali as their captain for the race, riding the race for the tenth time in his career.Milan-San Remo: Nibali to lead Astana http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/milan-san-remo-nibali-to-lead-astana/ cyclingnews.com 19 March 2016 17 March 2016 Another rider deemed a possible contender, Tom Dumoulin (GIA 2016), was ruled out of the race due to a flu.Milan-San Remo: Dumoulin out with flu http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/milan-san-remo-dumoulin-out-with-flu/ cyclingnews.com 19 March 2016 17 March 2016 German sprinter André Greipel (LTB 2016) missed the race as well after breaking three ribs at the Volta ao Algarve.Greipel erleidet dreifachen Rippenbruch http://www.sportschau.de/weitere/radsport/greipel-faellt-mit-rippenbruch-aus-100.html sportschau.de 19 March 2016 de 15 March 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160317205723/http://www.sportschau.de/weitere/radsport/greipel-faellt-mit-rippenbruch-aus-100.html 17 March 2016 dmy-all Race report thumb|The breakaway in Savona After the race started in Milan, a breakaway got clear after 14 km mi on of racing, including Gediminas Bagdonas (ALM 2016), Serghei Țvetcov (AND 2016), Mirco Maestri (CSF 2016), Jan Bárta (BOH 2016), Adrian Kurek (CCC 2016), Roger Kluge (IAM 2016), Matteo Bono (LAM 2016), Samuele Conti (STH 2016a), Maarten Tjallingii (TLJ 2016), Andrea Peron (TNN 2016) and Marco Coledan (TFR 2016). The group had a maximum lead over the peloton of 10:35 minutes at the 50 km mi on mark. After that, CSC 2016 and OGE 2016a began to set a higher tempo in the pack and the lead was reduced to five minutes at the peak of the Turchino. As the leading group arrived at the first seaside climb of the Capo Mele, the gap had come down to 2:18 minutes. Meanwhile, the first crashes occurred in the field, with Julien Vermote (OPQ 2016) and Federico Zurlo (LAM 2016) being the first victims. At the Capo Berta, the lead of the front group was around a minute, while Marco Haller (KAT 2016) crashed on the following descent, dropping out of the main field. Another accident occurred a little later. Michael Matthews and Peter Kennaugh (SKY 2016) were the most prominent riders to go down, but both managed to get back into the field even with a growing pace set at the front. The breakaway group was caught with 25 km mi on to go. At the climb of the Cipressa, Giovanni Visconti (MOV 2016) and Ian Stannard (SKY 2016) attacked and were joined by Daniel Oss (BMC 2016), Matteo Montaguti (ALM 2016), and Fabio Sabatini (OPQ 2016) on the descent. Arnaud Démare crashed on the climb, but was able to reach the field again as it got back to the attacking group at the bottom of the Poggio. KAT 2016 set the pace up the final climb, but Michał Kwiatkowski broke clear 6 km mi on from the finish. Vincenzo Nibali chased after him on the descent and the group of favourites came back together at the run-in to the finish, after Fabian Cancellara had put in an attack, marked by Matteo Trentin (OPQ 2016). At the 1 km mi on mark, Edvald Boasson Hagen started one last attack, but to no avail as the group approached the finish together. Shortly before the line, a touch of wheels led to a crash by Fernando Gaviria (OPQ 2016), which caused several riders to lose momentum, including Peter Sagan. In the following mass sprint, Arnaud Démare came out on top and won his first ever cycling monument, ahead of Ben Swift and Jürgen Roelandts (LTB 2016). Démare was the first Frenchman to win Milan–San Remo since Laurent Jalabert in 1995, and the first Frenchman to win a monument race since Jalabert's victory in the 1997 Giro di Lombardia.Westby Matt Ben Swift second at Milan-San Remo as Arnaud Démare wins http://www.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/10211632/ben-swift-second-at-milan-san-remo-as-arnaud-demare-wins Sky Sports 19 March 2016 19 March 2016Neal Rogers FDJ's Arnaud Démare takes chaotic sprint at Milan-San Remo http://cyclingtips.com/2016/03/fdjs-arnaud-demare-takes-chaotic-sprint-at-milan-san-remo/ cyclingtips.com 20 March 2016 20 March 2016 Post-race thumb|Race winner Arnaud Démare (pictured in 2015) Following the race, Démare expressed delight at his victory, saying: "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. [...] This is a big one and has been running for over a century. It's extraordinary. I'm extremely happy." Second placed Swift on the other hand, was disappointed by missing out on a possible win: "Obviously, it's quite disappointing to get second – so close to the win – but you have got to be happy to be back on the podium in a Monument." Fernando Gaviria shed tears after his late fall, which he felt cost him a possible victory: "I am very sad about what happened. It was my fault, I was in a perfect position but then I lost my focus for two seconds, because I began thinking on how to sprint. I touched the wheel of the guy in front of me. That was enough to throw away all the hard work of the team."Farrand Stephen Gaviria in tears after late Milan-San Remo crash http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gaviria-in-tears-after-late-milan-san-remo-crash/ cyclingnews.com 21 March 2016 19 March 2016 Nacer Bouhanni in turn was furious after the finish. Some hundred metres before the finish line, he had been in a good position before his chain slipped off, taking away his chances. After crossing the line, he threw away his bike in anger.Ryan Barry Anger for Bouhanni after mechanical problem in Milan-San Remo sprint http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/anger-for-bouhanni-after-mechanical-problem-in-milan-san-remo-sprint/ cyclingnews.com 21 March 2016 20 March 2016 Two riders very disappointed with their results were Michael Matthews and Fabian Cancellara. Matthews crashed at high speed shortly before the Cipressa and arrived at the finish with a bandaged right elbow. He said: "Obviously I'm devastated. [...] This was everything, this was my world championships for the start of the season. [...] I was really looking forward to making a good finale, it's really unfortunate that a crash stopped me from doing that." Cancellara, who was riding the event for the last time before retirement at the end of the 2016 season, was held up in Gaviria's crash after having stayed in the leading group. He described his final kilometres as difficult, as he had been isolated from his teammates, saying that the other riders mainly attacked him and did not work with him.Cancellara goes down fighting in his final Milan-San Remo http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cancellara-goes-down-fighting-in-his-final-milan-san-remo/ cyclingnews.com 21 March 2016 19 March 2016 Another rider who was almost involved when Gaviria fell was Peter Sagan, who confirmed that the peloton had covered Cancellara in particular. He went on to describe the moment of Gaviria's crash: "Then I got away with Boasson Hagen, Gaviria and someone else. Then with about 500 metres to go, Gaviria looked around because the group was coming up. He went down and I only just managed to avoid him. I stayed up but I lost a lot speed and never managed to get going again in the final metres."Farrand Stephen Sagan tries to stay optimistic despite Gaviria's crash wrecking his Milan-San Remo http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sagan-tries-to-stay-optimistic-despite-gavirias-crash-wrecking-his-milan-san-remo/ cyclingnews.com 21 March 2016 19 March 2016 One day after the race, both Matteo Tosatto (CSC 2016) and Eros Capecchi (AST 2016) accused Démare of having used the tow of his teamcar to rejoin the pack after his crash before the Cipressa climb.Riders accuse Demare of taking a tow from a team car during Milan-San Remo http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-accuse-demare-of-taking-a-tow-from-a-team-car-during-milan-san-remo/ cyclingnews.com 21 March 2016 20 March 2016 Démare rebuffed these allegations, saying that the race commissioners were right behind him and would have disqualified him, had he done something illegal.Demare hits back at Milan-San Remo tow allegations http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/demare-hits-back-at-milan-san-remo-tow-allegations/ cyclingnews.com 21 March 2016 20 March 2016 On 8 May 2016, it became public that the Italian Cycling Federation was making inquiries into the accusations about Démare, with Tosatto saying that he had given written testimony to officials about the incident.Italian Federation investigating Arnaud Demare's Milan-San Remo victory http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/italian-federation-investigating-arnaud-demares-milan-san-remo-victory/ cyclingnews.com 9 May 2016 8 May 2016 Results Result1 1 1 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2016 6hr 54' 45" 2 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2016 +0" 3 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTS 2016 +0" 4 Nacer Bouhanni FRA COF 2016 +0" 5 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 +0" 6 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 +0" 7 Heinrich Haussler AUS IAM 2016 +0" 8 Filippo Pozzato ITA STH 2016a +0" 9 Sonny Colbrelli ITA CSF 2016 +0" 10 Matteo Trentin ITA OPQ 2016 +0" ProCyclingStats 1 1 — Top ten riders out of 180 finishers shown References 30em External links http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/MilanoSanremo/en/ Category:Milan–San Remo Category:21st century in Lombardy Category:21st century in Liguria Milan-San Remo Milan-San Remo Milan-San Remo