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1907 Milan–San Remo 14 April 1 288 km 11h 04' 15" Lucien Petit-Breton France Bianchi Gustave Garrigou France Peugeot Giovanni Gerbi Italy 1861 Bianchi 1908
The 1907 Milan–San Remo was the first edition of the Milan–San Remo, a classic one-day cycle race organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy. The single day event was held on 14 April 1907 and stretched 288 km 0 on from Milan to its end in Sanremo. The winner was Lucien Petit-Breton from France.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,3/articleid,1206_01_1907_0104_0003_17719587/anews,true/ La grande corsa Milano San Remo it 15 April 1907 3 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2018 The great Milan San Remo race The text roughly reads "Alla corsa MIlano San Remo participarano 33 ciclitti. Partirino Milano alle ore 5.28. Giuntero 1. Petit Breton 2. Gerbi 3. Garrigou. Garrigou dicendo di essere stato serrato da Petit Breton e Gerbi, presento protesta alla Giuria. La Giuria si e radunata per decidere intorno alla protesta presentasta da Garrigou, e, sentile le diversa ragioni, deliberera domani in proposito"http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1206_01_1907_0106_0005_17719911/anews,true/ Il verdetto della gara Milano-San Remo it 17 April 1907 5 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2018 The verdict of the Milan-San Remo race The text roughly reads "La Giuria della corea Milano-San Remo riunitazi questa sora, ha riconsciuto giusto il reclamo presentato dal campione Frances Garrigou. Infatti ha riconcociuto cho il corridore Gerbi, astigiano, danneggio IL Garrigou dell'inizio della volata a 50 metri dal traguardo. Coci l'ordino degli arrivati va modificato nel modo seguente"
33 riders rode the 288 km course, starting at 4 am."Milano-Sanremo – 1907 – race report, photos, reactions..." https://web.archive.org/web/20120223152157/http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=10624 2012-02-23 dailypeloton.com 2007-03-20 Retrieved 2010-02-20
Organisation
Eugenio Costamagna (manager of La Gazzetta dello Sport) was the man with the vision. After being approached by the Unione Sportiva Sanremese with idea of finishing a cycle race in San Remo, Costamagna decided on Milan as a starting point, connecting the hub of the Italian cycling industry with the hub of tourism.
A route was decided on that included Passo di Turchino and Costamagna had no idea if the route was humanly possible.milansanremo.co.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20090416115243/http://www.milansanremo.co.uk/history.htm 2009-04-16 Retrieved 2010-02-20 He invited top cyclists of the time to test the course in the 1907 edition of the race.
The race rules made the event even harder; no changing of bicycles, no supplies or accessories and no team support was allowed.
The race
62 riders had signed up to ride, but at 4 am on 14 April 1907 it was cold and windy and only 33 riders set off.
90 km into the race Giovanni Gerbi, known as "the red devil", attacked the lead group through the sleet on the climb of the Turchino gaining 3 minutes by the summit. He was caught by Gustave Garrigou in Savona. Gerbi decided to play the team card and waited for his Bianchi teammate Lucien Petit-Breton. The three entered the outskirts of San Remo together. Gerbi then impeded Garrigou allowing Petit-Breton to attack and gain a lead of a minute and winning the first ever Milan - San Remo. Gerbi finished ahead of the angered Garrigou who complained to the jury and was subsequently promoted to second. The fourth placed Luigi Ganna arrived over thirty minutes later. Only 14 riders finished.
Results
+Final results (1-10)Milan San Remo 1907 result https://web.archive.org/web/20090324042702/http://www.milansanremo.co.uk/1907result.htm 2009-03-24 milansanremo.co.ukhttp://www.museociclismo.it/content/corse/edizione.php?cod=745 1a edizione Milano-Sanremo (1907) it Paul Mannini Il Museo del Ciclismo 22 June 2012 1st edition Milan - San Remo (1907) 26 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151026223145/http://www.museociclismo.it/content/corse/edizione.php?cod=745 deadRankCyclistTime1 Lucien Petit-Breton FRA 11h 04' 15"2 Gustave Garrigou FRA + 35"3 Giovanni Gerbi ITA 1861 s.t.4 Luigi Ganna ITA 1861 + 32' 45"5 Carlo Galetti ITA 1861 + 32' 57"6 Eberardo Pavesi ITA 1861 + 1h 07' 45"7 Giovanni Cuniolo ITA 1861 + 1h 36' 45"8 Philippe Pautrat FRA + 1h 53' 45"9 Clemente Canepari ITA 1861 + 1h 54' 01"10 Amleto Belloni ITA 1861 + 1h 54' 04"
Final results (11–14)RankCyclistTime11 Mario Gaioni ITA 1861 + 2h 08' 45" 12 Giovanni Rossignoli ITA 1861 + 2h 39' 45"13 Guido Rabajoli ITA 1861 + 3h 42' 15""14 Luigi Rota ITA 1861 s.t.
References
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