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Milano - San Remo Bicycle Race
Winners, podium, distance, average speed

All Italian racers dream of winning the most prestigious Italian 1-day race, Milano-San Remo. It is the longest 1-day race on the pro calendar. Sometimes called La Primavera (Italian for spring) or La Classicisima (the most classic), it is held in mid-March.

Like the Giro di Lombardia, which was launched 2 years before, Milano-San Remo was originated and organized by La Gazzetta dello Sport. An arm of the firm that owns La Gazzetta, RCS Sport, still puts on La Classicisima.

Eddy Merckx, at 7 victories, is the winningest Milano-San Remo rider.

The 1967 edition of Milano-San Remo remains the fastest ever, won by Merckx at the record speed of 44.805 km/hr.

Year

First

Second

Third

Distance

 Average Speed
Km/hr

1907 Lucien Petit-Breton
11hr 4min 15sec
Gustave Garrigou
@ 1min
Giovanni Gerbi
Gerbi arrived second but relegated to 3rd for rule infraction
288 km 26.01
1908 Cyrille Vanhauwaert
11hr 33min
Luigi Ganna
@ 3min 30sec
Andre Pottier
@ 6min 25sec
283 km  24.54
1909 Luigi Ganna
9hr 32min
Emile Georget
@ 3min
Giovanni Cuniolo
@ 18min
287 km 30.07
1910 Eugene Christophe
12hr 24min
Giovanni Cocchi
@ 1hr 1min
Giovanni Marchese
@ 1hr 17min
289 km 23.31
1911 Gustave Garrigou
9hr 37min
Louis Trousselier
@ 6min
Luigi Ganna
@ 16min
289 km  30.08
1912 Henri Pelissier
9hr 44min 30sec
Gustave Garrigou
@ s.t.
Jules Masselis
@ s.t.
289.7 km 29.74
1913 Odile Defraye
9hr 11min 58sec
Louis Mottiat
@ s.t.
Ezio Corlaita
@ 4min 8sec
286.5 km  31.14
1914 Ugo Agostini
10hr 32min 32sec
Carlo Galetti
@ s.t.
Charles Crupelandt
@ s.t.
286.5 km  24.82 
1915 Ezio Corlaita
10hr 36min 3sec
Girardengo was 1st but disqualified for not staying on the course
Luigi Lucotti
@ 1min 7sec
Angelo Gremo
@ 6min 57sec
289 km 27.26
1916 NO RACE
1917 Gaetano Bellioni
12hr 44min 9sec
Costante Girardengo
@ 11min 48sec
Angelo Gremo
@ 42min 21sec
286.5 km  22.50
1918 Costante Girardengo
11hr 48min
Gaetano Belloni
@ 13sec 
Ugo Agostini
@ 59sec
286.5 km  24.28
1919 Angelo Gremo
11hr 26min
Costante Girardengo
@ 2min 15sec
Giuseppe Oliveri
@ 8min
286.5 km 25.06
1920 Gaetano Belloni
9hr 27min
Henri Pelissier
@ s.t.
Costante Girardengo
@ s.t.
286.5 km 30.32
1921 Costante Girardengo
9hr 30min
Giovanni Brunero
@ s.t.
Giuseppe Azzini
@ 3min 30sec
286.5 km 30.16
1922 Giovanni Brunero
10hr 14min 31sec
Costante Girardengo
@ 22sec
Bartolmeo Aimo
@ 39sec
286.5 km  27.97
1923 Costante Girardengo
10hr 14min
Gaetano Belloni
@ s.t.
Giuseppe Azzini
@ s.t.
286.5 km 28.00
1924 Pietro Linari
10hr 50min
Gaetano Belloni
@ s.t.
Costante Girardengo
@ s.t.
286.5 km 26.40
1925 Costante Girardengo
10hr 19min
Giovanni Brunero
@ s.t.
Pietro Linari
@ 15min
286.5 km 27.72
1926 Costante Girardengo
9hr 48min
Nello Ciaccheri
@ 6min 40sec
Egidio Picchiottino
@ 11min 15sec
285.5 km 29.23
1927 Pietro Chesi
9hr 43min
Alfredo Binda
@ 9min
Domenico Piemontesi
@ s.t.
286.5 km 29.49
1928 Costante Girardengo
11hr 36min 30sec
Alfredo Binda
@ s.t.
Giovanni Brunero
@ 2min 30sec
286.5 km  24.68
1929 Alfredo Binda
9hr 30min 30sec
Leonida Frascarelli
@ 8min 30sec
Pio Caimmi
@ 21min 30sec
286.5 km  31.63
1930 Michele Mara
9hr 43min
Pio Caimmi
@ s.t.
Domenico Piemontesi
@ s.t.
285.5 km  29.49
1931 Alfredo Binda
9hr 35min
Learco Guerra
@ s.t.
Domenico Piemontesi
@ s.t.
286 km 29.84
1932 Alfredo Bovet
8hr 15min 45sec
Alfredo Binda
@ 3min
Michele Mara
@ s.t.
284.5 km 34.43
1933 Learco Guerra
7hr 50min 41sec
Alfredo Bovet
@ s.t.
Pietro Rimoldi
@ s.t.
281.5 km  36.43
1934 Joseph Demuysere
7hr 49min 30sec
Giovanni Cazzulani
@ 1min 40sec
Francesco Camusso
@ 3min
281.5 km 35.97
1935 Giuseppe Olmo
7hr 48min 39sec
Learco Guerra
@ s.t.
Mario Cipriani
@ s.t.
281.5 km 36.09
1936 Angelo Varetto
7hr 43min
Carlo Romanatti
@ s.t.
Olimpio Bizzi
@ 1min 40sec
281.5 km 36.48
1937 Cesare Del Cancia
7hr 31min 30sec
Pierino Favalli
@ 2min 20sec
Marco Cimatti
@ 2min 50sec
281.5 km 37.41
1938 Giuseppe Olmo
7hr 18min 30sec
Pierino Favalli
@ s.t.
Alfredo Bovet
@ s.t.
281.5 km  38.56
1939 Gino Bartali
7hr 31min 46sec
Aldo Bini
@ s.t.
Osvaldo Bailo
@ s.t.
281.5 km 37.39
1940 Gino Bartali
7hr 44min
Pietro Rimoldi
@ s.t.
Aldo Bini
@ s.t.
281.5 km 36.40
1941 Pierino Favalli
7hr 46min 25sec
Mario Ricci
@ 1min 39sec
Piero Chippini
@ 5min 37sec
281.5 km  36.21
1942 Adolfo Leoni
8hr 10min
Antonio Bevilacqua
@ s.t.
Pierino Favalli
@ s.t.
281.5 km 34.47
1943 Cino Cinelli
8hr 6min
Glauco Servadei
@ s.t.
Quirino Toccacelli
@ s.t.
281.5 km 34.75
1944 NO RACE
1945 NO RACE
1946 Fausto Coppi
8hr 9min
Lucien Teisseire
@ 14min
Maro Ricci
@ 18min 30sec
 293 35.95
1947 Gino Bartali
8hr 33min
Ezio Cecchi
@ 3min 57sec
Sergio Maggini
@ 9min
285 km 33.30 
1948 Fausto Coppi
7hr 33min 20sec
Vittorio Rosello
@ 5min 17sec
Fermo Camellini
@ s.t.
290.5 37.28
1949 Fausto Coppi
7hr 22min 25sec
Vito Ortelli
@ 4min 17sec
Fiorenzo Magni
@ s.t.
290.5 km 39.40
1950 Gino Bartali
7hr 18min 52sec
Nedo Logli
@ s.t.
Oresye Conte
@ s.t.
282 km 38.55
1951 Louison Bobet
7hr 30min 23sec
Pierre Barbotin
@ s.t.
Loretto Petrucci
@ 3min 19sec
282 km 37.57
1952 Loretto Petrucci
7hr 22min 7sec
Giuseppi Minardi
@ s.t.
Serge Blusson
@ s.t.
282 km  38.27
1953 Loretto Petrucci
6hr 59min 20sec
Giuseppe Minardi
@ s.t,
Valere Ollivier
@ s.t.
282 km 40.35
1954 Rik van Steenbergen
7hr 10min 3sec
Francis Anastasi
@ s.t.
Giuseppe Favero
@ s.t.
282 km 39.34
1955 Germain Derycke
7hr 3min 46sec
Bernard Gauthier
@ s.t.
Jean Bobet
@ 3sec
282 km 39.92
1956 Fred de Bruyne
6hr 57min 10sec
Fiorenzo Magni
@ 46sec
Jozef Planckaert
@ 50sec
281 km 40.42
1957 Miguel Poblet
6hr 55min 51sec
Fred de Bruyne
@ s.t.
Brian Robinson
@ s.t.
282 km 40.75
1958 Rik van Looy
6hr 41min 9sec
Miguel Poblet
@ s.t.
Andre Darrigade
@ s.t.
282 km 42.18
1959 Miguel Poblet
6hr 45min 33sec
Rik van Steenbergen
@ s.t.
Leon van Daele
@ s.t.
281 km 41.58
1960 Rene Privat
6hr 45min 15sec
Jean Craczyk
@ 11sec
Yvo Molenaars
@ 20sec
288 km 42.64
1961 Raymond Poulidor
7hr 41min 7sec
Rik Van Looy
@ 3sec
Rino Benedetti
@ s.t.
288 km 37.47 
1962 Emile Daems
6hr 48min 6sec
Yvo Molenaars
@ 1min 15sec
Louis Proost
@ 1min 19sec
288 km  42.35
1963 Joseph Groussard
6hr 59min 38sec
Rolf Wolfshohl
@ s.t.
Willy Schroeders
@ 28sec
288 km 41.18
1964 Tom Simpson
6hr 27min 59sec
Raymond Poulidor
@ 2sec
Willy Bocklant
@ 1min 1sec
287 km 43.42
1965 Arie Den Hartog
6hr 53min 32sec
Vittorio Adorni
@ s.t.
Franco Balmamion
@ s.t.
287 km 41.64
1966 Eddy Merckx
6hr 40min 40sec
Adriano Durante
@ s.t.
Herman van Springel
@ s.t.
288 km 43.13
1967 Eddy Merckx
6hr 25min 40sec
Gianni Motta
@ s.t.
Franco Bitossi
@ s.t.
288 km 44.805
1968 Rudi Altig
6hr 15min 58sec
Charly Grosskost
@ s.t.
Adriano Durante
@ s.t.
288 km 41.95
1969 Eddy Merckx
6hr 37min 56sec
Roger deVlaeminck
@ 12sec
Marino Basso
@ s.t.
288 km 43.42
1970 Michele Dancelli
6hr 32min 56sec
Gerben Karstens
@ 1min 39sec
Eric Leman
@ s.t.
288 km 43.98
1971 Eddy Merckx
7hr 21min 20sec
Felice Gimondi
@ 30sec
Gosta Pettersson
@ s.t.
288 km 39.15
1972 Eddy Merckx
6hr 33min 32sec
Gianni Motta
@ 9sec
Marino Basso
@ s.t.
288 km 43.90
1973 Roger de Vlaeminck
6hr 53min 34sec
Wilmo Francioni 
@ 2sec
Felice Gimondi
@ 4sec
288 km 41.78
1974 Felice Gimondi
6hr 46min 16sec
Eric Leman
@ 1min 53sec
Roger de Vlaeminck
@ 1min 54sec
288 km 42.53
1975 Eddy Merckx
7hr 40min 26sec
Francesco Moser
@ s.t.
Guy Sibille
@ s.t.
288 km 37.53
1976 Eddy Merckx
6hr 55min 28sec
Wladimiro Panizza
@ 28sec
(J-L Vandenbroucke arrived 2nd, failed drug test, 2nd awarded to Pannizza. No 3rd place) 288 km 42.02
1977 Jan Raas
6hr 41min 59sec
Roger De Vlaeminck
@ 3sec
Wilfried Wesemael
@ 5sec
288 km 42.99
1978 Roger de Vlaeminck
6hr 47min 35sec
Giuseppe Saronni
@ s.t.
Alessio Antonini
@ s.t.
288 km 42.40
1979 Roger de Vlaeminck
7hr 5min 44sec
Giuseppe Saronni
@ s.t.
Knud Knudsen
@ s.t.
288 km 40.59
1980 Pierino Gavazzi
6hr 42min 7sec
Giuseppe Saronni
@ s.t.
Jan Raas
@ s.t.
288 km 42.97
1981 Fons de Wolf
6hr 41min 6sec
Roger de Vlaeminck
@ 11sec
Jacques Bossis
@ s.t.
288 km 43.08
1982 Marc Gomez
7hr 4min 12sec
Alain Bondue
@ 10sec
Moreno Argentin
@ 2min 1sec
294 km 41.58
1983 Giuseppe Saronni
7hr 7min 59sec
Guido Bontempi
@ 44sec
Jan Raas
@ s.t.
294 km 41.22
1984 Francesco Moser
7hr 22min 25sec
Sean Kelly
@ 20sec
Eric Vanderaerden
@ s.t.
294 km 38.87
1985 Henni Kuiper
7hr 36min 34sec
Teun van Vliet
@ 8sec
Silvano Ricco
@ s.t.
294 km 38.64
1986 Sean Kelly
6hr 57min 19sec
Greg LeMond
@ s.t.
Mario Beccia
@ s.t.
293 km 41.13
1987 Erich Machler
7hr 52sec
Eric Vanderaerden
@ 6sec
Guido Bontempi
@ 8sec
294 km 41.91
1988 Laurent Fignon
7hr 6min 20sec
Maurizio Fondriest
@ s.t.
Steven Rooks
@ 8sec
294 km 41.38
1989 Laurent Fignon
7hr 8min 19sec
Frans Maasen
@ 7sec
Adriano Baffi
@ 30sec
294 km 41.18
1990 Gianni Bugno
6hr 25min 6sec
Rolf Golz
@ 4sec
Gilles Delion
@ 23sec
294 km 45.80
1991 Claudio Chiappucci
6hr 56min 36sec
Rolf Sorensen
@ 45sec
Eric Vanderaerden
@ 57sec
294 km 42.34
1992 Sean Kelly
7hr 31min 42sec
Moreno Argentin
@ s.t.
Johan Museeuw
@ 3sec
294 km 39.05
1993 Maurizio Fondriest
7hr 25min 37sec
Luca Gelfi
@ 4sec
Maximilian Sciandri
@ 9sec
297 km 39.99
1994 Giorgio Furlan
7hr 5min 20sec
Mario Cipollini
@ 20sec
Adriano Baffi
@ s.t.
294 km 41.45
1995 Laurent Jalabert
6hr 45min 20sec
Maurizio Fondriest
@ s.t.
Stefano Zanini
@ 4sec
294 km 43.52
1996 Gabriele Colombo
7hr 27sec
Alexandre Gontchenkov
@ 1sec
Michele Coppolillo
@ s.t.
294 km 41.99
1997 Erik Zabel
6hr 57min 47sec
Alberto Elli
@ s.t.
Biagio Conte
@ s.t.
294 km 42.22
1998 Erik Zabel
7hr 10min 14sec
Emmanuel Magnien
@ s.t.
Frederic Moncassin
@ s.t.
294 km 41.00
1999 Andrei Tchmil
6hr 52min 37sec
Erik Zabel
@ s.t.
Zbigniew Spruch
@ s.t.
294 km 42.75 
2000 Erik Zabel
7hr 11min 29sec
Fabio Baldato
@ s.t.
Oscar Friere
@ s.t.
294 km 40.88
2001 Erik Zabel
7hr 23min 13sec
Mario Cipollini
@ s.t.
Romans Vainsteins
@ s.t.
287 km 38.85
2002 Mario Cipollini
6hr 39min 30sec
Fred Rodriguez
@ s.t.
Marcus Zberg
@ s.t.
287 km 43.11
2003 Paolo Bettini
6hr 44min 43sec
Mirko Celestino
@ s.t.
Luca Paolini
@ 2sec
294 km 43.59
2004 Oscar Freire
7hr 11min 23sec
Erik Zabel
@ s.t.
Stuart O'Grady
@ s.t.
294 km 40.89 
2005 Allesandro Petacchi
7hr 11min 39sec
Danilo Hondo
@ s.t.
Thor Hushovd
@ s.t.
294 km 40.87
2006  Filippo Pozzato
6hr 29min 40sec
Alessandro Petacchi
@ s.t.
Luca Paolini
@ s.t.
294 km 45.270
2007 Oscar Freire
6hr 43min 59sec
Allan Davis
@ s.t.
Tom Boonen
@ s.t.
294 km 43.665
2008 Fabian Cancellara
7hr 14min 35sec
Filippo Pozzato
@ 4sec
Philippe Gilbert
@ s.t.
298 km 41.142
2009 Mark Cavendish
6hr 42min 31sec
Heinrich Haussler
@ s.t
Thor Hushovd
@ 2sec
298 km 44.42