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
(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 |
