1946 Milano - San Remo

Podium History of Milano-San Remo | 1943 edition | 1947 edition |

293 km. 115 starters, 63 classified finishers

Five riders were awarded a tie for eighth place. Results after 31st place should be considered unreliable.

Fausto Coppi's fourteen-minute victory in the 1946 Milano-San-Remo is legendary. For this, the first big race after the war, Coppi prepared meticulously. On race day his superiority was stunning. Half-way into the race Coppi escaped with several other riders. On the unpaved Turchino Pass he dropped Lucien Teisseire, the last man able to hold his wheel. Coppi emerged from the pass's unlit tunnel alone and drove on to his largest-ever single-day race winning margin. It was also the largest Milan-San Remo winning margin since Eugène Christophe's 1910 victory in horrific, frozen conditions.

Coppi had been off the front for 147 kilometers. Extraordinary.

Fausto Coppi

Complete Results:

1. Fausto Coppi (Bianchi) 8hr 9min. 39.6 km/hr
2. Lucien Teisseire (Ray-Dunlop) @ 14min
3. Mario Ricci (Legnano) @ 18min 30sec

4. Gino Bartali (Legnano) s.t.
5. Severino Canavesi (Bianchi) s.t.
6. Vito Ortelli (Benotto-Superga) s.t.
7. Adolfo Leoni (Bianchi) s.t.
8. Osvaldo Bailo s.t.
   Salvatore Crippa s.t.
   Emilio Croci-Torti s.t.
   Nedo Logli (Welter) s.t.
   Valeriano Zanazzi s.t.
13. Luigi Zanazzi (Legnano) @ 18min 38sec
14. Mario Fazio s.t.
15. Egidio Marangoni s.t.
16. Aldo Ronconi (Benotto-Superga) s.t.
17. Guido Lelli (Benotto-Superga) s.t.
18. Glauco Servadei (Bianchi) @ 20min
19. Michele Motta (Welter) s.t.
20. Giordano Cottur (Wilier-Triestina) s.t.
21. Fermo Camellini (Olmo-Fulgor) s.t.
22. Sergio Maggini (Benotto-Superga) s.t.
23. Ernst Kuhn (Allegro) s.t.
24. Primo Volpi s.t.
25. Luigi Augusto Introzzi s.t.
26. Giulio Bresci s.t.
27. Gelsomino Locatelli (Welter) s.t.
28. Aldo Baito s.t.
29. Mario De Benedetti (Olmo-Fulgor) s.t.
30. Giovanni De Stefanis (Bianchi) @ 26min
31. Vincenzo Colombo (Azzini-Freni Universal) @ 28min
32. Ezio Cecchi @ ?min
33. Telmino Caselatto
34. Hans Maag
35. Serse Coppi
36. Renzo Zanazzi
37. Carlos Moscardini
38. Ubaldo Pugnaloni
39. Giovanni Ballarino
40. Domenico Pedrali
41. Carlo Rebella
42. Pietro Ferrari
43. Enea Antonili
44. Alfredo Martini
45. Luigi Malabrocca
46. Giovannni Bardelli
47. Giuseppe Magni
48. Enzo Coppini
49. Quirino Toccacelli
50. Giuseppe Tacca
51. Remo Sala
52. Aimone Landi
53. Aldemiro Dragomanni
54. Antonio Giauna
55. Luigi Costa
56. Carlo Omari
57. Giuseppe Carraro
58. Antonio Di Leo
59. Bruno Pasquini
60. Paolo Robiani
61. Amilcare Amisano
62. Sesto Fellini
63. Giordano Nicolosi