2015 Milano - San Remo

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Milano - San Remo, 293 km.

John Degenkolb wins 2015 Milano-San Remo

Major ascents:

• Passo del Turchino: 25.8 km, 1.4% average gradient, 5.7% maximum
• Cipressa: 5.6 km @ 4.1% average gradient, 9% maximum
• Poggio di San Remo: 3.7 km @ 3.7% average gradient, 8% maximum

The Race: It was a rainy day in Northern Italy for the start of the early season's biggest race. The 199 starters were bundled up with rain gear to begin professional racing's longest longest day in the saddle.

With fewer than 20 km ridden, first four riders got away, then shortly thereafter the break grew to eleven. And it wasn't a bad bunch to try to make good their escape, with several really good riders, such as Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNL-Jumbo), Stefano Pirazzi (CSF-Bardiani) and Julien Berard (Ag2r).

After 30 kilometers of racing, the break was more than ten minutes ahead of the field. But the peloton had no plans to let the group romp away with the race, and after 100 kilometers of racing, the lead was down to a more manageable seven minutes. And after 200 kilometers and with the Turchino Pass in the rear-view mirror, the escapees were only four minutes in front of the pack. Tinkoff-Saxo, Lampre-Merida and Trek did most of the work of keeping the break's lead in check.

With about 70 kilometers to go, the rain eased and the riders got rid of their wet-weather gear to be ready for the big surges and attacks that would surely come in the closing kilometers.

Indeed,with fifty kilometers remaining, the break's lead was down to about two minutes. And on the Capo Berta ascent (36 km to go), the break came apart with only four riders still trying to stay away from a determined pack led by Orica-GreenEdge.

On the Cipressa, things got hot, with the attacks flying right and left, but the final result of the increased aggression was a reunified peloton.

With fifteen kilometers to go and the Poggio climb still to come, Geraint Thomas and Daniel Oss threw the dice and built a half-minute's lead, which was less than 20 seconds as they started the important ascent.

On the Poggio Thomas left Oss behind, while back in the peloton several big-time sprinters such as André Greipel couldn't take combination of the race's hot pace and long distance, and were forced to drop back.

On the descent before the final few kilometers before arriving in San Remo, Greg van Avermaet chased hard and caught Thomas with several other riders joining the pair.

And in the sprint Alexander Kristoff went first, but John Degenkolb came around him to win the 106th Milano-San Remo.

Complete Results:

293 km raced at an average speed of 43.272 km/hr

Race Photos |

1	DEGENKOLB John	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	6hr 46min 16sec
2	KRISTOFF Alexander	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
3	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
4	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF SAXO	s.t.
5	BONIFAZIO Niccolo'	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
6	BOUHANNI Nacer	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
7	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
8	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
9	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
10	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
11	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
12	BRESCHEL Matti	TINKOFF SAXO	s.t.
13	SWIFT Ben	TEAM SKY	s.t.
14	LANGEVELD Sebastian	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
15	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
16	BOLE Grega	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
17	MARTENS Paul	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
18	COLBRELLI Sonny	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
19	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
20	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
21	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
22	PATERSKI Maciej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
23	CHAVANEL Sylvain	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
24	IZAGUIRRE Jon	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
25	DUMOULIN Tom	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
26	FELLINE Fabio	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
27	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0'06"
28	HAAS Nathan	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
29	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF SAXO	0'09"
30	PAOLINI Luca	TEAM KATUSHA	0'11"
31	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	0'12"
32	LADAGNOUS Mathieu	FDJ	0'23"
33	PICHON Laurent	FDJ	s.t.
34	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
35	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
36	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Rein	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
37	YATES Simon	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
38	DILLIER Silvan	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
39	TANKINK Bram	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
40	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
41	POZZATO Filippo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
42	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
43	GATTO Oscar	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
44	BAKELANDTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
45	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
46	CAVENDISH Mark	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP	s.t.
47	GREIPEL Andre'	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
48	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0'51"
49	VANENDERT Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	0'56"
50	OSS Daniel	BMC RACING TEAM	1'18"
51	BOOM Lars	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
52	SERPA Jose Rodolfo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
53	PELLIZOTTI Franco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	2'38"
54	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	2'52"
55	GILBERT Philippe	BMC RACING TEAM	3'00"
56	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP	s.t.
57	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
58	BOZIC Borut	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
59	CIOLEK Gerald	MTN - QHUBEKA	3'38"
60	HALLER Marco	TEAM KATUSHA	4'38'
61	RAST Gregory	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
62	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
63	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
64	ARREDONDO Julian	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
65	LAGUTIN Sergey	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
66	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	4'41"
67	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP	4'56"
68	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP	s.t.
69	DE KORT Koen	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	4'59"
70	WAEYTENS Zico	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
71	SBARAGLI Kristian	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
72	VISCONTI Giovanni	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
73	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
74	WYSS Danilo	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
75	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
76	PINEAU Jérome	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
77	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
78	BENNETT Sam	BORA - ARGON 18	s.t.
79	GOSS Matthew Harley	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
80	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
81	ROJAS Jose Joaquin	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
82	MORI Manuele	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
83	BANDIERA Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
84	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
85	LOBATO Juan José	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
86	GOLAS Michal	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP	s.t.
87	SAMOILAU Branislau	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
88	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
89	SALERNO Cristiano	BORA - ARGON 18	s.t.
90	MALORI Adriano	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
91	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
92	GUARNIERI Jacopo	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
93	RICHEZE Axel Maximiliano	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
94	KOZONCHUK Dmitry	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
95	HANSEN Lasse Norman	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
96	BATTAGLIN Enrico	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
97	CLARKE Simon	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
98	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA - ARGON 18	s.t.
99	MEGIAS LEAL Javier	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
100	VENTER Jacobus	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
101	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	IAM CYCLING	6'30"
102	VALENCIA Juan Pablo	COLOMBIA	7'08"
103	CHIRICO Luca	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
104	CURVERS Roy	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
105	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	TEAM SKY	s.t.
106	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA - ARGON 18	s.t.
107	QUINTERO Carlos Julian	COLOMBIA	s.t.
108	BAUER Jack	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
109	THURAU Bjorn	BORA - ARGON 18	8'27"
110	HOFLAND Moreno	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
111	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
112	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
113	LEEZER Thomas	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
114	TJALLINGII Maarten	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
115	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
116	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
117	STORTONI Simone	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
118	RAMIREZ Brayan	COLOMBIA	s.t.
119	ZARDINI Edoardo	BARDIANI CSF	11'30"
120	RENSHAW Mark	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP	s.t.
121	BARTA Jan	BORA - ARGON 18	s.t.
122	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP	s.t.
123	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF SAXO	s.t.
124	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA - ARGON 18	s.t.
125	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF SAXO	s.t.
126	TVETCOV Serghei	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	11'37"
127	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
128	VAUGRENARD Benoit	FDJ	s.t.
129	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
130	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	s.t.
131	ROULSTON Hayden	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
132	VANGENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
133	SUTTERLIN Jasha	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
134	KUREK Adrian	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
135	BERARD Julien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
136	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
137	MOSER Moreno	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
138	VANDENBERGH Stijn	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP	14'58"
139	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
140	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
141	SIMION Paolo	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
142	DELLE STELLE Christian	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
143	PLANET Charles	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
144	WAGNER Robert	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
145	LE BON Johan	FDJ	s.t.
146	HENTTALA Joonas	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
147	FLENS Rick	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
148	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF SAXO	s.t.
149	DE BACKER Bert	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
150	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
151	TIMMER Albert	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
152	HAGA Chad	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
153	KIENDYS Tomasz	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
154	AVILA Edwin Alcib	COLOMBIA	s.t.
155	RUBIANO Miguel	COLOMBIA	s.t.
156	VAN SUMMEREN Johan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
157	CUMMINGS Steven	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
158	DOWSETT Alex	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
159	DE MESMAEKER Kevin	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
160	CHAVANEL Sébastien	FDJ	20'41"

2015 Milano-San Remo Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti

At the start, the Colombians look ready to race.

It's a rainy day in Milano, but Johan van Summeren is ready to race.

World champion Michal Kwiatkowski heads to the start.

Looks like it's time to race

The day's break has made it to the coast

The peloton racing down the coast in a line

The peloton ascends the Turchino

Marco Frapporti descends the Turchino

The pack has reached Capo Berta

The pack tackles the Cipressa ascent.

And then the Poggio

Vincenzo Nibali gives his rain gear to the team car.

Daniel Oss and Geraint Thomas on their late attack

What the finish line looks like before the racers arrive

John Degenkolb times his sprint perfectly

Degenkolb immediately after the race.

Philippe Gilbert crashed out just near the end.

Franco Pellizotti certainly looks the worse for thelong, hard hours in the saddle

Degenkolb savors his victory

The podium, from left: Alexander Kristoff, Michael Matthews and Michael Matthews

Race map and profile:

2015 Milano-San Remo map

2015 Milano-San Remo profile

2015 Milano-San Remo startlist:

TEAM KATUSHA

1 KRISTOFF Alexander

2 GUARNIERI Jacopo

3 HALLER Marco

4 KOLOBNEV Alexandr

5 KOZONCHUK Dmitry

6 LAGUTIN Sergey

7 PAOLINI Luca

8 SMUKULIS Gatis

AG2R LA MONDIALE

11 NOCENTINI Rinaldo

12 BAKELANTS Jan

13 BERARD Julien

14 DUMOULIN Samuel

15 GRETSCH Patrick

16 MONTAGUTI Matteo

17 RIBLON Christophe

18 VAN SUMMEREN Johan

ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI

21 PELLIZOTTI Franco

22 BANDIERA Marco

23 DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano

24 FRAPPORTI Marco

25 GATTO Oscar

26 STORTONI Simone

27 TABORRE Fabio

28  TVETCOV Serghei

ASTANA PRO TEAM

31 NIBALI Vincenzo

32 BOOM Lars

33 BOZIC Borut

34 GRIVKO Andriy

35 GUARDINI Andrea

36 LUTSENKO Alexey

37 SCARPONI Michele

38 TLEUBAYEV Ruslan

BARDIANI CSF

41 BATTAGLIN Enrico

42 BARBIN Enrico

43 BOEM Nicola

44 COLBRELLI Sonny

45 PIECHELE Andrea

46 PIRAZZI Stefano

47 CHIRICO Luca

48 ZARDINI Edoardo

BMC RACING TEAM

51 GILBERT Philippe

52 DE MARCHI Alessandro

53 DILLIER Silvan

54 OSS Daniel

55 QUINZIATO Manuel

56 SCHÄR Michael

57 VAN AVERMAET Greg

58 WYSS Danilo

BORA - ARGON 18

61 BARTA Jan

62 BENEDETTI Cesare

63 BENNETT Sam

64 DEMPSTER Zakkari

65 HUZARSKI Bartosz

66 SALERNO Cristiano

67 THURAU Bjorn

68 VOSS Paul

CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE

71 BOLE Grega

72 DELLE STELLE Christian

73 KUREK Adrian

74 MATYSIAK Bartlomiej

75 KYENDYS Tomasz

76 PATERSKI Maciej

77 MARCYZ Jaroslaw

78 SAMOILAU Branislau

COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS

81 BOUHANNI Nacer

82 JOEAAR Gert

83 LAPORTE Christophe

84 LEMOINE Cyril

85 PETIT Adrien

86 ROLLIN Dominique

87 SENECHAL Florian

88 VERHELST Louis

COLOMBIA

91 AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiad

92 DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres

93 MOLANO Sebastian

94 QUINTERO Carlos Julian

95 RAMIREZ Bryan

96 RAMIREZ Carlos

97 RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel

98 VALENCIA Juan Pablo

ETIXX - QUICK-STEP

101 KWIATKOWSKI Michal

102 CAVENDISH Mark

103 GOLAS Michal

104 RENSHAW Mark

105 SABATINI Fabio

106 STYBAR Zdenek

107 VERMOTE Julien

108 VANDENBERGH Stijn

FDJ

111 DEMARE Arnaud

112 BONNET William

113 CHAVANEL Sébastien

114 LADAGNOUS Mathieu

115 LE BON Johan

116 OFFREDO Yoann

117 PICHON Laurent

118 VAUGRENARD Benoit

IAM CYCLING

121 CHAVANEL Sylvain

122 HAUSSLER Heinrich

123 PINEAU Jérome

124 KLUGE Roger

125 TANNER David

126 REYNES MIMO Vicente

127 SARAMOTINS Aleksejs

128 VANGENECHTEN Jonas

LAMPRE - MERIDA

131 POZZATO Filippo

132 BONIFAZIO Niccolò

133 BONO Matteo

134 CIMOLAI Davide

135 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto

136 SERPA José

137 MORI Manuele

138 RICHEZE Axel Maximiliano

LOTTO SOUDAL

141 GREIPEL André

142 BOECKMANS Kris

143 GALLOPIN Tony

144 HANSEN Adam

145 ROELANDTS Jurgen

146 SIEBERG Marcel

147 VANENDERT Jelle

148 WELLENS Tim

MOVISTAR TEAM

151 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro

152 DOWSETT Alex

153 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon

154 LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose

155 MALORI Adriano

156 ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin

157 SÜTTERLIN Jasha

158 VISCONTI Giovanni

MTN - QHUBEKA

161 CIOLEK Gerald

162 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald

163 CUMMINGS Steven

164 GOSS Matthew Harley

165 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt

166 PAUWELS Serge

167 SBARAGLI Kristian

168 VENTER Jacobus

ORICA GREENEDGE

171 MATTHEWS Michael

172 CLARKE Simon

173 DURBRIDGE Luke

174 HAYMAN Mathew

175 HEPBURN Michael

176 IMPEY Daryl

177 MOURIS Jens

178 YATES Simon

TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN

181 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas

182 BAUER Jack

183 HAAS Nathan

184 HANSEN Lasse Norman

185 KING Benjamin

186 LANGEVELD Sebastian

187 MOSER Moreno

188 VILLELLA Davide

TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN

191 DEGENKOLB John

192 DE BACKER Bert

193 CURVERS Roy

194 DE KORT Koen

195 DUMOULIN Tom

196 HAGA Chad

197 TIMMER Albert

198 WAEYTENS Zico

TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO

201 TJALLINGII Maarten

202 FLENS Rick

203 HOFLAND Moreno

204 LINDEMAN Bertjan

205 MARTENS Paul

206 TANKINK Bram

207 LEEZER Tom

208 WAGNER Robert

TEAM NOVO NORDISK

211 DE MESMAEKER Kevin

212 HENTTALA Joonas

213 LEFRANCOIS Nicolas

214 LOZANO RIBA David

215 MEGIAS LEAL Javier

216 PERON Andrea

217 PLANET Charles

218 VERSCHOOR Martijn

TEAM SKY

221 SWIFT Ben

222 EISEL Bernhard

223 FENN Andrew

224 NORDHAUG Lars Petter

225 PUCCIO Salvatore

226 ROWE Luke

227 STANNARD Ian

228 THOMAS Geraint

TINKOFF SAXO

231 SAGAN Peter

232 BENNATI Daniele

233 BOARO Manuele

234 BODNAR Maciej

235 BRESCHEL Matti

236 JUUL JENSEN Christopher

237 KREUZIGER Roman

238 TOSATTO Matteo

TREK FACTORY RACING

241 CANCELLARA Fabian

242 ALAFACI Eugenio

243 FELLINE Fabio

244 NIZZOLO Giacomo

245 POPOVYCH Yaroslav

246 RAST Grégory

247 ROULSTON Hayden

248 ARREDONDO Julian