Milano-Sanremo

One of the grand classics is celebrating it 100th running on Saturday March 21. Twenty five pro teams of eight riders each will face the 294km race south from Milano and ending in the traditional sprint finish in Sanremo. Before reaching the finish, the riders first must cover the ride south for 130km, then will race along the Ligurian coast broken up by the multiple hard leg breaking climbs or Capos  The last two capo’s are things of legions, the Cipress and the Poggio. Many additions of  MSM have been won or lost on these climbs. The Cipressa sits at km 270, length of 5.6km at 4.9% with max of 9% and is the lead up for poggio. The Poggio is the last chance  for a rider to get away before the sprinters come out to play, it’s 10km left to race.  Last year Fabian Cancellara  got into a 15 man break away on the Poggio and then got away by him self  and time trialed the last 200m to the finish, spoiling the sprinters day. Who will take it tomorrow???

Fabian Cancellara's solo move