Milano - San Remo (Historic), Italy. 298 km.

Podium history of Milano - San Remo | 2011 edition | 2009 edition

The race: Thick, wet fog covered the roads in the beginning kilometers, but that didn't keep an early break of three riders from gaining over 20 minutes early in the race. After the race reached the seacoast the break was caught, mostly through the efforts of Lampre, Columbia, Quick Step and Liquigas. The attacks started on the Cipressa (see route map below the results and race photos) but they were all called back. The damage was done, however. Only about 30 riders survived the high speed of the Cipressa ascent. 2009 winner Mark Cavendish was among the casualties.

On the Poggio, Vincenzo Nibali got a small gap, but the sprinters were not going to be denied.

Liquigas, looking for a win from an on-form Daniele Bennati started the sprint, but when Oscar Freire hit the front, the race was over. Freire was just much, much faster than anyone else. Look at that photo below and you can see the gap he got. Wonder what Boonen (in black/yellow/red) is saying?

Complete Results: 199 starters and 153 classified finsihers

1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 6hr 57min 28sec. 42.829 km/hr
2. Tom Boonen (Quick Step) s.t.
3. Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) s.t.
4. Sacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF) s.t.
5. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) s.t.
6. Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) s.t.
7. Francesco Ginanni (Androni Giocatolli) s.t.
8. Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
9. Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
10. Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.
11. Matti Breschel (Saxo) s.t.
12. Anthony Geslin (FDJ) s.t.
13. Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) s.t.
14. Geoffroy Lequatre (Radio Shack) s.t.
15. Paul Martens (Rabobank) s.t.
16. Yoann Offredo (FDJ) s.t.
17. Fabian Cancellara (Saxo) s.t.
18. Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) s.t.
19. Linus Gerdemann (Milram) s.t.
20. Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
21. Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) s.t.
22. Marcus Burghardt (BMC) s.t.
23. Daniel Oss (Liquigas) s.t.
24. Xavier Florencio (Cervelo) s.t.
25. Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) s.t.
26. Andriy Grivko (Astana) @ 9sec
27. Thomas Lovkvist (Sky) s.t.
28. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
29. Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) @ 18sec
30. Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocatolli) @ 21sec
31. Serguei Ivanov (Katusha) @ 39sec
32. Simon Clarke (ISD) @ 1min 35sec
33. Lorenzo Bernucci (Lampre) s.t.
34. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
35. Andreas Klier (Cervelo) s.t.
36. Alan Perez Lezuan (Euskaltel) @ 1min 40sec
37. Dmitriy Muravyev (Radio Shack) s.t.
38. Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) s.t.
39. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
40. Francisco Ventoso (Carmiooro-NGC) s.t.
41. Niki Terpstra (Milram s.t.
42. Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) s.t.
43. Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel) s.t.
44. Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Columbia) s.t.
45. Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) s.t.
46. Alexandr Kolobnev (Katusha) s.t.
47. Greg Van Avermaet (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
48. Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) s.t.
49. Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
50. Christian Knees (Milram) s.t.
51. Markus Fothen (Milram) s.t.
52. Karsten Kroon (BMC) s.t.
53. Wesley Sulzberger (FDJ) s.t.
54. Michael Barry (Sky) s.t.
55. George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
56. Markel Irizar (Radio Shack) s.t.
57. Sébastien Rosseler (Radio Shack) s.t.
58. Jackson Rodriguez (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
59. Gabriel Rasch (Cervelo) s.t.
60. Bram Tankink (Rabobank) s.t.
61. Nick Nuyens (Rabobank) s.t.
62. Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) s.t.
63. Oscar Gatto (ISD-Neri) s.t.
64. Alessandro Ballan (BMC) s.t.
65. Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r) s.t.
66. Rene Mandri (Ag2r) s.t.
67. William Bonnet (Bouygues Telecom) s.t.
68. Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step) s.t.
69. Emanuele Sella (Carmiooro-NGC) s.t.
70. Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) s.t.
71. Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) s.t.
72. Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel) s.t.
73. Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF) s.t.
74. Mirko Lorenzetto (Lampre) s.t.
75. Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) s.t.
76. José Rodolfo Serpa (Androni Gocattoli) s.t.
77. Manuele Mori (Lampre) s.t.
78. Assan Bazayev (Astana) s.t.
79. Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) s.t.
80. Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ) s.t.
81. Rigoberto Uran (Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
82. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 1min 49sec
83. Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.
84. Dimitri Champion (Ag2r) @ 1min 54sec
85. Francesco Failli (Acqua & Sapone) @ 3min 4sec
86. Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) @ 3min 13sec
87. Vasili Kiryienka (Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
88. Steve Chainel (Bouygues Telecom) @ 5min 29sec
89. Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) @ 6min12sec
90. Mirko Selvaggi (Astana) s.t.
91. Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) s.t.
92. Grégory Rast (Radio Shack) s.t.
93. Thomas Leezer (Rabobank) s.t.
94. Lars Boom (Rabobank) s.t.
95. Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) s.t.
96. Greg Henderson (Sky) s.t.
97. Brett Lancaster (Cervelo) s.t.
98. Johan Van Summeren (Garmin-Transitions) s.t.
99. Christopher Sutton (Sky) s.t.
100. Cameron Wurf (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
101. Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
102. Frédéric Guesdon (FDJ) s.t.
103. Mickael Delage (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
104. Anders Lund (Saxo) s.t.
105. David Millar (Garmin-Transitions) s.t.
106. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) s.t.
107. Marco Velo (Quick Step) s.t.
108. Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
109. Sébastien Turgot (Bouygues Telecom) @ 10min 7sec
110. Biel Kadri (Ag2r) s.t.
111. Luca Mazzanti (Katusha) s.t.
112. Daryl Impey (Radio Shack) s.t.
113. Fumiyuki Beppu (Radio Shack) s.t.
114. Michael Schär (BMC) s.t.
115. Peter Wrolich (Milram) s.t.
116. Alan Marangoni (Colnago-CSF) s.t.
117. Marco Frapporti (Colnago-CSF) s.t.
118. Vladimir Efimkin (Ag2r) s.t.
119. Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom) s.t.
120. Stuart O'Grady (Saxo) s.t.
121. Lars Ytting Bak (HTC-Columbia) s.t.
122. Matthew Wilson (Garmin-Transitions) s.t.
123. Paul Voss (Milram) s.t.
124. Danilo Hondo (Lampre) s.t.
125. Staf Scheirlinckx (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
126. Allan Davis (Astana) s.t.
127. Franki Hoj (Saxo) s.t.
128. Gustav Larsson (Saxo) s.t.
129. Mathew Hayman (Sky) s.t.
130. Dmytro Grabovskyy (ISD-Neri) s.t.
131. Paolo Longo Borghini (ISD-Neri) s.t.
132. Aristide Ratti (Carmiooro-NGC) s.t.
133. Jure Kocjan (Carmiooro-NGC) s.t.
134. Vladimir Miholjevic (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.
135. Alessandro Fantini (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.
136. Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel) s.t.
137. Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel) s.t.
138. Laurent Beuret (Carmiooro-NGC) s.t.
139. Rubens Bertogliati (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
140. Eric Berthou (Carmiooro-NGC) s.t.
141. Luke Roberts (Milram) @ 10min 18sec
142. Jeremy Hunt (Cervelo) @ 14min 24sec
143. Olivier Bonnaire (FDJ) s.t.
144. Alessandro Donati (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.
145. Valeriy Dmitriyev (Astana) @ 17min 17sec
146. Danilo Wyss (BMC) s.t.
147. Roy Sentjens (Milram) s.t.
148. Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) s.t.
149. Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ) s.t.
150. Diego Caccia (ISD-Neri) s.t.
151. Daniele Ratto (Carmiooro-NGC) s.t.
152. Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) s.t.
153. Fabrice Piemontesi (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.

Alessandro Petacchi descends the Poggio. On his left is Fabian Cacellara and behind him is Oscar Freire.

Here comes Oscar Freire (orange and blue Rabobank kit) with Tom Boonen (Belgian champ jersey) close on his wheel.

2010 Milan-San Remo route map

2010 Milan-San Remo final kilometers

2010 Milan-San Remo elevation guide.

 

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