Milan San Remo 103rd edition

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It is the longest professional one-day race at 298 km. The first was in 1907, when Lucien Petit-Breton won. Today it is one of the 'Monuments' of European cycling.

Live Coverage Sporza (Flemish)
Eurosport (English)
The Passo del Turchino, Le Manie, Cipressa and the Poggio


2012 Race Profile

Recent previous winners
1990 Gianni Bugno (ITA) Chateau d'Ax-Salotti 1991 Claudio Chiappucci (ITA) Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 1992 Sean Kelly (IRL) Lotus-Festina 1993 Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) Lampre-Polti 1994 Giorgio Furlan (ITA) Gewiss-Ballan 1995 Laurent Jalabert (FRA) ONCE 1996 Gabriele Colombo (ITA) Gewiss Playbus 1997 Erik Zabel (GER) Team Telekom 1998 Erik Zabel (GER) Team Telekom 1999 Andrei Tchmil (BEL) Lotto-Mobistar 2000 Erik Zabel (GER) Team Telekom 2001 Erik Zabel (GER) Team Telekom 2002 Mario Cipollini (ITA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2003 Paolo Bettini (ITA) Quick Step-Davitamon 2004 Óscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank 2005 Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Fassa Bortolo 2006 Filippo Pozzato (ITA) Quick Step-Innergetic 2007 Óscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank 2008 Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Team CSC 2009 Mark Cavendish (GBR) Team Columbia-High Road 2010 Óscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank 2011 Matthew Goss (AUS) HTC-Highroad
2012 Start List

GreenEdge Cycling Team 1 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 3 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) 6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) 7 Svein Tuft (Can) 8 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Acqua & Sapone 11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) 12 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) 13 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) 14 Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) 15 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) 16 Francesco Reda (Ita) 18 Fabio Taborre (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 21 Manuel Belletti (Ita) 22 Maxime Bouet (Fra) 23 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) 24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) 25 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) 26 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) 27 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) 28 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Pro Team Astana 31 Borut Bozic (Slo) 32 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) 33 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) 34 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) 35 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) 36 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) 38 Simone Ponzi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 41 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) 42 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) 43 George Hincapie (USA) 44 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) 45 Taylor Phinney (USA) 46 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) 47 Michael Schär (Swi) 48 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Colombia - Coldeportes 51 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) 52 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) 53 Juan Pablo Forero Carreno (Col) 54 Franck Osorio (Col) 55 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) 56 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) 57 Carlos Quintero (Col) 58 Juan Suarez Suarez (Col) Colnago - CSF Inox 61 Sacha Modolo (Ita) 62 Marco Canola (Ita) 63 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) 64 Paolo Locatelli (Ita) 65 Angelo Pagani (Ita) 66 Marco Coledan (Ita) 67 Filippo Savini (Ita) 68 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) 72 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) 73 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) 74 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) 75 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) 76 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) 77 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) 78 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 81 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) 82 Oscar Gatto (Ita) 83 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) 84 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) 85 Diego Caccia (Ita) 86 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) 87 Francesco Failli (Ita) 88 Elia Favilli (Ita) FDJ-Big Mat 91 William Bonnet (Fra) 92 Steve Chainel (Fra) 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) 94 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) 95 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) 96 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) 97 Dominique Rollin (Can) 98 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Garmin-Barracuda 101 Tyler Farrar (USA) 102 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) 103 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) 104 Andreas Klier (Ger) 105 Robert Hunter (RSA) 106 David Millar (GBr) 107 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) 108 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Katusha Team 111 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) 112 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) 113 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) 114 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) 115 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) 116 Simon Spilak (Slo) 117 Luca Paolini (Ita) 118 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Lampre - ISD 121 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 122 Grega Bole (Slo) 123 Daniele Righi (Ita) 124 Davide Cimolai (Ita) 125 Danilo Hondo (Ger) 126 Damiano Cunego (Ita) 127 Diego Ulissi (Ita) 128 Davide Viganò (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 131 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 132 Peter Sagan (Svk) 133 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) 134 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) 135 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) 136 Kristijan Koren (Slo) 137 Daniel Oss (Ita) 138 Elia Viviani (Ita) Lotto Belisol Team 141 Andre Greipel (Ger) 142 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) 143 Adam Hansen (Aus) 144 Gregory Henderson (NZl) 145 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) 146 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) 147 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) 148 Frederik Willems (Bel) Movistar Team 151 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) 152 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova (Crc) 153 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) 154 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) 155 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) 156 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) 157 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) 158 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 161 Tom Boonen (Bel) 162 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) 163 Niki Terpstra (Ned) 164 Matteo Trentin (Ita) 165 Nikolas Maes (Bel) 166 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) 167 Peter Velits (Svk) 168 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Project 1t4i 171 John Degenkolb (Ger) 172 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) 173 Koen de Kort (Ned) 174 Roy Curvers (Ned) 175 Roger Kluge (Ger) 176 Tom Veelers (Ned) 177 Simon Geschke (Ger) 178 Cheng Ji (Chn) Rabobank Cycling Team 181 Lars Boom (Ned) 182 Tom Leezer (Ned) 183 Matti Breschel (Den) 184 Paul Martens (Ger) 185 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) 186 Mark Renshaw (Aus) 187 Bram Tankink (Ned) 188 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan 191 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 192 Daniele Bennati (Ita) 193 Tony Gallopin (Fra) 194 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) 195 Grégory Rast (Swi) 196 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) 197 Hayden Roulston (NZl) 198 Robert Wagner (Ger) Sky Procycling 201 Mark Cavendish (GBr) 202 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) 203 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) 204 Mathew Hayman (Aus) 205 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) 206 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) 207 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) 208 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 211 Nicki Sørensen (Den) 212 Anders Lund (Den) 213 Karsten Kroon (Ned) 214 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (Den) 215 Manuele Boaro (Ita) 216 Michael Mørkøv (Den) 217 David Tanner (Aus) 218 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Utensilnord Named 221 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) 222 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) 223 Filippo Baggio (Ita) 224 Oleg Berdos (Mda) 225 Matteo Fedi (Ita) 226 Gianluca Maggiore (Ita) 227 Frederico Rocchetti (Ita) 228 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 231 Daniele Colli (Ita) 232 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) 233 Rémi Cusin (Fra) 234 Julien El Farès (Fra) 235 Jure Kocjan (Slo) 236 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) 237 Georg Preidler (Aut) 238 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 241 Marco Marcato (Ita) 242 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) 243 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) 244 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) 245 Björn Leukemans (Bel) 246 Pim Ligthart (Ned) 247 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) 248 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel)

 

[ambal]

Originally Posted by vspa .

i'll place my chips on Tom Boonen, he is already in good shape and has always been placed in San Remo, so lets see /img/vbsmilies/smilies/wink.gif

Boonen will be hard to beat, peter sagan will also be a chance if there is a selection on the Poggio.

 

[swampy1970]

Cav's been flying up the little bergs so far this year - if he's still there in the last few km I'd be hard pushed to choose anyone else. I don't think he's been sprinting this well so early in the season either...

 

[ambal]

Cav is going pretty well. We can count out last years winner, Goss is often hard to gauge but he doesn't look fit.

 

[limerickman]

Cavendish has already won MSR so that should stand to him.

Boonen has never won it.

I'd like to Oscar Freire win his 4th MSR/img/vbsmilies/smilies/icon14.gif

 

[steve]

Originally Posted by limerickman .

I'd like to Oscar Freire win his 4th MSR/img/vbsmilies/smilies/icon14.gif

That would be a fitting end to his career.

 

[danfoz]

That switchback descent coming off the Poggio is a tricky one though, and occasionally throws a wrench in the works. One of my favorites was when Kelly broke away from the group on the downhill to catch Argentin on the home stretch. The Italian's "WTF" expession was priceless when he looked back and realized he wasn't alone, even worse that his sprinting partner was Sean Kelly! Despite being a happy backslapper, I'm going with Boonen /img/vbsmilies/smilies/biggrin.gif

 

[Rochefan]

[SIZE= 10pt][COLOR= black]I think it would be pure class to see the rainbow jersey winning, if not I'll be cheering on Oscar Freire. [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE= 10pt][COLOR= black]MSR is one of my favorite races of the year, when I was younger it was the first race of the year shown on TV (these days I get to see so much in Feb and Mar) and the excitement as the race was screaming towards the Poggio was what made it. Pity they moved the finish further away from the descent. [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE= 10pt][COLOR= black]Agree with danfoz, Kelly really shocked Italy that day. Incredible that a 36? year old man was able to leave the youngsters behind on such a descent[/COLOR][/SIZE]

 

[slovakguy]

my hopes are for sagan to grab the laurels this year. would be a very nice palmare at the start of a very good career so far.

 

[alienator]

my hopes are for sagan to grab the laurels this year. would be a very nice palmare at the start of a very good career so far.

I'd actually dig seeing Sagan win. If he keeps going as he is, he's going to at least be formidable on many different kinds of roads. He's an all-arounder that we've not seen too many of lately. I'd also be chuffed if Boonen won.

 

[vspa]

and Cancellara has been generous, no cat and mouse tactics, im not so sure if Gerrans deserved the win, but ok he was there upfront, caught Nibali and then hang to Spartacus wheel and that also has lots of merit,

 

[steve]

Full Results 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team 6:59:24 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:02 5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1T4I 6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 9 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 11 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha Team 12 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:00:12 13 Simon Geschke (Ger) Project 1T4I 14 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 15 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team 0:00:20 16 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 17 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 18 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1T4I 20 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 21 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 22 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 23 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 24 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox 25 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 26 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 27 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 28 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 29 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 31 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 32 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 33 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 34 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 36 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team 37 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha Team 39 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 40 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team 41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 42 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 43 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 44 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox 0:00:31 45 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:05 46 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Utensilnord Named 0:01:24 47 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:35 49 Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 50 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 51 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 52 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:01:48 53 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat 54 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack-Nissan 55 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 56 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 58 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 59 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD 60 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 61 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 62 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 63 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 64 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 65 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 66 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 67 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 68 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Barracuda 69 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:02:20 70 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:41 71 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 72 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 73 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:44 74 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:23 75 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:03:27 76 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:03:39 77 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:04:09 78 Grégory Rast (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan 0:04:44 79 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Radioshack-Nissan 80 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 81 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda 0:05:37 82 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:07:37 83 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:07:43 84 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 85 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 87 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 88 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:09:28 89 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 90 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 91 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 92 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 93 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 94 Baden Cooke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team 95 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 96 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Utensilnord Named 97 Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 98 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 99 Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin - Barracuda 100 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:14:39 101 Frederico Rocchetti (Ita) Utensilnord Named 0:15:54 102 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:17:04 103 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team 0:20:18 104 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 105 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda 106 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 107 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin - Barracuda 108 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 109 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda 110 Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 111 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan 112 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Barracuda 113 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 114 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Barracuda 115 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 116 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan 117 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 118 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 119 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 120 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 121 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 122 Oleg Berdos (Mda) Utensilnord Named 123 Juan Pablo Forero Carreno (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 124 Filippo Baggio (Ita) Utensilnord Named 125 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 126 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 127 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 128 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 129 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 130 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 131 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 132 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 133 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 134 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 135 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 136 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 137 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 138 Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1T4I 139 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Project 1T4I 140 Cheng Ji (Chn) Project 1T4I 141 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 142 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 143 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 144 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 145 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:02 146 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 147 Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox 148 Gianluca Maggiore (Ita) Utensilnord Named 149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD DNF Stuart O'grady (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Greenedge Cycling Team DNF Svein Tuft (Can) Greenedge Cycling Team DNF Matthew Wilson (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone DNF Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone DNF Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone DNF Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone DNF Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone DNF Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team DNF Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana Pro Team DNF Franck Osorio (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes DNF Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes DNF Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes DNF Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes DNF Marco Canola (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox DNF Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox DNF Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox DNF Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox DNF Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox DNF Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat DNF Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team DNF Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team DNF Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD DNF Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD DNF Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD DNF Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD DNF Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale DNF Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale DNF Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team DNF Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep DNF Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1T4I DNF Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1T4I DNF Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team DNF Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team DNF Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling DNF Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling DNF Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling DNF Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank DNF David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank DNF Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Utensilnord Named DNF Matteo Fedi (Ita) Utensilnord Named DNF Daniele Colli (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi DNF Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Type 1 - Sanofi DNF Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 - Sanofi

 

[CyclinYooper]

Originally Posted by alienator .


I'd actually dig seeing Sagan win. If he keeps going as he is, he's going to at least be formidable on many different kinds of roads. He's an all-arounder that we've not seen too many of lately. I'd also be chuffed if Boonen won.

I've been a fan of Sagan's too, for the same reasons. I was glad to see the him near the front today!

 

[steve]

Originally Posted by CyclinYooper .


I've been a fan of Sagan's too, for the same reasons. I was glad to see the him near the front today!

If the break was brought back, he was a sure bet for the win. He's got another 10 or so years to try!

 

[tonyzackery]

Nibali's willingness to take control of his destiny has been inspiring to watch. Tirreno-Adriatico and now MSR - impressive.

edit: gotta wonder if Sagan could've gotten across (like he did in a stage of T-A) and taken the win himself, but from his teammate Nibali.

 

[alienator]

Good for Gerrans. Sagan is going to be a big force to with which to reckon in the future. He's what........23?

 

[Scott2468]