Well done video of Team MTN Qhubeka at the 2013 Milan-Sanremo in which cold, rain, sleet and snow had a dramatic effect: a race, in two parts for survivors that produced a surprise winner on a shortened route of 245 km rather than than the normal 298 km.
Team MTN Qhubeka is the first African professional team.
Note: the video begins with coverage of the team at Tirreno-Adriatico the week leading up to Milan-Sanremo; the Milan-Sanremo portion begins at 11:03.
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Showing posts with label 2013 Milan-Sanremo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013 Milan-Sanremo. Show all posts
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
2013 Milan-Sanremo Results
Cold, rain, sleet and snow had the effect of dramatically changing the 104th edition of Milan-Sanremo. A race, in two parts for survivors that produced a surprise winner on a shortened route of 245 km rather than than the normal 298 km .
To win in Sanremo you have to take risks or be prepared to lose: and that's how German Gerald Ciolek (MTN - Qhubeka) took advantage of Sagan and sneaked past him over the finish line. "It's incredible," Ciolek kept repeating. "An amazing win for me and my team. A great day. We were invited to the race and now we can bask in the winner's glory. I knew I had to tail the best riders up the Poggio and the plan worked out perfectly." Cancellara rounded out the podium saying, "We're all winners today".
Snow on the Turchino climb forced the race director to cancel the biggest, and first climb, of MSR. The race was neutralized from the 117km to 163 km points as cyclists bordered their team buses in Ovada to bypass the Turchino. At the time the race was neutralized there was a breakaway with a 7'10" lead that contained Matteo Montaguti (AG2R La Mondiale), Diego Rosa (Androni), Filippo Fortin (Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox), Maxim Belkov (Katusha), Lars Bak (Lotto) and Pablo Lastras (Movistar) leading the race.
See photographs by Jered Gruber of the conditions in Ovada here. Obviously, continuing to the Turchino was impossible. Taylor Phinney's photo of himself ice covered once on the bus:
The restart was then held in Cogoleto with the breakaway group being giving the start flag and the peloton being held for 7'10" before being allowed to start. Some riders would not start again, among them Tom Boonen.
The break was caught with 30km to go and before the Cipressa. Varrious attacks took place on the Cipressa and Poggio but with 2km to go the race was down to Ciolek, Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale, Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard, Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma Quick Step, Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha, and Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling
The last 10km (in French):
The last 3km (in English):
Top 10 GC:
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 5:37:20
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
6 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
8 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 0:00:14
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
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To win in Sanremo you have to take risks or be prepared to lose: and that's how German Gerald Ciolek (MTN - Qhubeka) took advantage of Sagan and sneaked past him over the finish line. "It's incredible," Ciolek kept repeating. "An amazing win for me and my team. A great day. We were invited to the race and now we can bask in the winner's glory. I knew I had to tail the best riders up the Poggio and the plan worked out perfectly." Cancellara rounded out the podium saying, "We're all winners today".
Snow on the Turchino climb forced the race director to cancel the biggest, and first climb, of MSR. The race was neutralized from the 117km to 163 km points as cyclists bordered their team buses in Ovada to bypass the Turchino. At the time the race was neutralized there was a breakaway with a 7'10" lead that contained Matteo Montaguti (AG2R La Mondiale), Diego Rosa (Androni), Filippo Fortin (Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox), Maxim Belkov (Katusha), Lars Bak (Lotto) and Pablo Lastras (Movistar) leading the race.
See photographs by Jered Gruber of the conditions in Ovada here. Obviously, continuing to the Turchino was impossible. Taylor Phinney's photo of himself ice covered once on the bus:
The restart was then held in Cogoleto with the breakaway group being giving the start flag and the peloton being held for 7'10" before being allowed to start. Some riders would not start again, among them Tom Boonen.
The break was caught with 30km to go and before the Cipressa. Varrious attacks took place on the Cipressa and Poggio but with 2km to go the race was down to Ciolek, Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale, Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard, Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma Quick Step, Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha, and Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling
The last 10km (in French):
The last 3km (in English):
Top 10 GC:
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 5:37:20
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
6 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
8 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 0:00:14
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
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Friday, March 15, 2013
2013 Milan-Sanremo, 298 km: Sunday!
Predicting who's going to win the 104th edition of the Milan-Sanremo race is not easy. Yet another reason not to miss the this year's Classicissima on Sunday. You don't have to miss it as www.gazzetta.it will be streaming worldwide from approximately 14:45 Italian time. www.cyclingfans.com will also have links to streaming feeds in various languages including English.
Sunday's schedule includes the departure at 09:45 from the Castello Sforzesco in Milan with a motorcade through the city and cyclists in single file. The race itself will start at 10.10 in via della Chiesa Rossa. The finishing line on Lungomare Italo Calvino in Sanremo should be crossed between 16:45 and 17:30.
The weather forecast looks very poor, rain and perhaps some snow on the Turchino (first climb above). It's going to be an especially looooooong day in the saddle, as it is MSR is the longest professional one-day race. The MSR of 1910 was one of the hardest races of all time. Only four competitors out of the 71 starters finished in Sanremo. Eugene Christophe, after his victorious arrival under apocalyptic conditions, was taken by ambulance to the hospital. He remained there for one month before finding the complete use of his arms and legs. He would then spend almost two years to completely recover from his day in hell.
The last Km from last year:
Last year's winner Gerrans,(GreenEdge):
Milan-Sanremo was first raced in 1907.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Are You Ready for 104th Milan-Sanremo on Sunday?
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Milan-Sanremo and IL Lombardia Move to Sundays
The UCI has announced that the Professional Cycling Council (PCC) has accepted the request filed by RCS to modify the dates of the Milano-Sanremo and Il Lombardia events in 2013.
The two races will both take place on a Sunday, the dates are as follows: March 17th for Milano-Sanremo and October 6th for Il Lombardia (with the presentation of the Giro d’Italia which will be organized on the following day, Monday October 7th).
RCS has explained their reasons for making the change as follows (noting that other great classics of cycling all take place on Sunday, Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race, Liège - Bastogne - Liège):
1) Improving the safety of the race: Sunday is a day on Italian roads with less traffic compared to Saturday. This would cause less disruption to both the running of the event and the residents.
2) Increased visibility of global television: Sunday is a day of sport. We believe that in a world view, Milan - Sanremo and Il Lombardia, which are international competitions, may be more fully appreciated and followed on television around the world. Some are worried that we would be competing with other sporting events, we believe in the power of cycling and prestige of our racing monument.
3) We would like to propose for 2014 amateur races related to the two races. The idea is to organize the races in the area of the finish line cities. We believe that Sunday could be the perfect day for this project.
Regarding these changes Fabian Cancellara has already expressed his concern via twitter that for next year there are too many days (four) of non-competition between the end of Tirreno - Adriatico and Milan - Sanremo. Vegni Mauro (RCS) and his team are working hard to find an appropriate solution to be able to have the race finish on Thursday or Friday.
What do you think? You can let RCS know by tweeting @Milano_Sanremo e @Il_Lombardia
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The two races will both take place on a Sunday, the dates are as follows: March 17th for Milano-Sanremo and October 6th for Il Lombardia (with the presentation of the Giro d’Italia which will be organized on the following day, Monday October 7th).
RCS has explained their reasons for making the change as follows (noting that other great classics of cycling all take place on Sunday, Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race, Liège - Bastogne - Liège):
1) Improving the safety of the race: Sunday is a day on Italian roads with less traffic compared to Saturday. This would cause less disruption to both the running of the event and the residents.
2) Increased visibility of global television: Sunday is a day of sport. We believe that in a world view, Milan - Sanremo and Il Lombardia, which are international competitions, may be more fully appreciated and followed on television around the world. Some are worried that we would be competing with other sporting events, we believe in the power of cycling and prestige of our racing monument.
3) We would like to propose for 2014 amateur races related to the two races. The idea is to organize the races in the area of the finish line cities. We believe that Sunday could be the perfect day for this project.
Regarding these changes Fabian Cancellara has already expressed his concern via twitter that for next year there are too many days (four) of non-competition between the end of Tirreno - Adriatico and Milan - Sanremo. Vegni Mauro (RCS) and his team are working hard to find an appropriate solution to be able to have the race finish on Thursday or Friday.
What do you think? You can let RCS know by tweeting @Milano_Sanremo e @Il_Lombardia
Stories for the Italian Cycling Journal about rides, granfondos, touring, having a good time cycling in Italy, Italian cycling history, racing, etc. are always welcome.
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Contact me at veronaman@gmail.com. There are more than 2,600 stories in this blog. The search feature to the right works best for finding subjects in the blog. There is also a translate button at the bottom so you can translate each page.
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