Tag Archives: Milan San Remo
March
16
Milan – San Remo
By DanMilan – San Remo first ran in 1907 and is the longest one day race. Lucien Petit-Breton won that year and proved it was physically possible to cycle 288km in a day. Here’s some history on the race. The race is known as the sprinters classic and Eddy Merckx won it 7 times. Two Brits have won, Tom Simpson and Mark Cavendish. Fingers crossed he can launch himself … Read more
January
7
Milan San Remo 1930
By SteveStarted thinking about the spring classics today. Milan San Remo being the first in March, I decided to have a look at some previous editions and came across this amazing footage from 1930. The race is pretty epic, being the longest one day race on the pro-circuit today, at 298kms and so early in the season. Usually a sprinters race, but having a couple of decent climbs built … Read more
