2013 Milan–San Remo

2013 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 28
The peloton in Savona
Race details
Dates	17 March 2013
Stages	1
Distance	246 km (152.9 mi)
Winning time	5h 37' 20"
Results
Winner   Gerald Ciolek ( GER) ( MTN–Qhubeka)   Second   Peter Sagan ( SVK) ( Cannondale)   Third   Fabian Cancellara ( SUI) ( RadioShack–Leopard)
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The 2013 Milan–San Remo was the 104th running of the Milan–San Remo single-day cycling race. It was held on 17 March over a shortened distance of 246 kilometres (152.9 miles), ^[1] and was the fourth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season. For the first time in 31 years, ^[2] Milan–San Remo was held on a Sunday, after race organisers requested to change and move into line with several of the other Classic races. ^[3]

Heavy snowfall and bad weather forced organisers to shorten the race from 298 kilometres (185.2 miles) to 246 kilometres (152.9 miles) eliminating two key climbs – the Passo del Turchino and Le Manie – and arranging a bus transfer, for the race to begin a second time. ^[4] A few riders elected not to take the restart, including Omega Pharma–Quick-Step's Tom Boonen, who protested against the decision to let all riders rejoin the main group, despite several riders having lost contact before the race was neutralised.

After Boonen's team-mate Sylvain Chavanel and Team Sky rider Ian Stannard had led a reduced peloton over the summit of the final climb, the Poggio di San Remo, a group of six formed on the descent from the Poggio, including pre-race favourites Peter Sagan ( Cannondale) and 2008 winner Fabian Cancellara of RadioShack–Leopard. The sextet remained together until the finish, where Gerald Ciolek prevailed in the sprint for MTN–Qhubeka, ahead of Sagan and Cancellara. ^{[5] [6]}

Teams

As Milan–San Remo was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, eighteen ProTeams were invited to the race, with seven other squads given wildcard places, ^[7] and as such, would have formed the event's 25-team peloton. Originally admitted to the event as a wildcard, Team Katusha subsequently regained their ProTour status after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. ^{[8] [9]} Each of the 25 teams entered eight riders to the race, making up a starting peloton of 200 riders. Among the peloton was the first black South African rider in the race's history, MTN–Qhubeka's Songezo Jim. ^[10]

The 25 teams that competed in the race were: ^[11]

Results

^[1]

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gerald Ciolek ( GER)	MTN–Qhubeka	5h 37' 20"
2	Peter Sagan ( SVK)	Cannondale	s.t.
3	Fabian Cancellara ( SUI)	RadioShack–Leopard	s.t.
4	Sylvain Chavanel ( FRA)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Luca Paolini ( ITA)	Team Katusha	s.t.
6	Ian Stannard ( GBR)	Team Sky	s.t.
7	Taylor Phinney ( USA)	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
8	Alexander Kristoff ( NOR)	Team Katusha	+ 14"
9	Mark Cavendish ( GBR)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 14"
10	Bernhard Eisel ( AUT)	Team Sky	+ 14"

References

External links

• Official website