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| Paolo Bettini acknowledging the crowd in Milan | share this photo |
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| Philippe Gilbert and others rolling to the start line. Gilbert's form was a big question mark coming into today's race. He crashed before the Poggio and wasn't a factor. | share this photo |
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| The start photo-op | share this photo |
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| Andrea Monti, the head man at sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport, had the honor of dropping the (red!) start flag | share this photo |
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| Race favorite, world champion Mark Cavendish and the peloton rolling out for the neutral start + 298 km of racing. Cavendish was dropped with about 80 km to go. | share this photo |
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| The back of the bunch; one last trip to the toilet for the late starters before a long day in the saddle. | share this photo |
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| The early break | share this photo |
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| The break approaching the Turchino Pass, just after Campo Ligure | share this photo |
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| Across the river, the photographer zooms in on long time cycling fans watching the spectacle of the peloton passing by their home | share this photo |
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| This shot is taken every year... never gets tiring | share this photo |
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| That's right, we are at the half way point in the race. Time for another toilet break. | share this photo |
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| The half way point at Passo del Turchino | share this photo |
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| Down on the coast for the final 100 km | share this photo |
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| The break here led by Team Type 1 - Sanofi | share this photo |
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| Tom Boonen and three time past winner, Oscar Friere descending the technical Le Manie | share this photo |
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| The eventual riders in the key three man break descending Le Manie | share this photo |
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| It's a treacherous descent especially in the rain. Video of La Manie descent in 2011 | share this photo |
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| This photo gives you an ideal of how quickly you need to get ready for the next switchback | share this photo |
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| Serious crash at the base of Le Manie | share this photo |
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| Colombia Coldeportess' Carlos Julian Quintero Norena was knocked out, but shortly regained consciousness | share this photo |
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| The expression says it all; Mark Cavendish's day didn't go very well either. Dropped on Le Manie and struggled the rest of the way. | share this photo |
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| Johnny Hoogerland leading the way up the Cipressa | share this photo |
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| Liquigas at the front of the chase | share this photo |
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| Late addition to the startlist, Angel Madrazo (Movistar) off the front being reeled in a by determine Liquigas rider, Valerio Agnoli | share this photo |
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| After Vincenzo Nibali's attack on the Poggio, Fabian Cancellara leads over the top. Simon Gerrans followed Nibali and Cancellara both times. | share this photo |
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| Poggio descent with Fabian Cancellara leading the way with 5 km to go, followed by... | share this photo |
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| Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), who started the winning move on the way up the Poggio, trailing Simon Gerrans (Greenedge) | share this photo |
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| Cancellara taking inventory | share this photo |
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| The three men break and the dash for the line with 2.75 km to go | share this photo |
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| The remnants of the peloton chasing + 12s | share this photo |
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| Fabian Cancellara did 99% of the work in the final 5 km of the race | share this photo |
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| Simon Gerrans knew that if he could hang onto Cancellara's wheel then he'd likely win the sprint... | share this photo |
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| Finish line panoramic | share this photo |
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| Simon Gerrans wins ahead of hard working Fabian Cancellara | share this photo |
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| Another angle on the finish and a good perspective on how it went for Liquigas. Nibali settled for 3rd while teammate Peter Sagan easily took the sprint for 4th... in other words, the Nibali attack on the Poggio didn't pan out ideally for Liquigas (video of the last 7 km). | share this photo |
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| Second year in a row Fabian Cancellara has been pipped by an Aussie (click for victory salute photo from last year) | share this photo |
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| 3rd Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) | share this photo |
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| 2nd Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack), runner-up for the 2nd year in the row | share this photo |
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| 1st Simon Gerrans (GreenEDGE) | share this photo |
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| Simon Gerrans celebrating the biggest win of his career and for his new GreenEDGE team | share this photo |
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| Your 2012 Milan-San Remo podium | share this photo |
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| Podium panaoramic | share this photo |
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| Podium celebration | share this photo |
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| Post race press conference | share this photo |
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| “Without question Fabian was the strongest, he was going like a motorbike. He followed Nibali and myself on the Poggio, drove it over the top and was the best descender.”“He drove the break to the finish. I gave him one turn but he passed me again. I was confident the break would make it to the finish and I knew what I had to do to finish off the job and win. Fabian was racing to win in the finale. He perhaps thought he had enough to finish it off but perhaps he underestimated me in the finale.” | share this photo |
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| You take them any way you can ;-). As Vincenzo Nibali succinctly concludes best, “Congratulations to Gerrans, both for the final sprint and for spotting the decisive attack.” | share this photo |
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