Milan – Sanremo 2014

Milan – Sanremo 2014
Host country	Italy
Competition period	March 23, 2014
overall length	294 km
Starting field	200 from 35 nations in 25 teams (114 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Alexander Kristoff 6:55:56 h 2. Fabian Cancellara same time 3. Ben Swift same time
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The 105th cycling classic Milan – Sanremo took place on March 23, 2014. As in the previous year, the race took place on a Sunday. It was part of the UCI World Tour 2014 and the fourth race within it. The Norwegian Alexander Kristoff from the Russian team Katusha won .

Attendees

ProTeams Ag2r La Mondiale Astana Pro Team Belkin-Pro Cycling Team BMC Racing Team Cannondale FDJ.fr Garmin Sharp Lampre-Merida Lotto Belisol	Movistar team Omega Pharma-Quick Step Orica GreenEdge Team Europcar Team Giant-Shimano Team Katusha Team Sky Tinkoff-Saxo Trek Factory Racing
Professional Continental Teams Androni Giocattoli Venezuela Bardiani CSF IAM Cycling MTN Qhubeka	Team NetApp-Endura UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team Neri Sottoli

The 18 ProTeams were entitled to start . In addition, the organizer gave wildcards to seven Professional Continental Teams . Each team competed with eight drivers.

Race course

In bad weather conditions, the race started around 9:50 a.m. At the beginning, a top group of seven around Nicola Boem , Antonio Parrinello , Marc de Maar , Matteo Bono , Maarten Tjallingii , Nathan Haas and Jan Bárta managed to break away . The outliers were able to pull out a lead of 10 minutes before the Cannondale team around Peter Sagan began the pace work in the peloton. With 70 kilometers to go, there were only five drivers left in the lead. Nicola Boem was left behind and Nathan Haas lost the connection due to a defect. Before the Cipressa was reached, the rain subsided. In the ascent to the Cipressa there were attacks from the main field. Vincenzo Nibali was able to pull away 25 kilometers from the finish. The Italian had already overtaken the last members of the former leading group 20 kilometers from the finish. He could pull out a maximum of 49 seconds ahead of the peloton . Nibali was overtaken by the field nine kilometers from the finish. There were several attacks on the ascent to Poggio di Sanremo , but none of them could break away from the field. The result was a sprint for a group of 25, which Alexander Kristoff won ahead of Fabian Cancellara and Ben Swift .

Result

#	driver	team	time
1.	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	6:55:56 h (42.41 km / h)
2.	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	same time
3.	Ben Swift	Team Sky	same time
4th	Juan José Lobato	Movistar team	same time
5.	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	same time
6th	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani CSF	same time
7th	Zdenek Stybar	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	same time
8th.	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	same time
9.	Gerald Ciolek	MTN Qhubeka	same time
10.	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	same time

Web links

• Official website (Italian and English)
• Milan – Sanremo 2014 in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kristoff wins Milan-San Remo. cyclingnews.com, March 23, 2014, accessed February 19, 2015 .