Milano-Sanremo - 17 March 2013, this Sunday!
Whether you call this race Milan-San Remo or Milano-Sanremo - just watch it! To set the mood for this extremely prestigious one-day 298 km race - first take a look at a great collection of photos by Cycling Tips : Milan-San Remo :: Moments in History. And then read this story: Milan to Sanremo, When Fausto Coppi Stopped for a Coffee on the Way to Victory.
Then go directly to the official race website for the 104th edition of this often epic race at Milano-Sanremo, where you should resist clicking the small British flag to change to English language. That's right, try to navigate and discover in Italian - if the new Pope can do it, so can we (A quick tip - silence the Matt White videos).
Squadre (teams)
Programmo (program)
Percorso (route)
Planimetria (map)
Altimetria (profile)
Ultimi 30 km (final 30 km)
Partenza (departure/start) 10:10am
Arrivo (arrival/finish) 17:00-17:30pm
Cronotabella (timetable)
Word of the Day: Passista, Scattista, Velocista
Route maps - 298 glorious kilometers with a sprint finish!
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| Route map of 2013 Milan-San Remo |
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| Profile map 2013 Milan SanRemo. |
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| Photo from official guide |
| 2000 |  |
Erik Zabel (GER) | Team Telekom |
| 2001 | |
Erik Zabel (GER) | Team Telekom |
| 2002 |  |
Mario Cipollini (ITA) | Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo |
| 2003 | |
Paolo Bettini (ITA) | Quick Step-Davitamon |
| 2004 |  |
Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank |
| 2005 | |
Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2006 | |
Filippo Pozzato (ITA) | Quick Step-Innergetic |
| 2007 | |
Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank |
| 2008 |  |
Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Team CSC |
| 2009 |  |
Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Team Columbia-High Road |
| 2010 | |
Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank |
| 2011 |  |
Matthew Goss (AUS) | HTC-Highroad |
| 2012 | |
Simon Gerrans (AUS) | GreenEDGE |
Check out the teams and roster of riders for 2013 by VeloNews: Milano-Sanremo 2013 confirmed riders
Read over a preview of the race for 2013: By my favorite race tactician Frankie Andreu (his picks are spot on) Race Preview: Milan-San Remo, "Every racer thinks they have a shot, if they can drop the sprinters." Or by Mikkel at C-Cycling: Milano - San Remo: Preview and Favorites, "there is only one true favorite for this race; Peter Sagan." Or read the lengthy preview by a very knowledgeable reporter Ed Hood: PEZ Previews: La Primavera.
Promo video: Milan-San Remo promo by Cycling Central (available for 3 days).
Plan on popping up Steephill.TV to watch live coverage very early this Sunday morning (St. Patrick's Day): 2013 Milan-San Remo Live Video, Route, Teams, Results, Photos, TV.
According to Steve Hill at Steephill.TV we can expect:
Start time: Sunday March 17th 10:10 CET (3:10:00 AM MDT); Current Weather in Milan
Earliest live video: 14:00 CET (7:00:00 AM MDT); Live video/text options
Approximate finish 17:15 CET (10:15:00 AM MDT); Current Weather in San Remo
I always recommend opening a second browser online with live text coverage by Cyclingnews, this way you can truly know which riders made the break or are falling off the back on the climbs (something TV coverage does not always convey). Open http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo coverage from 8:30am CET (European time) on Sunday morning (that's a little early here!).
I won't be watching at 12:30 am but I will rise early to see the final kilometers. Milan-Sanremo is a race in which I want to see the faces of the winner and loosers after 298 km of racing. Tough tough men win this race. M-SR is a career maker, I can't wait to see who the next victor will be.
Travel in the area
Did you know - the top 3 things to do as a tourist in Milan, Italy, are:
1. Viewing the frescos at Chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore
2. The Cathedral (Duomo); every city in Italy has one.
3. L'Ultima Cena museum, the location on the Last Supper painting.
Top things to do in San Remo, Italy:
1. The sea
2. A bike ride from Sanremo to San Lorenzo on the old railway cycle path (24km along the Liguarian coast).
3. Eat!
Check out the route of the 2013 Giro d'Italia in May, this year Stage 13 of the Giro, from Busseto to Cherasco, will cross the route of Milan-Sanremo.
Here is a map that I think is of equal importance - all the pizza places near the route of Milan-San Remo. It is Italy, and racing makes me hungry.
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| That's a lot of pizza! |
Photos of the Day: 2013 Milan-San Remo & results
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If you're in the U.S. and can't manage to get up early, beIn Sport will have a 2 hour recap on Monday morning at 10:30 am MDT.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jason, I did not know of http://www.beinsport.tv/tv-guide before you shared this information. I also see the two hour recap listed at 3:30pm MDT on Monday. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIts actually AlJazzera's sports channel they started about a year ago. Obviously the AlJazzera name has a mixed opinion associated with it so they went with a different name for the sport channel. I only found out about it because one of the big things they did right away was to buy the rights to the U.S. Men's Soccer Team's road World Cup Qualifiers, along with the rights to a number of European soccer leagues. I was looking around on Wednesday to see if they were carrying one of the FA Cup matches (they weren't) and noticed they had delayed Tirreno-Adriatico coverage so I got to see the brutal 30% stage! After that I went digging online and found out about their Milan-San Remo coverage.
ReplyDeleteThe race was so fantastic today, I'd like to see the recap again tomorrow. Thanks again.
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