The first great monument of the cycling season arrives: Milan – San Remo. One of the great classics on the calendar kicks off the season of the spring classics with a route in which the great figures of the peloton will face each other in search of one of the most prestigious victories in road cycling.
Profile and route of Milan – Sanremo 2023
The peloton that will start this Saturday at Milan – San Remo will face the classic course of the test, with a layout of 294 kilometers starting in Abbiategrasso, near Milan, and the final arrival at Via Roma in San Remo.
The runners will roll along a practically flat route for the first 120 kilometers before facing the first great difficulty with the climb to Passo del Turchino. After their descent, the cyclists will ride along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea for almost 100 kilometers before entering the final 50 kilometers where the race will be decided. The ascents to the levels of Capo Mele, Capo Cervo and Capo Berta will be the advances before the two decisive moments in Milan – San Remo: the Cipressa, which could break the race; and the climb and the subsequent descent to Poggio di San Remo, with its 3.7 kilometers at 3.7% and ramps of up to 8% after almost 290 kilometers in the legs, and where the winning attack could take place. In the event that a large group arrives, Milan – San Remo will be decided in a vibrant volata on the city’s Via Roma.
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Participants and favorites of Milan – San Remo 2023
The Milan – San Remo 2023 will once again demonstrate its category as a cycling monument for its history, its route… and also for a participation that will bring together the great figures of the current peloton. A total of 25 teams, including 18 from the UCI World Tour, will start the Classicissima to be the stars in one of the great races of the year.
The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, current champion of Paris-Nice and fifth last year in San Remo, starts as a great favorite to win against two other serious contenders for victory such as Mathieu Van der Poel and Wout Van Aert, They will meet for the first time this year in a one-day classic after meeting in Tirreno-Adriatico. Other candidates for victory in case the race breaks down at the Poggio are Alberto Bettiol, Biniam Girmay, Michal Kwiatkowski, Julian Alaphilippe, Mads Pedersen Filippo Ganna, the current champion Matej Mohoric or the Spanish Pello Bilbao.
In the event that Milan РSan Remo was decided in a massive sprint, runners like Jasper Philipsen, Mark Cavendish, Sam Bennett, Arnaud D̩mare, Simone Consonni, Christophe Laporte, Fernando Gaviria, John Degenkolb or Jasper Stuyven or Caleb Ewanwho could raise their arms on the Via Roma after an intense volata.