Milan - San Remo

Also known as Milan-San Remo, Milan-Sanremo

Italian one-day cycling race, one of the five monuments

Key facts

Date: Mid-March
Region: Northwest Italy
English name: Milan–Sanremo
Local name: Milano–Sanremo (in Italian)
Nickname: La Classicissima di primavera (in Italian)
Discipline: Road
Competition: UCI World Tour
Type: One-day cycling race
Organiser: RCS Sport
Race director: Mauro Vegni
Web site: www .milanosanremo .it
First edition: 1907 ( 1907 )
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Milan–Sanremo, also called "The Spring classic", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo , in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 kilometres (185 mi), it is the longest professional one-day race in modern road cycling in Europe. It is the first major classic race of the season, usually held on the third Saturday of March. The first edition was held in 1907.

It is traditionally the first of the five Monuments of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycling. It was the opening race of the UCI Road World Cup series until the series was replaced by the UCI ProTour in 2005 and the World Tour in 2011.