2015 Milan–San Remo
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The 2015 Milan–San Remo was a one-day cycling classic that took place in Italy on 22 March. The race was the 106th edition of the Milan–San Remo. It was the fourth of the 28 races on the Union Cycliste Internationale's (UCI) 2015 World Tour and the first of them to be a one-day race.[1][2] It was also the first of the 2015 cycling monuments, the five most important one-day races of the year.[3] The defending champion was Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha), who won the previous year's race in a sprint.
2015 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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Dates | 22 March 2015 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 293 km (182.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 6h 46' 16" | ||||||||||||
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The 2015 race returned to the traditional route of Milan−San Remo, which had not been used since an extra climb had been added in the 2008 race. The removal of the La Manie climb was seen as making the race more suitable for sprinters. The race started in the city of Milan, travelling to the Mediterranean and then south along the coast. The final part of the race was the most difficult, with five climbs in the last 55 kilometres (34 mi), before the race ended in the city of Sanremo, for a distance of 293 kilometres (182.1 miles).
After numerous attacks in the final stages of the race, particularly from riders on the BMC Racing Team and Team Sky, it was decided in a sprint in San Remo on the Via Roma, won by John Degenkolb (Team Giant–Alpecin), with Kristoff second and Michael Matthews (Orica–GreenEDGE) in third place.