Milan-San Remo (2016) Photos March 18

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Hairstyles of the favorites starring Peter Sagan and Alexander Kristoff		The scene of the pre-race press conference at Palazzo Marino in Milano
World Champion Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), Milan's Mayor Giuliano Pisapia, Fabian Cancellara (Trek Segafredo) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)	Giuliano Pisapia, Mayor of Milan: "Milan-Sanremo is the beginning of the season for the greats of cycling. Every year it reminds me that our city is the Italian capital of two wheels. It’s a 291km-long event in a great sport along a traditional course that always offers great emotions. Therefore, we are proud to have launched the 107th edition at Palazzo Marino with Peter Sagan, Fabian Cancellara and Alexander Kristoff. Great wishes from all Milanese people, may the best man win."	World Champion Peter Sagan: "I like this race. I’ve been close to winning it on three occasions. Twice, I wasn’t feeling very well. I’m not sure if I am in the best form of my life after my second place at Tirreno-Adriatico but I’m well. Everything will be decided in the last 30km."
Fabian Cancellara: "I prefer this nice weather for racing. It’s been bad in the past few years but it was the same for everyone. The different conditions will make it a new race tomorrow. It’s not a race like others. It’ll be my last time doing Milan-Sanremo. My goal is to do my best. With 300km, it’s the hardest classic to win because there are so many ways to win it. We’ve got a few cards to play. We have [Niccolo] Bonifazio in case of a bunch sprint finish. We know what we want but, after Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico, we know that there are so many protagonists, between attackers, sprinters and so on. Everyone has his own idea for winning. Vincenzo Nibali has his. He’ll have to get rid of the sprinters so how the race unfolds depends on the condition of Greg Van Avermaet, Peter Sagan, Alexander Kristoff, Michael Matthews… As for myself, I’ve already won this race so I don’t feel an extreme pressure to win it again."		Alexander Kristoff: "Even though I’m from Norway, I prefer the nice weather. I won this race in really bad conditions two years ago but I still look forward to a sunny Sanremo. If the attackers make the race hard in the hills, I’ll use my team-mates to keep the race together. In the past two years, I had Luca Paolini to guide me in the sprint. It’ll be different this time but I have faith in my team-mates."
	Fabian Cancellara was given a birthday cake to celebrate his 35th birthday (and his final Milan-San Remo)
	Video Interviews with Kristoff and Sagan can be found on our dashboard page

Stage 1:    Full Results and Report

Tom Boonen (Etixx - Quick Step) rolling into Milan	Vincenzo Nibali	Vincenzo Nibali
World champ Peter Sagan	2008 winner Fabian Cancellara signing in for his final Milan-Sanremo	Start sign
The rollout from Milan	Unlike past years, the weather was perfect
The break
	The best late attack came from MichalKWIATKOWSKI (SKY) on the Poggio	Final Km: Peter Sagan and Fabian Cancellera skillfully avoided Fernando Gaviria who crashed after overlapping wheels with Greg Van Avermaet
	The sprint finish in full flight... Jurgen ROELANDTS (LOTTO SOUDAL) to the left realizes he's going to come up short	The sprint finish in Sanremo was hectic as usual
Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ) celebrates his win over 2nd Ben SWIFT (SKY) and 3rd Jurgen ROELANDTS (LOTTO SOUDAL)		"I thought it was game over [after my earlier crash]. From the team car, I was told that Michael Matthews’ group was behind, but that I shouldn’t worry. William Bonnet was along. I had great legs on the Cipressa and successively I found my team-mates, Matthieu Ladagnous, Kevin Reza and Ignites Konovalovas, who replaced in extremis at the foot of the Poggio. I thought I had lost a lot of energy but I climbed the Poggio very well despite my efforts. But everyone was cooked and I had nothing to lose. I launched my sprint from far out as usual. I had lost track of how the race unfolded so I wasn’t too sure if all the attackers had been caught, but the cars ahead of the race helped me to understand that I was sprinting for the win. I thought it would have taken me more experience to win Milan-Sanremo, one of the five classics that all cyclists dream of winning."
The new winner gets congratulated by the 2008 winner, Fabian Cancellara	Team celebration
The thrill of victory...	... and the agony of defeat	Michael Matthews (barely) finishes after crashing eariler in the day
Your 2016 Milan-Sanremo winner, Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ), the first Frenchman since 1995	18:15:20 562-181520_574630680.jpg	Your 2016 Milan Sanremo podium: 2nd Ben SWIFT (SKY), 1st Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ), 3rd Jurgen ROELANDTS (LOTTO SOUDAL)