Milan San Remo (Italy)
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The 2011 Milan San Remo pulls aaway from the Castillo in the centre of Milan...
A four-man escape is led away by a determined champion of Japan, Miyazawa...
The Champion of Great Britain, Geraint Thomas, chats with a future champion Mark Cavendish...
Even for Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha, it's getting hot out there on this nice springtime day...
Nico Sijmens is leading the quartet of escapers towards the first climb - they have over ten minutes lead now...
De Marchi and his mates are on the Turchino now - but their lead is shrinking slowly...
The peloton sweeps up the Turchino Pass, just after Campo Ligure...
The descent of the Turchino sees the peloton strung out over two kilometres...
Sijmens leads the escape on to the climb of Le Manie - but they have just three minutes lead now...
Linus Gerdemann is leading a counter-attack on Le Manie...
Miyazawa has been dropped, but his pride will see him regain his place on the descent...
Stuart O'Grady and Gerdemann are attacking the slippery descent like madmen...
Andre Greipel risks everything to go with the Leopard duo...
Cancellara descends ahead of George Hincapie - there's something important going on now...
Yaroslav Popovych is chasing as well, and expecting to fall by the look of it..!
Romain Feillu proves how slippery the road really is...
Tom Boonen is taking it easier on the treacherous descent...
Thor Hushovd descends warily with Thomas - the World Champion is not liking this descent at all...
Oscar Freire has fallen on the descent - he faces a long chase to regain the main group...
Forty four riders have formed an elite front group as they hit the final 50-kilometres...
Saxo Bank is chasing over two minutes down, at the head of a group of about 150 cyclists...
AG2R is helping the chase - Bonnen, Cavendish, Hushovd and Farrar are all in this second group...
It's looking good for Leopard-Trek as the leaders start the Cipressa with about a 90-seconds lead...
Popovych has attacked on the Cipressa - he prefers going uphill than downhill..!
Bradley Wiggins is making one big effort to get Thomas Lovkvist across to the leaders - but it doesn't work...
Yann Offredo leads a new quartet of escapers after the Cipressa descent...
O'Grady is with Offredo - and so is Greg Van Avermaet...
The quartet mame it as far as the Poggio - where Van Avermaet attacks...
Philippe Gilbert has attacked from behind - he's going after fellow Belgian, Van Avermaet...
Vicenzo Nibali attacks now - he passes Gilbert but cannot catch Van Avermaet...
O'Grady paces Cancellara in pursuit of Van Avermaet - they'll catch the BMC rider in the last kilometre...
Matthew Goss wins the 2011 Milan San Remo ahead of Cancellara and Gilbert..!
Matthew Goss celebrates an historic win as the first-ever Australian winner of the Primavera - Cancellara and Gilbert show mixed emotions on the podium...
