Milan San Remo (Italy), 298kms
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The one bit of good news today is that Hayden Roulston now has his official New Zealand champion's jersey on...
The wet tram-lines and slippery cobblestones of Milan are the least of the cyclists' problems today...
Who's this..? Vincenzo Nibali is feeling the cold already - on come the gloves...
Adam Hansen is one of many cyclists trying out a miniature rain guard today - and he might well need it..!
Mark Cavendish changes a flat tyre and enjoys a good push from Wilfried Peeters...
Yaroslav Popovych is chatting with Riccardo Chiarini who's fiddling with his glasses...
Chiarini has suddenly lost control of his bike - Popovych looks as the Italian crashes...
The single crash has caused a mass pile-up behind - about 20 riders are involved...
An MTN rider ends his day sitting in a cold puddle...
Chiarini has a bad knee, he too quits after this crash...
Lastras and Lars Bak are starting to feel the snow that's falling...
Nine minutes later, Tom Boonen is also feeling snowflakes against his cold face...
An unusual Milan San Remo landscape as the peloton struggles to keep warm in the atrocious conditions...
An Euskatel rider is one of dozens unable to keep warm and keep his place...
Cannondale is still maintaining a high pace, despite the news that the race will be neutralized soon...
Cyclists begin to stop at their buses in Ovada, where the snow is at its heaviest...
Nibali looks cold and miserable as he walks to his Astana bus...
Manuel Belletti arrives at the emergency stop 10-minutes later - he's in a bad way...
A few hours later, the original escape re-starts its journey safely on the coast - they start with an eight-minute lead..
Astana assumes control of the frozen peloton - there are still 120-kilometres to race...
Astana assumes control of the frozen peloton - there are still 120-kilometres to race...
Bak leads an escape that has little purpose left, but the show goes on for TV..!
Fabian Cancellara is getting cold - he needs his mechanic's help to remove and swap his gloves...
Team Sky starts to dictate the race on the irst of three 'Capi' in the last 60-kilometres...
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Jack Bauer tries to help an aggitated Farrar get going, but it's too late to help the American today...
Thomas Lovkvist makes the only real attack on the Cipressa - but he'll be passed by an attacking Philippe Gilbert on the descent....
John Degenkolb has caught Gilbert after the Cipressa, while Cancellara, Sagan and Chavanel have come from behind...
Chavanel continues his attacking with Ian Stannard and Vorgonov - they've gained 30-seconds before the Poggio starts...
Lovkvist is chasing Iglinsky on the Poggio...
Moreno Moser chases hard for Peter Sagan...
Stannard leaves the Poggio descent behind him, but Sagan is closing in from behind...
Sagan leads the race into the last two-kilometres...
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It's a close-call at the finish for Sagan, Cancellara, and a rider from the fledgling MTN team...
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Gerald Ciolek has won Milan San Remo from Sagan and Cancellara - what a win, what a day..!
