Milan-San Remo, (Italy) 293kms
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A cycling fan stops in Milan to watch Il Primavera leave the start...
Gatis Smukulis has been caught out on the city's slippery tram-lines - but he's unhurt...
The peloton comes to a momentary stop at 'Kilometro 0'...
Smukulis is planning for a wet weather ride today...
Could this be Nacer Bouhanni's day? One of his ex-FDJ teamates is asking that very question...
Bye, bye Milano - only 293-kilometres to go now..!
Andrea Peron of the Changing Diabetes team is leading an 11-man escape away...
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After breaking his collar-bone six weeks ago, Alex Dowsett is racing his first World Tour race of the season...
Mark Cavendish is one of the hot favourites of the day, can he win Milan-San Remo again..?
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Fabian Cancellara is discussing his team's tactics - the escape has already gained nine-minutes..!
Peter Sagan is another contender for victory - but will the pressure get to him once again..?
Vincenzo Nibali looks good, but word has it he is a long way from being in-form to win...
Tinkoff, with Manuele Boaro, has started to chase with the escape over eleven minutes ahead...
Smukulis is doing the chasing for Katusha as the rain starts to fall heavily...
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Eugenio Alafaci chases for Trek - the escape stands no chance with such a pursuit..!
The peloton speeds past the village of Campo Ligure on the ascent to the Turchino Pass...
Cyclists in today's Milan-San Remo can now enjoy the almost-new tunnel atop the Turchino...
Stefano Pirazzi is leading the escape along the Ligurian coast - but their lead is down to about five-minutes...
The sun is finally coming through, drying out the slippery roads before the finale...
The peloton is in single file along the exposed coastline...
Incredibly, Smukulis is still leading the chase, 250-kilometres into the race..!
Cavendish, behind Julian Vermote, is looking less fresh at this point with 45-kilometres to go...
The escape is still intact and in front, but by just a few minutes...
Lagutin has taken over the chasing for Katusha on the Capo Berta...
Rowe, Thomas and Nordhaug are starting to pull away from the peloton..!
Julian Berard is trying to get away from the escape in San Lorenzo al Mare...
Matteo Bono has got away from the escape...
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Rowe leads the Sky trio up to the remnants of the escape - only Bono has stayed away from them..!
The peloton is closing in on the Sky move as the Cipressa begins...
Silvan Dillier makes a move, but the Sky riders manage to stay with him...
Filipo Pozzato is leading the way on the descent, but about 80 riders are still together..!
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Fabian Cancellara looks fresh enough to make his expected move on the Poggio...
World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski is up there too, and knows Cavendish has been discarded with mechanical trouble...
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Daniel Oss leads Thomas on the Poggio after attacking before the final climb...
