March 17, 2018 (Sanremo, ITA) – Legendary Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida made a gusty attack on the Poggio to claim Milan and Sanremo, 294km, “The Spring classic”, adding another Monument victory to his stellar palmares that includes victories at all three Grand Tours.

Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott was second and Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ finished 3rd. “I’m not a fast rider, I had to invent something,” said Nibali who was all smiles and happily on the podium of the 109th edition of the Milan-Sanremo, the longest professional one-day race in modern cycling held in Northwest Italy.

The Italian champion arrived solo on Via Roma’s finish line after having attacked on Poggio and started the swooping on Sanremo with only 12 seconds ahead of the pursuers.

“The most difficult moment was the last 2 kilometers: I never turned back and on the radio the sport director Alberto Volpi was saying 10/11 seconds, push, push. I only thought about giving everything I had. When I was with 50 meters to go I looked back and I enjoyed the moment! “.

“I arrived at this “Sanremo” with so much tranquility, I knew that I had finished the Tirreno-Adriatico in growth and this morning I had confidence. You do not win alone and for this I have to thank all my teammates for the great work of today. They were fundamental,” added Nibali.

“This morning,” commented Head of Performance Paolo Slongo, “Vincenzo had that expression that he has usually before his great victories. The season did not start as we wanted, but in these two months Vincenzo has worked hard and today’s result confirms it.”

Results

1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 7:18:43
2. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
3. Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
4. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
5. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
6. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
7. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
8. Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team
9. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
10. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
11. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
12. Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
13. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
14. Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
15. Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
16. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
17. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
18. Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
19. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
20. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 4
21. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
22. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 5
23. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
24. Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
25. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
26. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
27. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
28. Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team
29. Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
30. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
31. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
32. Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10
33. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:11
34. Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 0:15
35. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
36. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:17
37. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
38. Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:32
39. Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb
40. Scott Thwaites (Gbr) Dimension Data
41. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
42. Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
43. Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
44. Ben Swift (Gbr) UAE Team Emirates
45. August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy
46. Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
47. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
48. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:34
49. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
50. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo
51. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:45
52. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:53
53. José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 1:02
54. Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
55. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
56. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
57. Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team 1:21
58. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:27
59. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
60. Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 2:23
61. Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
62. Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
63. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
64. Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
65. David Lozano (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk
66. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
67. Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
68. Koen Bouwman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
69. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
70. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
71. Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ
72. Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
73. Stephen Cummings (Gbr) Dimension Data
74. Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
75. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
76. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
77. Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
78. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
79. Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
80. Juan José Lobato (Esp) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
81. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
82. Marco Tizza (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
83. Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:56
84. Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 3:52
85. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 4:00
86. Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
87. Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:50
88. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
89. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
90. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
91. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
92. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team
93. Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
94. Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
95. Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team 5:20
96. Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
97. Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team
98. Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
99. Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky
100. Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
101. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
102. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
103. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
104. Sam Bewley (Nzl) Mitchelton-Scott
105. Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
106. Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott
107. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 5:22
108. Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 6:14
109. Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 6:42
110. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 7:53
111. Gregory Rast (Sui) Trek-Segafredo
112. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8:30
113. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
114. Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 8:37
115. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 9:37
116. Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
117. Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
118. Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
119. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
120. Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
121. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team
122. Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
123. Victor De La Parte (Esp) Movistar Team
124. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
125. Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
126. Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
127. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Team Sky
128. Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
129. Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:40
130. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
131. Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
132. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
133. Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
134. Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy
135. Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
136. Sam Brand (Gbr) Team Novo Nordisk
137. Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
138. Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
139. Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team
140. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
141. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
142. Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
143. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
144. Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
145. Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
146. Luke Rowe (Gbr) Team Sky
147. Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:13:19
148. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:15:03
149. Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
150. Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
151. Hector Carretero (Esp) Movistar Team
152. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 0:16:13
153. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
154. Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
155. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
156. Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:16:32
157. Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
158. Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
159. Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
160. Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
161. Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:16:53
162. Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
163. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:21:00
164. Evgeny Kobernyak (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNS Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky
DNF Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
DNF Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Dimension Data
DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
DNF Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
DNF Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
DNF Daniel McLay (Gbr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
DNF Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
DNF Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates