Some new features for the 113th edition, pro bike news
Published on 02/11/2022 18:50
On Saturday March 19, 2022, the first Monument of the season, Milan-San Remo returns.
This season, Milan-San Remo presents again the traditional course including the Turchino, the Capi, the Cipressa and the Poggio before arrival via Roma after 293 km of course. The great novelty of this 113th edition of 2022 will be the start of the historic Milanese velodrome Maspes-Vigorelli. After passing the town, km 0 will start as usual via della Chiesa Rossa.
The classic Milan-San Remo 2022 route
The 113th Milan-Sanremo presented by Eolo will be run on Saturday March 19, on its classic course. The Passo del Turchino is back after two years. 293 kilometers will take the riders from the start proper in Via della Chiesa Rossa, Milan, to the final straight in Via Roma, Sanremo.
For the first time in its historythe Milano-Sanremo will start from the Velodrome of Maspes-Vigorelli which has already hosted the Giro d’Italia, the Giro di Lombardia and many Six Days, but never the start of the Classicissima.
Milano-Sanremo runs along the classic route that for more than 110 years has linked Milan to the Italian Riviera through Pavia, Ovada, the Passo del Turchino that leads to Genoa Voltri. From there it rolls west through Varazze, Savona, Albenga to Imperia and San Lorenzo al Mare where, after the classic Capi sequence (Mele, Cervo and Berta), the riders will face the two climbs added to the decades: the Cipressa (1982) and the Poggio di Sanremo (1961). The Cipressa stretches for just over 5.6 km with a gradient of 4.1%. The very proven descent descends on the SS 1 Aurelia.
The last kilometers of Milan-SanRemo 2022
The ascent of Poggio di Sanremo begins with 9 km remaining at the finish (3.7 km, average gradient less than 4%, maximum 8% in the segment before reaching the top of the climb). The road is slightly narrower, with 4 hairpin bends in the first 2 km. The descent is provenon winding asphalt roads, narrow in places and with hairpin bends until the junction with the SS 1 Aurelia.
The last part of the descent enters the town of Sanremo. The last 2 km are on long straight city roads. There is a left turn on a roundabout 850m from the finish line. The last bend, leading to the Via Roma straight, is 750m from the finish line.