Milan-San Remo
Local name:	Milano-San Remo
Region:	North West Italy
Date:	Late March
Type:	One-day race
History
First Edition:	1907
Number of Editions:	96
First Winner:	Lucien Petit-Breton, (France)
Most Wins:	Eddy Merckx, (Belgium), 7 times

Milan - San Remo, nicknamed la primavera, is an annual cycling race between Milan and San Remo. Currently it's the longest of all professional one-day cycling races (294 km). The first edition was held in 1907, the Argentinean Frenchman Lucien Petit-Breton won.

In the early years the main difficulty of the race was the Passo del Turchino , but when cycling became more professional the climb was too far away from the finish-line to be decisive. Therefore in 1960 the Poggio , a climb only a few kilometres before the finish, was introduced in the route. In 1982 the Cipressa , a hill near Imperia was added. The other hills are the so-called 'capi', the Capo Mele , Capo Berta and Capo Cerva . Despite these hills the race mostly ends in a mass sprint.

The most successful rider in Milan-San Remo was Eddy Merckx, he won 7 times. The most recent edition (2005) was won by Alessandro Petacchi.