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Milan–San Remo, also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is the longest professional one-day race in modern cycling. It is the first major classic race of the season, usually held on the third Sunday of March. The first edition was held in 1907. Today it is one of the five ''Monuments'' of cycling. It was the opening race of the UCI Road World Cup series until the series was replaced by the UCI ProTour in 2005 and the World Tour in 2011. Milan–San Remo and the other four Monuments are now the one-day races in which most World Tour points are awarded (100 pts for the winner). The most successful rider with seven victories is Belgian Eddy Merckx. Italian Costante Girardengo achieved 11 podium finishes in the interwar period, winning the race six times. In recent times, the most successful riders have been Erik Zabel with four wins and Óscar Freire with three. Milan–San Remo is considered a ''sprinters classic'' because of its mainly flat course, whereas the other Italian Monument race, the Giro di Lombardia, held in autumn, is considered a ''climbers classic''. From 1999 to 2005, a women's race, the Primavera Rosa, was organized alongside the men's but at a shorter distance. == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milan–San Remo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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