2014 Milan–San Remo
| 2014 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 30 | |||||||||||||
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The peloton in Savona
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| Dates | 23 March | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 294 km (182.7 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 55' 56" | ||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
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(Team Katusha) | |
| Second |
 Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
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(Trek Factory Racing) | |
| Third |
 Ben Swift (GBR)
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(Team Sky) |
The 2014 Milan–San Remo was the 105th running of the Milan–San Remo single-day monument classic cycling race. It was held on Sunday 23 March over a distance of 294 kilometres (182.7 miles) and was the fourth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won in the sprint by Alexander Kristoff, ahead of Fabian Cancellara and Ben Swift.
Race orgainsers initially introduced major changes to the route for the 2014 edition of the race, with the new Pompeiana climb being introduced between the existing Cipressa and Poggio climbs in the climax of the race, although the earlier climb of Le Mànie was taken out. This was seen to tip the balance of the race in favour of puncheurs and climbers rather than sprinters, with many sprinters including 2009 winner Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) stating they would not compete. However, in February 2014 race organisers announced the new climb would not be used after all, due to poor weather conditions.
With no replacement climb, the route now resembled that of the 2007 edition, and seemed to now favour sprinters due to a flatter route than in previous years. Subsequently, the likes of Cavendish and André Greipel (Lotto–Belisol) decided they would compete in the first monument of the season. Peter Sagan of Cannondale was seen as one of the top favourites going into the race, due to his all round sprinting and hill climbing abilities. Cavendish, Greipel and Giant–Shimano's John Degenkolb were considered favourites should the race end in a bunch sprint, whilst the likes of Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing), Philippe Gilbert of the BMC Racing Team, Orica–GreenEDGE's Simon Gerrans and Tom-Jelte Slagter of Garmin–Sharp would be looking to set up victory by dropping the sprinters on the final climbs. Gerrans did not start the race, after being ruled out the day before due to illness.
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