2015 Milan–San Remo
| 2015 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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The peloton in Savona
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| Dates | 22 March 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 293 km (182.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6hr 46' 16" | ||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 John Degenkolb (GER)
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(Team Giant–Alpecin) | |
| Second |
 Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
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(Team Katusha) | |
| Third |
 Michael Matthews (AUS)
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(Orica–GreenEDGE) |
The 2015 Milan–San Remo was a one-day cycling classic that took place in Italy on 22 March. The race was the 106th edition of the Milan–San Remo. It was the fourth of the 28 races on the Union Cycliste Internationale's (UCI) 2015 World Tour and the first of them to be a one-day race. It was also the first of the 2015 cycling monuments, the five most important one-day races of the year. The defending champion was Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha), who won the previous year's race in a sprint.
The 2015 race returned to the traditional route of the Milan − San Remo, which had not been used since an extra climb had been added in the 2008 race. The removal of the La Manie climb was seen as making the race more suitable for sprinters. The race started in the city of Milan, travelling to the Mediterranean and then south along the coast. The final part of the race was the most difficult, with five climbs in the last 55 kilometres (34 mi), before the race ended in the city of San Remo, for a distance of 293 kilometres (182.1 miles).
After numerous attacks in the final stages of the race, particularly from riders on the BMC Racing Team and Team Sky, it was decided in a sprint in San Remo on the Via Roma, won by John Degenkolb (Team Giant–Alpecin), with Kristoff second and Michael Matthews (Orica–GreenEDGE) in third place.
The route of the Milan–San Remo has varied over the years, with climbs added at various points to make the course harder. The first climb to be introduced was the Poggio, followed by the Cipressa in 1982. The course was made more difficult again in 2008, with the addition of the climb of La Manie approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the end of the race. The finish of the course was also moved in 2008 from the traditional location on the Via Roma to Lungomare Italo Calvino. Further changes were planned for the 2014 edition. The climb of La Manie was removed. A new climb, the Pompeiana, was planned between the Cipressa and the Poggio, but was discarded after landslides made it unsafe to ride.
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