2016 Milan–San Remo
| 2016 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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The peloton in Savona
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| Dates | 19 March 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 295 km (183.3 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 54' 45" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Arnaud Démare (FRA)
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(FDJ) | |
| Second |
 Ben Swift (GBR)
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(Team Sky) | |
| Third |
 Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)
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(Lotto–Soudal) |
The 107th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycling classic took place on Saturday, 19 March 2016. It was the fourth of 28 races of the 2016 UCI World Tour; the first one-day race. It was also the first cycling monument of the season.
It was won by Arnaud Démare in a sprint finish, ahead of Ben Swift (Team Sky) and Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto–Soudal). The finish was disrupted by a crash involving Fernando Gaviria (Etixx–Quick-Step), causing several riders to take avoiding action, ruling them out of contention. A landslide on the road caused the race to be diverted for a length of 9 km (5.6 mi).
As one of the sports monuments, Milan–San Remo is among the highest-rated races in professional cycling. The 2016 route was set to be 291 km (181 mi) long. Generally considered a sprinters' classic, the race ran from the Via della Chiesa Rossa in Milan to the traditional finish on San Remo's Via Roma. The final part of the race included the climbs of the Cipressa and the Poggio, which usually proved decisive for the race outcome. Across the road, the riders also had to tackle the 35 km (22 mi) climb of the Passo dello Turchino, although it was not considered to be a key point in the race. After the Turchino, the route followed the Aurelia road along the coast from Genoa all the way to the finish in San Remo. With a little over 50 km (31 mi) left to go, the first of the coastal climbs started with the Capo Mele, the Capo Cervo and the Capo Berta, before meeting the final two climbs leading to the finish.
A landslide on the morning of the race at a point 130 km (81 mi) into the race caused the route to be slightly changed, with the riders taking a 9 km (5.6 mi) detour along the A10 highway, entering in Genova Voltri and exiting in Arenzano, rejoining the original course at that point. As a consequence, the race ran over a distance of 295 km (183 mi).
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