Gerald Ciolek, German rider of South African MTN-Qhubeka won the first classic and monumental of the year, Milan-San Remo 2013, “la primavera”. It was the South African team’s first-ever WorldTour victory. Ciolek won the sprint against Peter Sagan of Cannondale, who finished second, and Fabian Cancellara of RadioShack-Leopard, who completed the podium.

The riders dealt with very bad conditions: wind, cold, rain, and even snow! The famous Passo del Turchino was covered with snow. There were crashes and abandons. Only 135 riders managed to complete the race. It was a very special day in the season’s first monumental classic’s history.

Heavy snowfall and bad weather forced organizers to shorten the race from 298 kilometers (185.2 miles) to 246 kilometers (152.9 miles) eliminating two key climbs – the Passo del Turchino and Le Manie – and arranging a bus transfer, for the race to begin a second time. A few riders elected not to take the restart, including Omega Pharma-Quick-Step’s Tom Boonen, who protested against the decision to let all riders rejoin the main group, despite several riders having lost contact before the race was neutralized.
After Boonen’s team-mate Sylvain Chavanel and Team Sky rider Ian Stannard had led a reduced peloton over the summit of the final climb, the Poggio di San Remo, a group of six formed on the descent from the Poggio, including pre-race favorites Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and 2008 winner Fabian Cancellara of RadioShack-Leopard. The sextet remained together until the finish, where Gerald Ciolek prevailed in the sprint for MTN-Qhubeka, ahead of Sagan and Cancellara, and winning Milan-San Remo 2013 edition.
Milan-San Remo 2013 full results
- Gerald Ciolek Germany MTN-Qhubeka 5:37:20
- Peter Sagan Slovakia Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Fabian Cancellara Switzerland RadioShack Leopard
- Sylvain Chavanel France Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Luca Paolini Italy Katusha
- Ian Stannard Great Britain Sky Procycling
- Taylor Phinney USA BMC Racing Team
- Alexander Kristoff Norway Katusha 0:00:14
- Mark Cavendish Great Britain Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Bernhard Eisel Austria Sky Procycling
- Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi Spain Movistar Team
- Sonny Colbrelli Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Heinrich Haussler Australia IAM Cycling
- Enrico Gasparotto Italy Astana Pro Team
- Sébastien Turgot France Team Europcar
- Jurgen Roelandts Belgium Lotto Belisol
- Romain Bardet France AG2R La Mondiale
- John Degenkolb Germany Team Argos-Shimano
- Yoann Offredo France FDJ
- Oscar Gatto Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Borut Bozic Slovenia Astana Pro Team
- Angel Vicioso Arcos Spain Katusha
- Sebastian Langeveld Netherlands Orica-GreenEdge
- Xavier Florencio Cabre Spain Katusha
- Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil Spain Movistar Team
- Davide Malacarne Italy Team Europcar
- Gabriel Rasch Norway Sky Procycling
- Daniele Bennati Italy Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Maxime Bouet France AG2R La Mondiale
- Grégory Rast Switzerland RadioShack Leopard
- Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Philippe Gilbert Belgium BMC Racing Team
- Filippo Pozzato Italy Lampre-Merida
- Matteo Rabottini Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Maxim Iglinskiy Kazakhstan Astana Pro Team
- Greg Van Avermaet Belgium BMC Racing Team
- Thomas Lövkvist Sweden IAM Cycling
- Mauro Santambrogio Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:00:20
- Vincent Jerome France Team Europcar
- Michael Rogers Australia Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Arthur Vichot France FDJ 0:00:56
- Salvatore Puccio Italy Sky Procycling
- Eduard Vorganov Russia Katusha
- Maxime Monfort Belgium RadioShack-Leopard 0:02:39
- Moreno Moser Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:42
- Roberto Ferrari Italy Lampre-Merida 0:03:26
- Daryl Impey South Africa Orica-GreenEdge
- Andriy Grivko Ukraine Astana Pro Team 0:03:35
- Damiano Caruso Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:04:40
- Alessandro De Marchi Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Adriano Malori Italy Lampre-Merida
- Davide Appollonio Italy AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:13
- Kristian Sbaragli Italy MTN-Qhubeka
- Mark Renshaw Australia Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Fabio Felline Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Danilo Hondo Germany RadioShack Leopard
- Jonas Aaen Jörgensen Denmark Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- André Greipel Germany Lotto Belisol
- Stefan Denifl Austria IAM Cycling
- Aleksejs Saramotins Latvia IAM Cycling
- Mauro Finetto Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Ricardo Garcia Ambroa Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Maarten Tjallingii Netherlands Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Vicente Reynes Mimo Spain Lotto Belisol
- Alessandro Petacchi Italy Lampre-Merida
- Zdenek Stybar Czech Republic Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Jens Keukeleire Belgium Orica-GreenEdge
- Simon Gerrans Australia Orica-GreenEdge
- Yaroslav Popovych Ukraine RadioShack Leopard
- Ramunas Navardauskas Lithuania Garmin-Sharp
- Manuel Quinziato Italy BMC Racing Team
- Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni Spain Vacansoleil-DCM
- Matti Breschel Denmark Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Johan Vansummeren Belgium Garmin-Sharp
- Daniele Pietropolli Italy Lampre-Merida
- Davide Cimolai Italy Lampre-Merida
- Alessandro Vanotti Italy Astana Pro Team
- Grega Bole Slovenia Vacansoleil-DCM
- Simon Geschke Germany Team Argos-Shimano
- Angel Madrazo Ruiz Spain Movistar Team
- Jorge Azanza Soto Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:49
- Paul Martens Germany Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:08:59
- Marco Bandiera Italy IAM Cycling 0:09:20
- Johannes Fröhlinger Germany Team Argos-Shimano
- Jonathan Cantwell Australia Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Stuart O’Grady Australia Orica-GreenEdge 0:09:22
- Fabian Wegmann Germany Garmin-Sharp
- Ioannis Tamouridis Greece Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:11:19
- Sergey Lagutin Uzbekistan Vacansoleil-DCM 0:11:21
- Greg Henderson New Zealand Lotto Belisol 0:11:29
- Marcel Sieberg Germany Lotto Belisol
- Jack Bauer New Zealand Garmin-Sharp
- Jens Mouris Netherlands Orica-GreenEdge
- Tyler Farrar USA Garmin-Sharp
- Alessandro Proni Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:11:39
- Kristijan Koren Slovenia Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:11:44
- Murilo Antonio Fischer Brazil FDJ
- Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Matteo Tosatto Italy Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Matthieu Ladagnous France FDJ
- David Tanner Australia Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Sergio Pardilla Bellon Spain MTN-Qhubeka 0:11:46
- Jacobus Venter South Africa MTN-Qhubeka
- Roy Curvers Netherlands Team Argos-Shimano
- Boy van Poppel Netherlands Vacansoleil-DCM
- Giovanni Visconti Italy Movistar Team
- Massimo Graziato Italy Lampre-Merida
- Elia Viviani Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Bert-Jan Lindeman Netherlands Vacansoleil-DCM 0:11:49
- Alex Howes USA Garmin-Sharp
- Andrea Pasqualon Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Enrico Battaglin Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas Spain Movistar Team
- Kevin Hulsmans Belgium Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Rick Flens Netherlands Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Gustav Larsson Sweden IAM Cycling
- Lars Ytting Bak Denmark Lotto Belisol
- Martin Elmiger Switzerland IAM Cycling
- Bjorn Thurau Germany Team Europcar
- Maxim Belkov Russia Katusha
- Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez Venezuela Androni Giocattoli
- Diego Rosa Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Michael Morkov Denmark Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Baden Cooke Australia Orica-GreenEdge 0:11:56
- Martin Velits Slovakia Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:13:09
- Tom Dumoulin Netherlands Team Argos-Shimano
- Thomas Voeckler France Team Europcar
- Andreas Stauff Germany MTN-Qhubeka
- Arnaud Demare France FDJ
- Jesse Sergent New Zealand RadioShack Leopard
- Dominic Klemme Germany IAM Cycling
- Frederik Veuchelen Belgium Vacansoleil-DCM
- Anthony Roux France FDJ
- Francesco Chicchi Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:15:03
- Vladimir Isaychev Russia Katusha 0:18:25
DNF (Did Not Finish)
- Matthew Harley Goss Australia Orica-GreenEdge
- Manuel Belletti Italy AG2R La Mondiale
- Steve Chainel France AG2R La Mondiale
- Hugo Houle Canada AG2R La Mondiale
- Ben Gastauer Luxembourg AG2R La Mondiale
- Matteo Montaguti Italy AG2R La Mondiale
- Franco Pellizotti Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Riccardo Chiarini Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Jackson Rodriguez Venezuela Androni Giocattoli
- Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez Colombia Androni Giocattoli
- Emanuele Sella Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Vincenzo Nibali Italy Astana Pro Team
- Francesco Gavazzi Italy Astana Pro Team
- Simone Ponzi Italy Astana Pro Team
- Sacha Modolo Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Francesco Manuel Bongiorno Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Nicola Boem Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Marco Canola Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Filippo Fortin Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Lars Petter Nordhaug Norway Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Tom Jelte Slagter Netherlands Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Maarten Wynants Belgium Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Thor Hushovd Norway BMC Racing Team
- Klaas Lodewyck Belgium BMC Racing Team
- Daniel Oss Italy BMC Racing Team
- Michael Schär Switzerland BMC Racing Team
- Maciej Bodnar Poland Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Paolo Longo Borghini Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Miguel Minguez Ayala Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Robert Vrecer Slovenia Euskaltel-Euskadi
- William Bonnet France FDJ
- Mickael Delage France FDJ
- Robert Hunter South Africa Garmin-Sharp
- David Millar Great Britain Garmin-Sharp
- Aliaksandr Kuchynski Belarus Katusha
- Diego Ulissi Italy Lampre-Merida
- Adam Hansen Australia Lotto Belisol
- Frederik Willems Belgium Lotto Belisol
- Andrey Amador Bakkazakova Costa Rica Movistar Team
- Pablo Lastras Garcia Spain Movistar Team
- Eloy Teruel Rovira Spain Movistar Team
- Martin Reimer Germany MTN-Qhubeka
- Songezo Jim South Africa MTN-Qhubeka
- Jay Robert Thomson South Africa MTN-Qhubeka
- Tom Boonen Belgium Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Michal Kwiatkowski Poland Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Niki Terpstra Netherlands Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Stijn Vandenbergh Belgium Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Giacomo Nizzolo Italy RadioShack Leopard
- Hayden Roulston New Zealand RadioShack Leopard
- Edvald Boasson Hagen Norway Sky Procycling
- Vasil Kiryienka Belarus Sky Procycling
- Kanstantsin Siutsou Belarus Sky Procycling
- Geraint Thomas Great Britain Sky Procycling
- Koen De Kort Netherlands Team Argos-Shimano
- Ji Cheng China Team Argos-Shimano
- Matthieu Sprick France Team Argos-Shimano
- Jerome Cousin France Team Europcar
- Yohann Gene France Team Europcar
- David Veilleux Canada Team Europcar
- Manuele Boaro Italy Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Kris Boeckmans Belgium Vacansoleil-DCM
- Mirko Selvaggi Italy Vacansoleil-DCM
- Jonathan Monsalve Venezuela Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
Sources
- Milan-San Remo 2013 on Wikipedia
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