Cycling: Milan–San Remo

At nearly 300km in length, Milan-San Remo is the longest one-day bike race on the professional cycling calendar. It's also one of the most prestigious races in the world, with many of the sport's greats - Eddy Merckx, Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi - among those to have won multiple editions. Ahead of Saturday's 107th edition of'La Classicissima',…

He has already written himself into the history books, but Biniam Girmay has barely finished his first chapter Words Andy McGrath Photography Mike Massaro The beatific smile on the face of Biniam Girmay as he crossed the finish line to win at Wevelgem and Jesi were the moments of the cycling year. So much had precipitated those wins, so many…

Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+ . Monument-season got underway with Milan-San Remo on Saturday. La Primavera's start-list has been shorn of a stack of top favorites, with Julian Alaphilippe, Caleb Ewan, Sonny Colbrelli…

La Primavera, the first Monument of the year, Milan-San Remo, traditionally takes place on the last weekend of winter and a combination of the length - 298km to be exact - unpredictable weather, and a denouement featuring several small climbs, all adds up to some epic racing. The Tre Capi, the Cipressa and the Poggio may be far from the biggest…

With all eyes on Tirreno-Adriatico winner Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) ahead of his Milan-San Remo defence, and on another top contender Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), betting types could well be kicking themselves on Sunday if they hadn't put a wager on Alexander Kristoff. The European champion made history in Milan-San Remo in 2014 as the first…

The season's first Monument is in the record books after another dramatic finish played out on the Via Roma at the end of Milan-San Remo, where 26-year-old Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) out-sprinted a handful of top contenders to take his seventh win of 2019. The 110th running of La Primavera crowned another worthy winner…