1971 Milan–San Remo

1971 Milan–San Remo
Race details
Dates19 March 1971
Stages1
Distance288[1] km (179.0 mi)
Winning time7h 21' 20"
Results
  Winner  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (Molteni)
  Second  Felice Gimondi (ITA) (Salvarani)
  Third  Gösta Pettersson (SWE) (Ferretti)
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The 1971 Milan–San Remo was the 62nd edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1971.[2] The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.

After the ceremony, Merckx immediately left for Belgium to place the flowers received on the coffin of Jean-Pierre Monseré. The then UCI world champion perished a few days earlier during a preparation race for Milan-San Remo.[3]

General classification

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Final general classification[4][5][6]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Eddy Merckx (BEL) Molteni 7h 21' 20"
2  Felice Gimondi (ITA) Salvarani + 30"
3  Gösta Pettersson (SWE) Ferretti + 30"
4  Roberto Ballini (ITA) Ferretti + 30"
5  Joseph Bruyère (BEL) Molteni + 38"
6  Jozef Spruyt (BEL) Molteni + 45"
7  Gianni Motta (ITA) Salvarani + 47"
8  Roger Rosiers (BEL) Bic + 1' 22"
9  Albert Van Vlierberghe (BEL) Ferretti + 1' 22"
10  Yves Hézard (FRA) Sonolor–Lejeune + 2' 01"

References

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  1. ^ "Milano - San Remo Bicycle Race". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ^ "1971 Milano - San Remo". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ "In memoriam Monseré" (in Dutch). servicekoers.be. 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "62ème Milan-San Remo 1971". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004.
  5. ^ "Milan - San Remo 1971". LesSports.info. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. ^ "1971 Milano - Sanremo". First Cycling. Retrieved 7 December 2017.


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