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In its 94 year history, the Milan - San Remo classic has only been interrupted three times, during the first and second World Wars. It is commonly nicknamed "La Primavera", which means "The Spring" in Italian, and marks the opening of the Spring Classics which are the biggest races the cycling calendar in April. It is also the first round of the UCI World Cup, and has often set the scene for the prized year-long competition. For the past two years, the winners of Milan - San Remo have gone on to win the overall World Cup.

It will be no different this year, as Telekom's Erik Zabel has his sights set on another World Cup jersey. He is certainly one of the favourites to win the 92nd edition of this race that is so dear to the hearts of the Italians, but the pressure on him will be almost as great as in 1999, when Andrei Tchmil prevented him from winning three in a row.

Amongst the Italians, Zabel's competitors will include Michele Bartoli (Mapei), winner of Het Volk and looking in threatening form once again. Bartoli scared a few people last year when he attacked on the Cipressa, effectively riding with one leg! Now that his knee injury is significantly improved, the peloton may not be able to bring him back.

Another rider in Bartoli's style is Davide Rebellin (Liquigas). The winner of the Tour de Mediterranean and Tirreno Adriatico has enjoyed the best form - and luck - in several years, and he is another threat if he can get away in a small group.

Cantina Tollo's Danilo di Luca can be considered as one of the favourites, as he has been seen riding out the front in many races, picking up the mountains jersey in Tirreno-Adriatico. The "Attacker from Abruzzo" will have to hold his aggression in check though for most of the 287 kilometres if he stands a chance of staying away.

Dutchman Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) is also having an excellent early season, but he will not be on the start line for his team. " I am going home on Wednesday. I promised my girlfriend." Rabobank will be most probably working for Marcus Zberg, the Swiss sprinter who was a stage winner in Tirreno-Adriatico.

Of the sprinters, Saeco Macchine per Caffe are looking for a magical win from Mario Cipollini (winner of the Giro del Siracusa a couple of weeks ago), or possibly Mirko Celestino, Fabio Sacchi or Biagio Conte. "Supermario" is perhaps the best credentialled rider with the speed to beat Zabel however.

Domo-Farm Frites are going to be relying on their World Champion Romans Vainsteins to take the flowers at MSR, with leadout man Fred Rodriguez a key figure. Domo have lost Axel Merckx after he crashed out of Paris-Nice, but Vainsteins is back to his winning ways after Tirreno-Adriatico.

Speaking of crashing out - Zbigniew Spruch (Lampre-Daikin) is a big question mark to start in MSR on Saturday. The Polish sprinter who was third in 1999, crashed in Sunday's warm up session for the time trial stage of the Tirreno Adriatico. He is suffering from burns and bruises over the complete right side of his body and will be forced to take a rest for a few painful days. It is likely that 25 year old Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia), will replace him.

Others with outside chances include Mercury-Viatel's Peter van Petegem, who led Paris-Nice for several stages before losing it on the Col d'Eze time trial. Then there is Mapei's Paolo Bettini, who could act as a foil for Bartoli in more ways than one. Cantina Tollo's Gabriele Colombo (MSR winner in 1996) managed second in Tirreno-Adriatico, and could again be a threat in 2001.

Start list

Last update: March 23, 22:19 CET

Team Deutsche Telekom              Cantina Tollo-Acqua&Sapone
1 Erik Zabel (Ger)                 11 Gabriele Colombo (Ita)
2 Rolf Aldag (Ger)                 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)
3 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita)        13 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita)
4 Alberto Elli (Ita)               14 Massimo Giunti (Ita)
5 Kai Hundertmark (Ger)            15 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita)
6 Andreas Klier (Ger)              16 Filippo Simeoni (Ita)
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)       17 Guido Trenti (USA)
8 Steffen Wesemann (Ger)           18 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz)
 
Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           Cofidis
21 Giuliano Figueras (Ita)         31 Peter Farazijn (Bel)
22 Michele Coppolillo (Ita)        32 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz)
23 Yauheni Seniushkin (Blr)        33 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz)
24 Vladimir Duma (Ukr)             34 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
25 Tom Leaper (Aus)                35 Nico Mattan (Bel)
26 Nathan O'neill (Aus)            36 Chris Peers (Bel)
27 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr)           37 Jo Planckaert (Bel)
28 Antonio Varriale (Ita)          38 Guido Trentin (Ita)
 
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41 Magnus Baskstedt (Swe)          51 Koen Beeckman (Den)
42 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)            52 Bo Hamburger (Den)
43 Sébastien Hinault (Fra)         53 Tristan Hoffman (Ned)
44 Thor Hushovd (Nor)              54 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den)
45 Bobby Julich (USA)              55 Jakob Storm Piil (Den)
46 Anthony Morin (Fra)             56 Arvis Piziks (Lat)
47 Stuart O'grady (Aus)            57 Martin Rittsel (Swe)
48 Jens Voigt (Ger)                58 Rolf Sorensen (Den)

Alternative team due to illness:

41 Fabrice Gougot (Fra)
42 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
43 Christopher Jenner (Fra)
44 Bobby Julich (USA)
45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
46 Jens Voigt (Ger)
 
Domo-Farm Frites                   Euskatel-Euskadi
61 Servais Knaven (Ned)            71 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa)
62 Enrico Cassani (Ita)            72 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa)
63 Marco Milesi (Ita)              73 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa)
64 Johan Museeuw (Bel)             74 David Etxebarria (Spa)
65 Wilfried Peeters (Bel)          75 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven)
66 Fred Rodriguez (USA)            76 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa)
67 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)         77 Igor Flores Galarza (Spa)
68 Piotr Wadecki (Pol)             78 Josè Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa)
 
Fassa Bortolo                      Festina
81 Fabio Baldato (Ita)             91 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa)
82 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr)          92 David Clinger (USA)
83 Roberto Petito (Ita)            93 Luis Perez (Spa)
84 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)      94 Jaime Javier Hernandez Bertran (Spa)
85 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu)          95 Romero Plaza David (Spa)
86 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus)           96 José Luis Rebollo Aguado (Spa)
87 Nicola Loda (Ita)               97 Sven Teutenberg (Ger)
88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)            98 Iban Sastre Estevez (Spa)
 
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101 José Luis Arrieta (Spa)        111 Francisco Cabello (Spa)
102 Alberto Benito Guerrero (Spa)  112 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa)
103 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita)         113 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa)
104 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa)    114 Antonio Tauler (Spa)
105 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa)          115 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa)
106 David Latasa Lasa (Spa)        116 Juan Manuel Cuenca Martinez (Spa)
107 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa)  117 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa)
108 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa)     118 Francisco Leon Mane (Spa)
 
Lampre-Daikin                      Liquigas-Pata
121 Oskar Camenzind (Swi)          131 Davide Rebellin (Ita)
122 Sergio Barbero (Ita)           132 Marco Zanotti (Ita)
123 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel)         133 Denis Zanette (Ita)
124 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr)      134 Fabio Malberti (Ita)
125 Marco Serpellini (Ita)         135 Ellis Rastelli (Ita)
126 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat)      136 Stefano Cattai (Ita)
127 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)          137 Cristian Salvato (Ita)
128 Jan Svorada (Cze)              138 Mirko Marini (Ita)
 
Lotto-Adecco                       Mapei-Quick Step
141 Mario Aerts (Bel)              151 Michele Bartoli (Ita)
142 Christophe Brandt (Bel)        152 Paolo Bettini (Ita)
143 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel)           153 Davide Bramati (Ita)
144 Fabian De Waele (Bel)          154 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)
145 Thierry Marichal (Bel)         155 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita)
146 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus)       156 Luca Scinto (Ita)
147 Andrei Tchmil (Bel)            157 Andrea Tafi (Ita)
148 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel)         158 Stefano Zanini (Ita)
 
Mercatone Uno                      Mercury-Viatel
161 Marco Pantani (Ita)            171 Peter Van Petegem (Bel)
162 Marco Velo (Ita)               172 Leon Van Bon (Ned)
163 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita)        173 Henk Vogels (Aus)
164 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita)         174 Geert Van Bondt (Bel)
165 Simone Borgheresi (Ita)        175 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)
166 Igor Astarloa (Spa)            176 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz)
167 Riccardo Forconi (Ita)         177 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita)
168 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita)       178 Floyd Landis (USA)
 
Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini       O.N.C.E.
181 Moreno Di Biase (Ita)          191 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa)
182 Alberto Ongarato (Ita)         192 José Azevedo (Por)
183 Domenico Gualdi (Ita)          193 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa)
184 Timothy Jones (Zim)            194 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa)
185 Milan Kadlec (Cze)             195 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa)
186 Rodolfo Massi (Ita)            196 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa)
187 Devis Miorin (Ita)             197 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa)
188 Uros Murn (Slo)                198 Jorg Jaksche (Ger)
 
Rabobank                           Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
201 Erik Dekker (Ned)              211 Mirko Celestino (Ita)
202 Jan Boven (Ned)                212 Mario Cipollini (Ita)
203 Steven De Jongh (Ned)          213 Biagio Conte (Ita)
204 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)       214 Pavel Padrnos (Cze)
205 Marc Wauters (Bel)             215 Fabio Sacchi (Ita)
206 Marc Lotz (Ned)                216 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita)
207 Beat Zberg (Swi)               217 Mario Scirea (Ita)
208 Marcus Zberg (Swi)             218 Francesco Secchiari (Ita)
 
Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola       Team Coast
221 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)       231 Niki Aebersold (Swi)
222 Gabriele Balducci (Ita)        232 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
223 Mauro Radaelli (Ita)           233 Frank Hoj (Den)
224 Andrej Hauptman (Slo)          234 Rolf Huser (Swi)
225 Nicola Miceli (Ita)            235 Roland Meier (Swi)
226 Paolo Bossoni (Ita)            236 Raphael Schweda (Ger)
227 Zoran Klemencic (Slo)          237 Lars Michaelsen (Den)
228 Nicola Minali (Ita)            238 Alex Zuelle (Swi)
 
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241 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)
242 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus)
243 George Hincapie (USA)
244 Benoit Joachim (Lux)
245 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor)
246 Christian Vandevelde (USA)
247 Cédric Vasseur (Fra)
248 Matthew White (Aus)

Past winners

2000    Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 294 km in 7.11.29 (40.882 km/h)
1999    Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 6.52.37 (42.752 km/h)
1998    Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom-ADR 294 kms in 7.10.14 (41.00 km/h)
1997    Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
1996    Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Gewiss Playbus
1995    Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE
1994    Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Gewiss Ballan
1993    Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Lampre
1992    Sean Kelly (Ire) Festina
1991    Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) Carrera
1990    Gianni Bugno (Ita) Chateau d'Ax
1989    Laurent Fignon (Fra) System U
1988    Laurent Fignon (Fra) System U
1987    Erich Mutschler (Swi) Carrera
1986    Sean Kelly (Ire) KAS Mavic
1985    Hennie Kuiper (Ned) 
1984    Francesco Moser (Ita) GiS Gelati-LucTuc
1983    Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) Del Tongo
1982    Marc Gomez (Fra) Wolber Spidel
1981    Alfons DeWolf (Bel) Vermeer-Thijs-Gios
1980    Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) Magniflex Olmo
1979    Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) Gis
1978    Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) Sanson
1977    Jan Raas (Ned) Frisol-Gazelle
1976    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1975    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1974    Felice Gimondi (Ita) 
1973    Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel)
1972    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1971    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1970    Michele Dancelli (Ita) 
1969    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1968    Rudi Altig (Ger)
1967    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1966    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1965    Arie den Hartog (Ned) 
1964    Tom Simpson (GBr)
1963    Joseph Groussard (Fra)
1962    Emil Daems (Bel)
1961    Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
1960    René Privat (Fra)
1959    Miguel Poblet (Spa)
1958    Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1957    Miguel Poblet (Spa)
1956    Fred DeBruyne (Bel)
1955    Germain Derijcke (Bel)
1954    Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
1953    Loretto Petrucci (Ita) 
1952    Loretto Petrucci (Ita) 
1951    Louison Bobet (Fra)
1950    Gino Bartali (Ita) 
1949    Fausto Coppi (Ita) 
1948    Fausto Coppi (Ita) 
1947    Gino Bartali (Ita) 
1946    Fausto Coppi (Ita) 
1943    Cino Cinelli (Ita) 
1942    Adolfo Leoni (Ita) 
1941    Pierino Favalli (Ita) 
1940    Gino Bartali (Ita) 
1939    Gino Bartali (Ita) 
1938    Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) 
1937    Cesarde Del Cancia (Ita) 
1936    Angelo Varetto (Ita) 
1935    Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) 
1934    Joseph Demysere (Bel)
1933    Learco Guerra (Ita) 
1932    Alfredo Bovet (Ita) 
1931    Alfredo Binda (Ita) 
1930    Michele Mara (Ita) 
1929    Alfredo Binda (Ita) 
1928    Costante Girardengo (Ita) 
1927    Pietro Chesi (Ita) 
1926    Costante Girardengo (Ita) 
1925    Costante Girardengo (Ita) 
1924    Pietro Linari (Ita) 
1923    Costante Girardengo (Ita) 
1922    Giovanni Brunero (Ita) 
1921    Costante Girardengo (Ita) 
1920    Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 
1919    Angelo Cremo (Ita) 
1918    Costante Girardengo (Ita) 
1917    Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 
1915    Ezio Gorlaita (Ita) 
1914    Ugo Agostoni (Ita) 
1913    Odiel Defraeye (Bel)
1912    Henri Pellessier (Fra)
1911    Gustave Garrigou (Fra)
1910    Eugene Christophe (Fra)
1909    Luigi Ganna (Ita) 
1908    Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel)
1907    Lucien Petit-Breton (Fra)      

Mario Stiehl from Berlin compiles the Past Winners

Victories by Country at Milan-San Remo

Italy: 46
Belgium: 20
France: 12
Germany: 4
Holland: 3
Ireland, Spain: 2
Great Britain, Switzerland: 1 

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