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Filippo
Pozzato (Quick Step) has won Milan-San Remo. The Italian took a bunch sprint to
win the 294-km classic in 6:29:40. Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) finished second,
and Luca Paolini (Liquigas) took third. The
racing began early. At Quick
Step began to chase, and eventually, Milram and Credit Agricole took over at the
front. With With
Peter
Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) attacked, Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) joined him.
Wrolich’s teammate Andrea Moletta countered, and Frank Schleck (CSC) followed.
Schleck was dropped, but Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC), Luca Mazzanti (Panaria), and
Pozzato caught Moletta. Pozzato led Quick Steppers Paolo Bettini and Tom Boonen
up the ascent, and the bunch was reduced to perhaps 70 riders.
At
the base of the descent, Koos Moerenhout (Phonak) attacked, and Guido Trenti
(Quick Step), Schleck, and Vicente Reynes (Caisse d’Epargne) followed. Clearly,
Trenti was policing the break for Boonen. Nonetheless, the quartet led the bunch
by 0:25 with Milram,
Lampre, and Gerolsteiner, which were not represented in the break, chased. At
the base of the Poggio, the day’s final climb, the bunch led the break by 0:18.
Rabobank powered to the front. With eight km left, Schleck attacked his
companions and led them by 0:10 with seven km remaining. The peloton was at
0:15. Alessandro
Ballan (Lampre) attacked, and Igor Astarloa (Barloworld) and Pozzato joined
him. Rinaldo Nocentini (Acqua &
Sapone), Samuel Sanchez (Eusakaltel), and Schleck got across. At the base of the
descent ( A
cooperating break might have stayed away. They did not cooperate, however.
Pozzato was under orders not to work, and Sanchez had ambitions of his own. He
sallied off of the front with With
Pozzato
won by one bike length. Look for the participants in Milan-San Remo to butt heads again later in the classics season. Who will prevail? Check in at Roadcycling.com and find out! … and while you’re at it, why not add a link to Roadcycling.com to your Web site or blog? 
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