Milano-San Remo Results
Cancellara takes his 2nd classics win.
on a mass sprint. Unfortunately the breakaway group worked well and was able to maintain its minimal lead to the end."
Erik Zabel added: "Together with Fabio Sabatini I tried to close the gap to the leaders. Unfortunately their lead was too big. We did everything we could, but this time our tactics just didn't work."
Team Milram's Christian Knees - whose role it was to support the team's two sprinter aces concluded: "I could support Erik and Alessandro up to the last climb. It was a very difficult race today, and especially the new climb Le Manie cost a lot of strength. Unfortunately we couldn't be involved in the finale as we had planned. After such a strenuous day of such an extremely long race, that is naturally disappointing."
March 22, 2008: Milan-San Remo (298 km):
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 07:14:35
2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.04
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
5 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.05
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
11 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
12 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld
13 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.08
14 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.11
15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.12
16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 0.13
17 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.14
18 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram
19 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld
20 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0.15
22 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
23 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare
24 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
25 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
26 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
28 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
29 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.16
30 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
31 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
33 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes
34 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
35 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.17
36 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road
37 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
38 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.18
39 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
40 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC
41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
42 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road
43 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
44 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.19
45 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
46 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
47 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 0.20
49 José Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
50 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 0.21
51 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld
52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
53 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto
54 Stefan Schumacher
