The 113th Milano-Sanremo presented by Eolo will be raced on Saturday 19th March, on its ‘classic route’. The Passo del Turchino spans 293km and will take the riders from a start in Via della Chiesa Rossa, Milan, to the home straight in Via Roma, Sanremo.
For the first time in its history, the Milano-Sanremo will start from the Maspes-Vigorelli Velodrome, which has previously hosted the Giro d’Italia, the Giro di Lombardia and a number of Six Day events.
Organised by RCS Sport, Milano-Sanremo 2022 runs along the classic route that for more than 110 years has connected Milan with Italy’s Western Riviera through Pavia, Ovada, and the Passo del Turchino that leads into Genua Voltri.
From there the route rolls westwards through Varazze, Savona, Albenga to Imperia and San Lorenzo al Mare where, after the classic sequence of the Capi (Mele, Cervo and Berta), the riders will deal with two climbs added in recent decades: the Cipressa (1982) and the Poggio di Sanremo (1961).
The Cipressa is just over 5.6km long with a gradient of 4.1%. The highly testing descent leads back down to SS 1 Aurelia.
The ascent of Poggio di Sanremo begins with 9km remaining to the finish (3.7km, average gradient less than 4%, maximum 8% in the segment before getting to the top of the climb).
The road is slightly narrower, with four hairpin turns in the first 2km. The descent is testing, on asphalt switchback roads, narrow at points and with twists and turns as far as the junction with SS 1 Aurelia.
The final part of the descent enters urban Sanremo. The last 2 km are on long, straight urban roads. There is a left-hand bend on a roundabout 850m from the finish line. The last bend, leading into the home straight in Via Roma, is 750m from the finish line.
