The 1964 Milan–San Remo
cycling race took place on March 19, 1964, and was won by
Peugeot-BP-Englebert's
Tom Simpson
Thomas Simpson (30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967) was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager b ...
, becoming the first British winner. It was the 55th edition of the
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...
"monument" classic race. Simpson set a record pace for the event at 43.420km/h.
Results
References
Milan–San Remo
Milan - San Remo, 1964
Milan - San Remo
Milan - San Remo
Milan - San Remo
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