The 1971 Milan–San Remo was the 62nd edition of the

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

cycle race and was held on 19 March 1971. The race started in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

and finished in San Remo. The race was won by

Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (, ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an ...

of the Molteni team. After the ceremony, Merckx immediately left for Belgium to place the flowers received on the coffin of

Jean-Pierre Monseré Jean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré (8 September 1948 – 15 March 1971) was a Belgium, Belgian road racing cyclist who died while champion of the world. Career Early life As a child, the energetic Monseré excelled in different sports like foot ...

. The then UCI world champion perished a few days earlier during a preparation race for Milan-San Remo.

General classification

References

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

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