Icons of cycling: Il Poggio di San Remo

Chris Sidwells admires Milan-San Remo's great leveller

Riders on the Poggio in Milan-San Remo (Watson)

(Image credit: Watson)

It’s the jewel in the crown of Milan-San Remo, a 3.7km climb that snakes its way up the Via Duca d’Aosta then helter-skelters back down to the streets of San Remo. The famous last climb of the first Monument of the cycling season, the Poggio always sets up a spectacular finish.

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Chris Sidwells