The race between Milan and Turin has been held since 1876, making it the oldest of Italy’s one-day races. This year it was held for the 96th time.
For Italians it carries special prestige; in the world it belongs to the 1.HC class of the Europe Tour.
Judging by the teams’ actions, many were aiming for the podium on October 1, but once again the winner, thanks to brilliant team tactics, was Astana: they got what mattered most, the victory (Diego Rosa), and took third place (Fabio Aru) as well, while second at the finish was Poland’s Rafał Majka.
Diego Rosa at the finish of Milano–Torino 2015 Photo: Watson
Italy’s Diego Rosa took the first big win of his career, and at the finish his teammate, this year’s Vuelta winner and fellow Italian Fabio Aru, confirmed his class.
Fabio and Diego after the finish Photo: ANSA/CLAUDIO PERI
This year’s race turned out beautiful, and I hope the big riders’ interest in it will keep growing.
Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.
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