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Milan-San Remo 2016: photo gallery

Arnaud Demare upsets the odds to sprint to first Monument win

Arnaud Demare (FDJ) upset the odds to win a dramatic Milan-San Remo, after a chaotic and thrilling finale.

The Frenchman beat Britain’s Ben Swift (Team Sky) into second place, sealing his first Monument win in the process, while Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Soudal) finished third as several sprinters were held up by a late crash.

Demare is the first Frenchman to win La Primavera since Laurent Jalabert in 1995, while Swift’s result is Team Sky’s best Monument finish.

Mixed emotions for second-placed Ben Swift as Arnaud Demare wins Milan-San Remo 2016

There were plenty of riders willing to ignite the final 20km or so of racing, to make for an enthralling end to the first and longest of the season’s five Monument races.

And UCI WorldTour photographer Stefano Sirotti was on hand to capture the best of the action – check out the photo gallery below.

Mark Cavendish was among the former winners on the startline, but the Manxman finished 4'25" back after being dropped on the Cipressa with Edvald Boasson Hagen leading Dimension Data instead (pic: Sirotti)
Michael Matthews was a popular man pre-race, but the Australian could not repeat his podium finish of 12 months ago (pic: Sirotti)
The 11-strong break was given a lead of ten-and-a-half minutes, but were brought back before the Cipressa (pic: Sirotti)
The peloton enjoyed warmer conditions than some recent editions, though a landslide caused part of the course to be re-routed after the race had departed (pic: Sirotti)
World champion Peter Sagan showed off the rainbow jersey in the peloton, but was impeded in the final sprint by Fernando Gaviria's crash (pic: Sirottti)
The pace was high in the peloton, before a flurry of attacks on the Cipressa and Poggio ignited the finale (pic: Sirotti)
It was still anybody's race under the flamme rouge, with Sagan, Gaviria and Fabian Cancellara among those at the front (pic: Sirotti)
Demare sprints to victory on the Via Roma (pic: Sirotti)
The Frenchman can't hide his emotions after sealing victory (pic: Sirotti)
Edvald Boasson Hagen was one of the riders to ignite the final run-in, but the Norwegian champion was held up by the crash (pic: Sirotti)
Demare celebrates victory with team-mate Kevin Reza (pic: Sirotti)
Swift admitted there were mixed emotions after finishing second (pic: Sirotti)
Arnaud Demare celebrates his first Monument win, flanked by Ben Swift and Jurgen Roelandts (pic: Sirotti)
Demare strikes the traditional pose with the newest addition to his mantelpiece (pic: Sirotti)
And then celebrates with the champagne (pic: Sirotti)

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