1971 Milan–San Remo

The 1971 Milan–San Remo was the 62nd edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1971.^[2] The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.

1971 Milan–San Remo

Race details
Dates	19 March 1971
Stages	1
Distance	288[1] km (179.0 mi)
Winning time	7h 21' 20"
Results
Winner  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (Molteni)   Second  Felice Gimondi (ITA) (Salvarani)   Third  Gösta Pettersson (SWE) (Ferretti)
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After the ceremony, Merckx immediately left for Belgium to place the flowers received on the coffin of Jean-Pierre Monseré. The then UCI world champion perished a few days earlier during a preparation race for Milan-San Remo.^[3]

General classification

Final general classification[4][5][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Eddy Merckx (BEL) Molteni 7h 21' 20" 2  Felice Gimondi (ITA) Salvarani + 30" 3  Gösta Pettersson (SWE) Ferretti + 30" 4  Roberto Ballini (ITA) Ferretti + 30" 5  Joseph Bruyère (BEL) Molteni + 38" 6  Jozef Spruyt (BEL) Molteni + 45" 7  Gianni Motta (ITA) Salvarani + 47" 8  Roger Rosiers (BEL) Bic + 1' 22" 9  Albert Van Vlierberghe (BEL) Ferretti + 1' 22" 10  Yves Hézard (FRA) Sonolor–Lejeune + 2' 01"