1964 Milan–San Remo

1964 Milan–San Remo

Profile of the race
Race details
Date		March 19, 1964
Distance		288 km (179.0 mi)
Winning time		6h 37' 59" (43.420 km/h or 26.980 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Tom Simpson (GBR)	(Peugeot-BP-Englebert)
	Second	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)	(Mercier-Hutchinson)
	Third	Willy Bocklant (BEL)	(Flandria-Romeo)

The 1964 Milan–San Remo cycling race took place on March 19, 1964, and was won by Peugeot-BP-Englebert's Tom Simpson, becoming the first British winner. It was the 55th edition of the Milan–San Remo "monument" classic race.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Simpson set a record pace for the event at 43.420km/h.^[6][7]

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Tom Simpson (GBR)	Peugeot-BP-Englebert	6h 37' 59"
2	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)	Mercier-Hutchinson	+2"
3	Willy Bocklant (BEL)	Flandria-Romeo	+1' 1"
4	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Solo-Superia	+1' 9"
5	Georges Van Coningsloo (BEL)	Peugeot-BP-Englebert	s.t.
6	Jean Graczyk (FRA)	Margnat-Paloma	s.t.
7	Renato Pelizzoni (ITA)	Ignis	s.t.
8	Edward Sels (BEL)	Solo-Superia	s.t.
9	Jean Forestier (FRA)	Peugeot-BP-Englebert	s.t.
10	Yvo Molenaers (BEL)	Wiel's-Groene Leeuw	s.t.

References

1. "Milano - San Remo 1964". Cycling Archives. de Wielersite. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
2. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1964 Milano - San Remo". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
3. "The 1964 Milan-San Remo". The Milan-San Remo Cycle Race. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
4. Simpson, Tom (28 March 1964). "First '64 Classic goes to Simpson". Cycling and Mopeds (London: Longacre Press). Retrieved 21 May 2015.
5. Boyce, Barry. "The Last One Standing". CyclingRevealed. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
6. "l'Ingeles media record" [The English media records]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 20 March 1964. p. 12. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
7. http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1964_03/19640320_0009.pdf