The 1960 Milan-San Remo
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| Video (1) The 1960 Milan-San Remo © RAI | Video (2) The 1960 Milan-San Remo © RAI |
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Date:
Saturday
19
March
1960
Starters: 20320 Teams participated: Ignis (Miguel Poblet, Pierino Baffi)) Atala (Vito Favero) Bianchi (Diego Ronchini) Carpano (Nino Defilippis, Alfred De Bruyne, Yvo Molenaers) EMI (Aldo Moser, Charly Gaul) Faema (Rik Van Looy, Raymond Impanis) Fynsec - Helyett (Jacques Anquetil, Jean Graczyk, Joseph Groussard) - Gazzola (Hans Junkermann, Michelle Gismondi) Ghigi (Rino Benedetti) Groene Leeuw (Noel Fore', Arthur De Cabooter) Legnano (Carlo Azzini, Arnaldo Pambianco) Liberia - Grammont (Germain Derycke) Mann (Petrus Oellibrandt) Mercier - BP (Louis Bobet, René Privat) Molteni (Giuliano Natucci) Philco (Jean Adriaensens, Emile Daems) Rapha (Roger Riviere, Rudy Altig, Tom Simpson) San Pellegrino (Ernesto Bono) Torpado (Adriano Zamboni) Peugeot - BP (Pino Cerami) Non-starter was No 72 André Darrigade Before the start of the 1960 Milan-San Remo Joseph Ambrosini invited the riders to turn a thought to those who had recently departed - Fausto Coppi, the victim of a tragic fate, Armando Cougnet (Director of the Gazzetta dello Sport and chief organiser of the Giro d'Italia) and cyclist Gérard Saint who had died three days earlier in a car accident. All uncovered their heads and bowed. Then the painful recollection turned into an incentive to do well.
The first break of the day at Binasco saw the Italians Cleto Maule and Rizzardo Brenioli, along with the Belgian Joseph Vloebergs, gain an advantage of two minutes at km 45. At Tortona (km 77) five Italians, Mario Minieri, Adriano Salviato, Virginio Pizzali, Marino Fontana and Armando Pellegrini joined them. |
 Image © La Stampa (19/3/1960) Note changes to above - Number 29 Pietro Musone, 141 was Alphonse Hermans, 159 was Jacky Bovet |
 Maule, Brenioli and Vloebergs at km 15 in the first break |
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Pozzolo Formigare (km 92) produced the essential phase of the race when 12 men went clear of the peloton in pursuit of the fugitives. They were the Belgians Yvo Molenaers and Noel Foré, the French Robert Cazala and René Privat, Tom Simpson from England, the Spaniard Luis Otano and Italians Fiorenzo Tomasin, Remo Tamagni, Dino Bruni, Dino Liviero, Arnaldo Pambianco and Pierino Baffi. This was a group of good riders and it only took twelve kilometres of chasing to catch the leading eight on the lower slopes of the Turchino. Tom Simpson decided that they were not going fast enough and by raising the speed slightly went off alone going through the town of Rossiglione. Simpson, his face impassive behind dark glasses, seemed astonished by the enthusiasm he received and continued over the top of the Turchino in the lead. |
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 The start of the 1960 Milan-San Remo - Privat can be seen far right |
 Tom Simpson escaped on the Turchino |
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 Arnaldo Pambianco leads the escape group. René Privat can be seen in third position |
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 Privat attacks on the Capo Berta |
Km 215 and the leading group was
down to 12 - Pambianco,
Nencini, Carlesi, Molenaers, Foré, Privat, Simpson, Cazala, Otano, Bruni, Liviero and Baffi. At
Alassio they had 2 minutes
advantage. Over the Capo Mele, Baffi was the
first to be dropped. At Capo
Berta
the
leaders were down to 7 - Nencini,
Privat, Cazala, Pambianco, Otano, Molenaers and Simpson. Privat said "I
could see that they were all finished except Nencini so I attacked on
the Capo Berta". His attack was unsuccessful
and René Privat
would have to wait until the lower slopes of the Poggio.
The Poggio was being used for the first time in 1960 in an attempt by the organisers to prevent a sprint finish becoming the norm. Behind the chasing group with Rik Van Looy, Miguel Poblet, Alfred De Bruyne and Roger Rivière reacted with violence but were not able to overcome the disadvantage.
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 René Privat wins the 1960 Milan-San Remo |
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 Jean Graczyk in second place
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 René Privat is almost lost in the crowd as he celebrates |
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