The Cipressa climb from start to top in pictures - 21 March 2008

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Turn right off the via Aurelia just after San Lorenzo al Mare for the Cipressa climb - 5.8 Km to the top

The start of the Cipressa

Onto the Via Cipressa for the climb up to the Comune di Cipressa

25 Km to go until the finish of the 2008 Milano Sanremo

Start of hairpin bend about halfway up

Looking back at the hairpin bend

The Comune di Cipressa comes into view

Top of Cipressa - now on the Via Matteotti. At the summit is the Chiesa della Visitazione (Church of the Visitation)

The Chiesa della Visitazione was built in the eighteenth century

Road narrows at top - the Piazza Milite Ignoto

Rai Television motorcycle cameramen check out the Cipressa

A welcome drink in the bar at the summit

Start of the steep technical descent of the Cipressa on the Via Avvocato Michele Fossa

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