2006 Milan-San Remo - Filippo Pozzato
"It's the race I've always dreamed about; the most beautiful day of my life," Pozzato said. "We all worked together well and won. It's incredible, the only year I haven't talked about Sanremo I achieved the win! I haven't got so many supporters, but today I think I made some friends among the tifosi. I'm one of the most criticized riders in Italy, many did not believe in me but now... We're a great team: Bettini made the gap for me, Boonen told me not to give up, ever. To have champions like these work for me is the greatest of all. On the Cipressa I spoke with Tom, I decided to make the pace to the top. Ballan did a great move on the Poggio, and I wanted to work with them, but couldn't... Today I showed that I'm right there; that when I have to make the race I don't pull back. And I'm only 24 years old..."
2007 Milan-San Remo - Oscar Freire
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"I didn't find it hard to stay put; I trusted my sprint completely," Freire said after taking the wheel of Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) and then jumping around for the win. "He had a nice little train in front of him with three teammates I knew exactly where I had to be - nobody would have been able to get me away from there."
Tom Boonen, second place, said: "I feel like I'm 85 years old after such a demolishing race. But I felt great during the whole day. On the Cipressa and the Poggio, I wasn't very far behind the best. The team also performed perfectly for the task. I think we were the strongest team in the finale, but in the final sprint, Oscar Freire jumped ahead. Oh well, the best guy won."
"If my back had been okay, maybe there would have been a different result, but that's not an excuse. Also, I hesitated when [Vicente] Reynes and [Robbie] McEwen passed me on the right and the left just when I was about to start the sprint, but that's not an excuse either. There was nothing I could do against Freire, and I'm glad that after a fourth and eighth place I stood on the podium for the first time. That shows me that I'm ready for the rest of the spring season."
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