Fabian Cancellara (Trek Segafredo) was unable to close out his final Milan-San Remo with a third title after he was isolated and then held up by a crash in the final closing meters.
The race was won by Arnaud Demare (FDJ) after the Frenchman navigated his way through a dramatic finale that saw Fernando Gaviria (Etixx-Quickstep) hit the deck with 300 meters to go.
That fall held up Cancellara and Peter Sagan, with both of the pre-race favourites losing their momentum with the finish line in sight.
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“I was slowly closing, and on the chicane Gaviria crashed, and Peter and I just missed going down. You can call us lucky guys, but in the end, no results. Not what I was expecting - I was racing to win. In the end I gave up, it was over,” Cancellara said at the finish.
"It was quite difficult because I was isolated and I was a target for all the riders, especially on the [Poggio] climb," Cancellara said.
The race came along on the Cipressa and then the Poggio with Michal Kwiatkowski putting in a serious attack.
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