Milan-San Remo classic halted by heavy snow

ByReuters

Updated 17/03/2013 at 13:18 GMT

The Milan-San Remo one-day race, the first classic of the season, was halted 117 kilometres into the 298-km ride because of heavy snow fall on the Turchino climb on Sunday.

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Riders got off their bikes and jumped into team buses after organisers ruled it was too dangerous to proceed through the snow-covered pass. They set a re-start time of 1330 GMT at the 163-km mark.

"Due to the bad weather conditions, the race will be neutralised from Ovada to Arenzano, where there'll be the new start," organisers said on their Twitter feed.

On Twitter, riders published pictures of their team buses in the snow while others commented on the bitter weather conditions.

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