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55th Milano-Sanremo Amatori 2026
Milano-Sanremo Amatori 2026 is scheduled for Sunday 7 June, starting at Hotel IBIS Style Settala and finishing in Sanremo after about 296 km via the Ligurian coast, Cipressa and Poggio.
Settala, Lombardy / Piedmont / Liguria, ItalyOpen
- Dates
- Sun, Jun 7, 2026
- Type
- Road
- Routes
- 296 km
- altitude range
- 2–522 m
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The course
Track, profile and categorized climbs at a glance. The map and altimetry come from the real GPX track; tap a numbered climb for its detail.
Categorized climbs
5 climbsTap a numbered climb to see its detail.
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Can I do this?
How long you would be in the saddle at your level. Not one single time — the one that matches you.
Your level
A Intermediate rider (3.0 W/kg W/kg) would cross Milano-Sanremo Amatori in
10h51
regular group rides · 72 kg reference · no drafting · variable pacing
See all four levels
Beginnerfirst long rides
2.5 W/kg
11h53
Intermediateregular group rides
3.0 W/kg
10h51
Advancedstructured training
3.5 W/kg
10h04
Eliteamateur racer
4.0 W/kg
9h25
72 kg referencesurface-based bike and tiresno draftingvariable pacing
Calculate your exact timeEnter your FTP and weight in the simulator to see your time on every route.
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Do I have time to get ready?
What each route demands versus the time left to the start.
This edition has already been raced. Use it as a reference and prepare the next one with margin.
Compare what each route demands
Milano-Sanremo Amatori24 weeksExtreme
Make it your goalMilano-Sanremo Amatori asks for ~24 weeks of specific preparation. Start your plan with margin and arrive ready.
Get ready for Milano-Sanremo Amatori[ 04 ]
Pacing & fuel
Reference-rider estimate (~10h07 · Milano-Sanremo Amatori). Your time and fuel scale with your fitness — run the simulator for a personal plan.
Effort per climb
- Colle del Giovo (Passo del Giovo)KM 175 · the longest79–87% FTPTempo
- Capo CervoKM 25977–87% FTPTempo
- Capo BertaKM 26785–97% FTPThreshold
- CipressaKM 28083–91% FTPTempo
- Poggio di SanremoKM 29675–83% FTPTempo
Fuel per hour
80–100 gCarbs
650–1000 mlFluid
650–900 mgSodium
What you carry · whole event
9–13bottles750 ml each · 7–10 L total
27–34gels30 g each · 809–1,011 g total
Fluid and sodium are adjusted to the event's typical conditions (~22 °C). General guidance — adjust to heat, your gut tolerance, and how the day unfolds.
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Race-week weather
Typical conditions for the event month, downscaled to this route's elevation.
19–22°CTemperatureWarm
56%Rain chancePossible
6km/hWindCalm
valley → summit · Normals 2022–2025 · Source: Open-Meteo · ERA5/Copernicus (CC BY 4.0)
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What do I need to know?
Ridium's training read and the caveats before you trust the times.
Training read · Ridium AIMilano-Sanremo Amatori is an extreme-endurance ~300 km road granfondo (about 2,370 m of climbing) from the Milan plain to Sanremo. The first ~250 km are flat to rolling with one real inland climb, the Colle del Giovo at km 182 (the route's high point, ~522 m). The day is decided in the final 50 km on the Ligurian coast: the three Capi (Mele, Cervo, Berta), then the Cipressa (5.6 km at 4.1%) and the Poggio (3.7 km at 3.7%, ramps to 8%) before the technical descent into Sanremo.
- Endurance
Build toward 6-10 hours in the saddle. With ~300 km and 2,370 m of climbing the limiter is durability, not peak power, so use the 24-week window to stack long aerobic rides of 5-7 hours until 250 km in the legs still leaves something for the Cipressa and Poggio.
- Pacing
Ride the flat first half easy and in groups, because the whole event is decided after km 250. Share the work and keep your watts well below threshold across the Lombardy and Piedmont plain so you reach the coastal Capi with reserves for the late climbs.
- Fueling
Plan 60-90 g of carbohydrate per hour from the start. A 6-10 hour effort empties the tank long before Sanremo, so rehearse eating and drinking on your long rides and do not skip the early feed zones just because the road is flat.
- Climbing
The climbs are short but late. The Colle del Giovo at km 182 is long and steady, while the Capi, the Cipressa (5.6 km at 4.1%) and the Poggio (3.7 km with ramps to 8%) all arrive after 250 km. Train repeated tempo efforts on already-tired legs rather than fresh maximal hill reps.
- Technical
The Poggio descent into Sanremo is fast and technical and comes when you are most fatigued. Practise cornering, braking and line choice on twisty descents so you can carry speed safely to the finish on Corso Salvo d'Acquisto.
- Heat
An early-June start at 07:00 on the Ligurian coast can turn hot and humid by mid-afternoon. Do some long rides in the heat, pre-hydrate and add electrolytes, because the decisive final climbs often fall in the warmest part of the day.
Caveats
- The advertised distance is about 296 km; the official GPS track measures closer to 307 km.
- The 2026 course climbs the Colle del Giovo (km 182) instead of the Passo del Turchino.
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