100th Edition of the “Classicissima”
Spring Training on the routes of Milano San Remo
March 15 - March 23
Long weekend option available
Nothing is more Italian than this cycling trip. You will ride and train with one of the coaches of the Italian Cycling Federation, Fabrizio Tacchino , on the routes of the most legendary spring classics: Milano-San Remo. And on Saturday you’ll watch the pros race.
We start in Novi Ligure, hometown of Fausto Coppi, and stay in a beautiful agriturism surrounded by Gavi vineyards and olive trees for the first four nights. The first three days, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, you will ride and train on the mid part of the route of the Milano-San Remo race, including the Passo Turchino, the first climb of the race. On Thursday you will ride to Laigueglia, by the sea on the west coast of Liguria region, where we will stay for the next three days. On Friday we ride the final portion of the route--Milano-San Remo, including Capo Mele, Capo Berta, Capo Mimosa and the famous Cipressa and Poggio. On Saturday you will ride and watch the race and the pros zip by. On Sunday you’ll van transfer to a hotel close to Milan’s Malpensa airport and on Monday, you return home.
Length: 8 nights and 7 days of cycling Total Mileage: 800 km (430 miles) Daily Avg. Mileage: 100 km (62 miles) Terrain: From rolling to hilly Difficulty: Intermediate/Advanced Leave from USA: Saturday March 14 Arrival: Milan Malpensa Airport, Sunday March 15 Long weekend option available Return to USA: from Milan Malpensa Airport, Monday March 23 Cost: US $2,480 Contact us for Pricing for the long weekend option
Cost Includes:
Pick-up and drop-off at Milano Malpensa airport
8 nights
8 dinners (alcoholic drinks not included)
8 breakfasts
6 after ride snacks
6 daily cycling laundry
2 cycling guides
Luggage transferred during transfers
Van transfer from Novi Ligure to Laigueglia
Granfondo Fee or jersey if gronfondo is not scheduled
Cost Does Not Include:
Flight
Lunches
Alcoholic beverages
Personal snacks during the rides
Special services (like massage) at the spa at the hotel
Pick-up and drop off from and to a different airport
Rental bike
Daily Itinerary
Day 1: Sunday March 15
Arrive in Italy: pick up at Milano Malpensa airport and transfer to our hotel in Novi Ligure where we will spend the next 4 nights– Assemble your bike or fit the rental bike
Dinner & overnight in Novi Ligure
Day 2, 3 and 4: Monday March 16 through Wednesday March 18
Train and ride on the routes of the Milano San Remo and through the Gavi vineyards on the border between Piemonte and Liguria
Climb Passo Turchino (the first climb of the Milano San Remo)
Visit the museum dedicated to Fausto Coppi
Dinners and overnights in Novi Ligure
Day 5: Thursday March 19
Transfer day: ride from Novi Ligure to the west coast of Liguria
Settle in our hotel in Laigueglia where we will spend the next 3 nights
Dinner and overnight in Laigueglia
Day 6: Friday March 20
Ride the climbs and the routes of the final portion of the Milano San Remo race including: Capo Mele, Capo Berta, Capo Mimosa
Dinner and overnight in Laigueglia
Day 8: Sunday March 22
Participation in GF race (2009 GF schedule will be defined soon) or a easy ride along the coast in the morning
Van transfer to hotel near by Milano Malpensa airport where you spend the last night in Italy before catching your international flight the next morning
Day 9: Monday March 23
Arrivederci Italia – Flight back home
The option to be transferred to Milano Malpensa airport Saturday evening after watching the race and returning home Sunday is available.
100th Edition of the “Classicissima” 
the most legendary spring classics: Milano-San Remo. And on Saturday you’ll watch the pros race. 
Arrive in Italy: pick up at Milano Malpensa airport and transfer to our hotel in Novi Ligure where we will spend the next 4 nights– Assemble your bike or fit the rental bike 
