Bouhanni: I saw myself winning Milan-San Remo

Although France’s winless run at Milan-San Remo will now extend to 21 years, there were signs that the French drought since Laurent Jalabert claimed the title in 1995 might not extend too much longer. For the first time since 1998, two French riders finished in the top 10, with Cofidis' Nacer Bouhanni sixth and Lotto-Soudal's Tony Gallopin ninth, and Bouhanni was adamant that he could have done a lot better.

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Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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