Race favourite Peter Sagan looks focused ahead of Milan-San Remo (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Andre Greipel's Ridley (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Bernhard Eisel (Team Sky) (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Sky's leader for the race Edvald Boasson Hagen (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma QuickStep) (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
2009 Milan-San Remo winner Mark Cavendish (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Former race winner Filippo Pozzato (Lampre) (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Ian Stannard (Team Sky) (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
At the start of Milan-San Remo (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
The riders set off for the 2013 Milan-San Remo (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Former race winner Filippo Pozzato (Lampre) (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Defending champion Simon Gerrans (Orica GreenEdge) (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Taylor Phinney's BMC machine (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Androni Giocattoli's Bianchi bikes (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
David Millar's (Garmin-Sharp) Cervelo S5 (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
RadioShack's Trek bikes lined up at the start of Milan-San Remo (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Peter Sagan's Cannondale bike (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Mark Cavendish's Specialized race bike (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
The riders set off for the 2013 Milan-San Remo (Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Milan-San Remo begun in near freezing conditions this morning with the peloton set for 300 kilometres of gruelling conditions on the roads to San Remo.
