[2] The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo.

The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.

After the ceremony, Merckx immediately left for Belgium to place the flowers received on the coffin of Jean-Pierre Monseré.

The then UCI world champion perished a few days earlier during a preparation race for Milan-San Remo.

This Milan–San Remo race article is a stub.