Astana's Diego Rosa has won the 96th Milan to Turin race.
This 96th edition of this race was over 186kms and saw a five man break including Daniel Teklehaimnot, Conti, LeFrancois, Chricho and Malgutti getting 4.25 clear with sixty five kilometres riden.
The gap was just over four minutes with 56kms to go ahead of the peloton which included Fabio Aru, Dan Martin, who said that he now felt pretty good, Richie Porte, Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet and then down to 2,33 with 35kms left.
Astana and Team Sky were amongst those in the peloton putting the hammer down and with 27kms to go, the break was mopped up.
That meant a double ascent of the Superga climb and Team Sky were on the front followed by Tinkoff Saxo in a lead group of about thirty riders.
Leopald Konig of Team Sky went away with 22.2kms left but over the Superga summit, Astana had two riders on the front.
On the start of the second ascent, Rafal Majka was the first to attack followed by Rosa and Dani Moreno.
Villella, Rosa, Dani Moreno and Vuillermoz of AG2R put in a new attack with just over three kilometres to go.
The lead group caught them and with 2.6kms to go, Astana's Diego Rosa stormed away. Wout Poels on his birthday, led up the chasing group but Rosa was pedalling for all he was worth.
Rafal Majka took over the persuit of Rosa, who had an eighteen seconds gap as he went under the flam rouge.
It was now out of Rosa and Majka as to who would win and Rosa made sure that he took the win when he ploughed on to finish in a time of 4.27.51.
Majka finished second sixteen seconds down and was followed by Aru, Pinot and Poels.