Mark Cavendish raced to victory to become the first Briton to win Milano-Torino.
Team Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl rider Cavendish rode at the front of the pack in the final hundred meters at the end of a largely flat 199km race.
The 36-year-old runner becomes the oldest winner of the oldest race on the international calendar, first held in 1876.
Nacer Bouhanni finished second, while Alexander Kristoff was third.
Cavendish, who earned his 159th career victory, crossed the finish line in a time of four hours, 31 minutes and 22 seconds.
“I’m particularly happy. This is the perfect team for a one-day race,” said Cavendish, after winning the race from Magenta to Rivoli.
“We never panicked. My teammates put together a solid race for me. This is just unbelievable the way they put me out.”
It was Cavendish’s third win this year, but his first on European soil.
He added: “I like to win any race. I have already won Milan-Sanremo. So now I have also won Milan-Torino.”
“It’s not always a race for sprinters, so I’m happy to have my name in the same record book as some great climbers.”
Milan-Torino Top 10
1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) 4hrs 31mins 22secs
2. Nacer Bouhanni (Fra/Arkea-Samsic) Same time
3. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux)
4. Max Kanter (Germany/Movistar)
5. Peter Sagan (Slo/Total Energies)
6. Andrea Vendrame (Ita/AG2R Citroen)
7. Michael Morkov (Den/Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl)
8. Ben Swift (GBR/Ineos Grenadiers)
9. Simone Consonni (Ita/Cofidis)
10. Biniam Girmay (Eri/Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert)
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