Simon Gerrans during the 2012 Tour Down Under.

Simon Gerrans, winner of the 2012 Milan-San Remo spring classic, finished at the center of the pack, what was left of it, to win the Point d’Appui in the 2013 Milan-San Remo race. Snow atop one of the mountain passes forced race organizers to stop the race, bus riders to a second starting point and restart after more than an hour delay, leaving surviving riders a bit colder in what was already quite a cold ride.

Aside from winning Milan-San Remo in 2012, Gerrans was also the National Road Race of Australia in 2012 as well as the Tour Down Under for the second time. He has also won individual stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana. Obviously he was a bit off his game today, as were many racers due to the weather. His teammate, Matthew Goss, who won Milan-San Remo in 2011, was one of more than 60 riders to abandon the race Sunday.

Gerrans finished 5 minutes and 13 seconds behind the winner, Gerald Ciolek of MTN-Qhubeka, and 13 minutes and 12 seconds ahead of the Lanterne Rouge, Vladimir Isaichev of Katusha.

The rider with the time closest to the median was the Italian rider Marco Bandiera of IAM Cycling.