Where Milan-Turin is often a race for climbers, the course of this edition was largely flat. A bunch sprint turned out to be inevitable, and it was Cavendish who, thanks to his teammate and lead out Michael Mørkøv raced to victory.
Behind the Briton, Nacer Bouhanni from France sprinted to second place. Norwegian Alexander Kristoff finished third in the streets of Turin. Not a single Dutchman was to be found in the top 25 of the results.