Milan-San Remo 2025 overview
Date | March 22 |
Start Location | Pavia |
Finish Location | San Remo |
Distance | 289km |
Category | Men's WorldTour |
Previous edition | |
Previous race winner | Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) |
Milan-San Remo: Long sprint nets Mathieu van der Poel victory in thrilling three-way battle against Filippo Ganna and Tadej Pogačar / As it happened
After 289km of racing, the 116th edition of Milan-San Remo was decided by a three-way battle between Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), with the Dutchman emerging victorious in the sprint to the line on the Via Roma.
The explosive finale kicked off on the slopes of the Cipressa, as Pogačar’s squad launched the Slovenian’s inevitable attack with 25km to go. Ganna and Van der Poel were the only ones able to follow the searing acceleration as he attacked again. They then worked together to stay away until the foot of the Poggio when Pogačar went again. Although Van der Poel was the only one who could follow, Ganna used his time trial strengths to bridge the gap before the run-in to the line where Van der Pael launched an early sprint at 300-metres to take the victory.
MIlan-San Remo teams
18 UCI WorldTeams
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
ARKEA-B&B HOTELS
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
COFIDIS
DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM
EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST
GROUPAMA-FDJ
INEOS GRENADIERS
INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY
LIDL-TREK
MOVISTAR TEAM
RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
TEAM JAYCO ALULA
TEAM PICNIC POSTNL
TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE
UAE TEAM EMIRATES - XRG
XDS ASTANA TEAM
Three qualified by ranking
ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH
LOTTO
UNO-X MOBILITY
Four Wild Cards
Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
SOLUTION TECH VINI FANTINI
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
VF GROUP BARDIANICSF-FAIZANE'
Milan-San Remo records
Poggio climbing record: 5 minutes 40 seconds, Mathieu van der Poel 2023 Milan-San Remo
Most wins: Eddy Merckx - seven (1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976)
Most recent multi-time winner: Oscar Freire (2004, 2007, 2010)
Most successful nation: Italy with 51 wins, with Belgium a distant second with 22
Bunch sprints vs solos and small groups: The last full bunch sprint was in 2016, won by Arnaud Démare. In the past six editions, three have been settled from small groups, while three have been won by solo riders (Vincenzo Nibali in 2018, Jasper Stuyven in 2021, Matej Mohoric in 2022 and Mathieu van der Poel in 2023).
Youngest winner: Ugo Agostoni, 20, in 1914
Oldest winner: Andrei Tchmil, 36, in 1999
Fastest edition: 45.806 kph in 1990, won by Gianni Bugno
