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.
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Milan-San Remo22 March 2025 | San Remo | WorldTour
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