Milan-San Remo 2025

Milan-San Remo 2025 overview

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