2020 Milan–San Remo
| 2020 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 21 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 8 August 2020[1] | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 305 km (189.5 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7h 16' 09" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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The 2020 Milan–San Remo was scheduled to be held on 21 March 2020, but was postponed to 8 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. The postponement was made by RCS Sport on 6 March.[2] It was the 111th edition of the Milan–San Remo one-day cycling classic in Northern Italy, and part of the 2020 UCI World Tour calendar.[3]
Belgian rider Wout van Aert of Team Jumbo–Visma, who had won the 2020 Strade Bianche a week earlier, beat French rider Julian Alaphilippe, the defending champion, of Deceuninck–Quick-Step, in a two-up sprint to take the victory, after the duo had broken away from the peloton on the ascent of the Poggio.[4]
Teams
[edit]All nineteen UCI WorldTeams and eight UCI ProTeams were invited to the race. Each of the twenty-seven teams entered six riders each that made up the 162 riders that participated in the race, of which 149 riders finished.[5][6]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
Route
[edit]The race followed a new route, firstly due to the extraordinary conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then by the sudden refusal, just a few weeks before the race, by the mayors of several seaside towns to let the race pass through the coastal highway, or "Via Aurelia", owing to the August tourist traffic. The race ended up being 305 kilometres (190 mi) long, with a heavy detour through the Langhe hills and the Tanaro river valley before reaching the western Ligurian coast through the Col di Nava pass and the Colle San Bartolomeo tunnel, only reaching the usual route at Imperia.[7]
Result
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wout van Aert (BEL)
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Team Jumbo–Visma | 7h 16' 09" |
| 2 |  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
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Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 0" |
| 3 |  Michael Matthews (AUS)
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Team Sunweb | + 2" |
| 4 |  Peter Sagan (SVK)
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Bora–Hansgrohe | + 2" |
| 5 |  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)
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NTT Pro Cycling | + 2" |
| 6 |  Dion Smith (NZL)
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Mitchelton–Scott | + 2" |
| 7 |  Alex Aranburu (ESP)
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Astana | + 2" |
| 8 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
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CCC Team | + 2" |
| 9 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
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Lotto–Soudal | + 2" |
| 10 |  Matej Mohorič (SLO)
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Bahrain–McLaren | + 2" |
References
[edit]- ^ "The UCI unveils the revised 2020 calendars for the UCI WorldTour & UCI Women's WorldTour". UCI. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ Long, Jonny (6 March 2020). "Milan – San Remo and Tirreno-Adriatico have been postponed". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "UCI reveal WorldTour calendar for 2020". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ a b Ostanek, Daniel (8 August 2020). "Wout van Aert wins thrilling Milan-San Remo". CyclingNews. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "2020 UCI WORLDTOUR RACES WILD CARDS: RCS SPORT CHOICES". Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Milano-Sanremo 2020 Result". ProCyclingStats. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Milan-San Remo route exceeds 300km after Alessandria reroute". cyclingnews.com. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
External links
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