2020 Milan–San Remo

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]

2020 Milan–San Remo
2020 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 21
Race details
Dates8 August 2020[1]
Stages1
Distance305 km (189.5 mi)
Winning time7h 16' 09"
Results
  Winner  Wout van Aert (BEL) (Team Jumbo–Visma)
  Second  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)
  Third  Michael Matthews (AUS) (Team Sunweb)

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

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

Result
Result[4][6]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma 7h 16' 09"
2  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
3  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Sunweb + 2"
4  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2"
5  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) NTT Pro Cycling + 2"
6  Dion Smith (NZL) Mitchelton–Scott + 2"
7  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Astana + 2"
8  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) CCC Team + 2"
9  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 2"
10  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–McLaren + 2"

References
  1. "The UCI unveils the revised 2020 calendars for the UCI WorldTour & UCI Women's WorldTour". UCI. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. Long, Jonny (6 March 2020). "Milan – San Remo and Tirreno-Adriatico have been postponed". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. "UCI reveal WorldTour calendar for 2020". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. Ostanek, Daniel (8 August 2020). "Wout van Aert wins thrilling Milan-San Remo". CyclingNews. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. "2020 UCI WORLDTOUR RACES WILD CARDS: RCS SPORT CHOICES". Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. "Milano-Sanremo 2020 Result". ProCyclingStats. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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