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
Official event poster
Official event poster
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)
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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

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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

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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

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  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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Milano-Sanremo 2020 Result". ProCyclingStats. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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