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 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 21 | |||||||||||||
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 Official event poster | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 8 August 2020[1] | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 305 km (189.5 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7h 16' 09" | ||||||||||||
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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
editAll 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
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.
External links
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