2020 Milan–San Remo

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2020 Milan–San Remo

| series = 2020 UCI World Tour

| race_no = 8

| season_no = 21

| image =Milan-Sanremo-2020_poster.png

| image_caption =Official event poster

| image_size =260

| date = 8 August 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/news/2020/the-uci-unveils-the-revised-2020-calendars-for-the-uci-worldtour-and-uci-women-s-worldtour |title=The UCI unveils the revised 2020 calendars for the UCI WorldTour & UCI Women's WorldTour |work=UCI |access-date=5 May 2020}}

| stages = 1

| distance = 305

| unit = km

| time = 7h 16' 09"

| speed =

| first = Wout van Aert

| first_team = {{UCI team code|TJV|2020}}

| first_nat = BEL

| second = Julian Alaphilippe

| second_team = {{UCI team code|DQT|2020}}

| second_nat = FRA

| third = Michael Matthews

| third_team = {{UCI team code|SUN|2020}}

| third_nat = AUS

| previous = 2019

| next = 2021

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/milan-san-remo-and-tirreno-adriatico-have-been-postponed-450996/|title=Milan – San Remo and Tirreno-Adriatico have been postponed|first=Jonny|last=Long|work=Cycling Weekly|date=6 March 2020|access-date=7 March 2020}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-reveal-worldtour-calendar-for-2020/ |title=UCI reveal WorldTour calendar for 2020 |access-date=23 February 2019 |work=Cycling News |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129213127/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-reveal-worldtour-calendar-for-2020/ |url-status=dead }}

Belgian rider Wout van Aert of {{UCI team code|TJV|2020}}, who had won the 2020 Strade Bianche a week earlier, beat French rider Julian Alaphilippe, the defending champion, of {{UCI team code|DQT|2020}}, in a two-up sprint to take the victory, after the duo had broken away from the peloton on the ascent of the Poggio.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/milan-san-remo-2020/milan-san-remo/results/|title=Wout van Aert wins thrilling Milan-San Remo|first=Daniel|last=Ostanek|publisher=CyclingNews|date=8 August 2020|access-date=8 August 2020}}

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.{{cite web|title=2020 UCI WORLDTOUR RACES WILD CARDS: RCS SPORT CHOICES|url=https://www.milanosanremo.it/en/news/2020-uci-worldtour-races-wild-cards-rcs-sport-choices/|access-date=8 May 2020|archive-date=20 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120050837/http://www.milanosanremo.it/en/news/2020-uci-worldtour-races-wild-cards-rcs-sport-choices/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/milano-sanremo/2020|title=Milano-Sanremo 2020 Result|publisher=ProCyclingStats|date=8 August 2020|access-date=8 August 2020}}

UCI WorldTeams

{{UCI team code|ALM|2020}}
{{UCI team code|AST|2020}}
{{UCI team code|TBM|2020}}
{{UCI team code|BOH|2020}}
{{UCI team code|BMC|2020}}
{{UCI team code|COF|2020}}
{{UCI team code|DQT|2020}}
{{UCI team code|EFD|2020}}
{{UCI team code|GFC|2020}}
{{UCI team code|ISN|2020}}
{{UCI team code|LTS|2020}}
{{UCI team code|MTS men|2020}}
{{UCI team code|MOV|2020}}
{{UCI team code|NTT|2020}}
{{UCI team code|INS|2020a}}
{{UCI team code|TJV|2020}}
{{UCI team code|SUN|2020}}
{{UCI team code|TFS|2020}}
{{UCI team code|UAD|2020}}

UCI ProTeams

{{UCI team code|AFC|2020}}
{{UCI team code|ANS|2020}}
{{UCI team code|ARK|2020}}
{{UCI team code|BRD|2020}}
{{UCI team code|CWG|2020}}
{{UCI team code|GAZ|2020}}
{{UCI team code|TDE|2020}}
{{UCI team code|WIL|2020a}}

Route

The race followed an 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 {{Convert|305|km|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.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-08-07 |title=Milan-San Remo route exceeds 300km after Alessandria reroute |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/milan-san-remo-route-exceeds-300km-after-alessandria-reroute/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}

Result

{{cyclingresult|1|Wout van Aert|BEL|{{UCI team code|TJV|2020}}|7h 16' 09"}}

{{cyclingresult|2|Julian Alaphilippe|FRA|{{UCI team code|DQT|2020}}|+ 0"}}

{{cyclingresult|3|Michael Matthews|AUS|{{UCI team code|SUN|2020}}|+ 2"}}

{{cyclingresult|4|Peter Sagan|SVK|{{UCI team code|BOH|2020}}|+ 2"}}

{{cyclingresult|5|Giacomo Nizzolo|ITA|{{UCI team code|NTT|2020}}|+ 2"}}

{{cyclingresult|6|Dion Smith|NZL|{{UCI team code|MTS men|2020}}|+ 2"}}

{{cyclingresult|7|Alex Aranburu|ESP|{{UCI team code|AST|2020}}|+ 2"}}

{{cyclingresult|8|Greg Van Avermaet|BEL|{{UCI team code|BMC|2020}}|+ 2"}}

{{cyclingresult|9|Philippe Gilbert|BEL|{{UCI team code|LTS|2020}}|+ 2"}}

{{cyclingresult|10|Matej Mohorič|SLO|{{UCI team code|TBM|2020}}|+ 2"}}

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.milanosanremo.it/en/}}

Category:Milan–San Remo

Milan-San Remo