2020 Milan–San Remo Explained

2020 Milan–San Remo
Series:2020 UCI World Tour
Race No:8
Season No:21
Date:8 August 2020[1]
Stages:1
Distance:305
Unit:km
Time:7h 16' 09"
First:Wout van Aert
First Nat:BEL
Second:Julian Alaphilippe
Second Nat:FRA
Third:Michael Matthews
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.[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, who had won the 2020 Strade Bianche a week earlier, beat French rider Julian Alaphilippe, the defending champion, of, 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The UCI unveils the revised 2020 calendars for the UCI WorldTour & UCI Women's WorldTour . UCI . 5 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Milan – San Remo and Tirreno-Adriatico have been postponed. Jonny. Long. Cycling Weekly. 6 March 2020. 7 March 2020.
  3. Web site: UCI reveal WorldTour calendar for 2020 . 23 February 2019 . Cycling News . 29 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200129213127/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-reveal-worldtour-calendar-for-2020/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Wout van Aert wins thrilling Milan-San Remo. Daniel. Ostanek. CyclingNews. 8 August 2020. 8 August 2020.
  5. Web site: 2020 UCI WORLDTOUR RACES WILD CARDS: RCS SPORT CHOICES. 8 May 2020. 20 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200120050837/http://www.milanosanremo.it/en/news/2020-uci-worldtour-races-wild-cards-rcs-sport-choices/. dead.
  6. Web site: Milano-Sanremo 2020 Result. ProCyclingStats. 8 August 2020. 8 August 2020.