| 2020 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 21 | |||||||||||||
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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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The2020 Milan–San Remo was scheduled to be held on 21 March 2020, but was postponed to 8 August due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Italy. The postponement was made byRCS Sport on 6 March.[2] It was the 111th edition of theMilan–San Remo one-daycycling classic in Northern Italy, and part of the2020 UCI World Tour calendar.[3]
Belgian riderWout van Aert ofTeam Jumbo–Visma, who had won the2020 Strade Bianche a week earlier, beat French riderJulian Alaphilippe, the defending champion, ofDeceuninck–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]
All nineteenUCI WorldTeams and eightUCI 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
The race followed a new route, firstly due to the extraordinary conditions of theCOVID-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 305 kilometres (190 mi) long, with a heavy detour through theLanghe hills and theTanaro 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 atImperia.[7]
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 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" |
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