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{{short description|Italian one-day cycling race, and one of the five monuments}}
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{{Infobox cycling race
| name          = Milan–Sanremo
| current_event = 2025 Milan–Sanremo
| image         = [[File:Milan – San Remo logo.svg|250px]]
| date          = Mid-March
| region        = [[Northwest Italy]]
| english       = Milan–Sanremo
| localnames    = Milano–Sanremo {{in lang|it}}
| nickname      = ''La Classicissima di primavera'' {{in lang|it}}
| discipline    = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| competition   = [[UCI World Tour]]
| type          = One-day cycling race
| organiser     = [[RCS Sport]]
| director      = Mauro Vegni
| first         = [[1907 Milan–San Remo|{{start date|1907}}]]
| number        = 116 (as of 2025)
| final         = 
| firstwinner   = {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Petit-Breton]]|FRA}}
| mostwins      = {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}} ''(7 wins)''
| mostrecent    = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Mathieu van der Poel]]|NED}}}}
}}

'''Milan–Sanremo''', also called "''The Spring classic''",<ref>(in [[italian language|Italian]] ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called  "''La Classicissima''"</ref> is an annual [[road bicycle racing|road cycling]] race between [[Milan]] and [[Sanremo]]<!--CORRECT name is Sanremo, please-->, in [[Northwest Italy]]. With a distance of {{Convert|298|km|mi}}, it is the longest professional one-day race in modern road cycling in Europe. It is the first major [[Classic cycle races|classic]] race of the season, usually held on the third Saturday of March. The first edition was held in [[1907 Milan–San Remo|1907]].<ref name="Storia" />

It is traditionally the first of the five ''[[Cycling monument|Monuments]]'' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycling. It was the opening race of the [[UCI Road World Cup]] series until the series was replaced by the [[UCI ProTour]] in 2005 and the [[UCI World Tour|World Tour]] in 2011.

The most successful rider with seven victories is Belgian [[Eddy Merckx]].<ref name="Primavera Preview" >{{cite web|last1=Hood|first1=Edmond|title=Milan-Sanremo Preview: La Primavera|url=http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/race_news/milan-sanremo-preview-la-primavera-2015/|website=Pezcyclingnews.com|date=17 March 2015|access-date=18 February 2016}}</ref> Italian [[Costante Girardengo]] achieved 11 podium finishes in the [[interwar period]], winning the race six times. In modern times, German [[Erik Zabel]] and Spaniard [[Óscar Freire]] have recorded four and three wins respectively.

Milan–San Remo is considered a ''[[cycling sprinter|sprinters]] classic'' because of its mainly flat course (although the [[Poggio di San Remo|Poggio]] climb close to the finish has often been an opportunity for [[puncheur|puncheurs]] and [[rouleur|rouleurs]]),<ref name= "UCI" /> whereas the other Italian Monument race, the [[Giro di Lombardia]], held in autumn, is considered a ''[[climbing specialist|climbers]] classic''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Il Lombardia|url=http://www.uci.ch/road/news/article/lombardia-168508/|website=uci.ch|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]]|access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref>

From 2025, [[Milan–San Remo Women]] was held after a 20-year hiatus. The event is organised on the same day albeit over a shorter distance and is part of the [[UCI Women's World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Westemeyer |first1=Susan |date=26 January 2006 |title=Women's Milan-San Remo cancelled |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/womens-milan-san-remo-cancelled/ |access-date=29 May 2015 |website=[[Cycling News]]}}</ref><ref name="UCIcalendar2">{{Cite web |last=Weislo |first=Laura |date=4 October 2024 |title=UCI rolls out 2025 road calendar with Copenhagen Sprint added to men's and women's WorldTour |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-rolls-out-2025-road-calendar-with-copenhagen-sprint-added-to-mens-and-womens-worldtour/ |access-date=13 October 2024 |work=Cycling News}}</ref>

==History==

===The pioneering days===
The idea of a bike race between [[Milan]] and [[Sanremo]] originated from the ''Unione Sportiva Sanremese''.<ref name="Storia" >{{cite web|title=Storia della Milano-Sanremo|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/GrandiClassiche/2005/St_milano-sanremo.html|website=[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]|publisher=[[RCS MediaGroup]]|access-date=17 March 2015|language=it}}</ref> A first amateur race was held on 2 and 3 April 1906 over two stages (Milan–[[Acqui Terme]] and Acqui Terme–Sanremo);<ref name="inrng" >{{cite web|title=Milan-Sanremo's Ever-Changing Route|url=http://inrng.com/2014/03/milan-sanremos-ever-changing-route/|website=The Inner Ring|access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> albeit with little success. Milanese journalist [[Tullo Morgagni]], who had launched the [[Giro di Lombardia|Tour of Lombardy]] in 1905, put forth the idea of organizing a professional cycling race in a single day over the course. He proposed the project to [[Eugenio Costamagna]], the director of the popular sports newspaper [[Gazzetta dello Sport]], who took on the organization.<ref name="Storia" />

[[File:Milan-San Remo 1914, passage à niveau à Livello, puis groupe de tête avant Valtri.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Footage from the [[1914 Milan–San Remo]]. Top: riders crossing a closed railway passage. Bottom: lead group reaches the [[Ligurian Sea]] in [[Voltri]].]]
On 14 April 1907 the [[1907 Milan–San Remo|first official edition of Milan–San Remo]] was held. The start was at the  Conca Fallata inn of Milan at 5 a.m. Sixty riders registered, but only 33 took the start. The inaugural contest was especially hard as it was affected by exceptionally cold weather. It was won by Frenchman [[Lucien Petit-Breton]], who completed the 286 kilometers (177 miles) in an average speed of 26.206&nbsp;km/h (16.5&nbsp;mph).<ref name="Storia" /> Only 14 riders finished.

The race was a commercial success and attracted some of the best riders of European cycling, prompting the Gazzetta dello Sport to organize a [[1908 Milan–San Remo|second edition]] in 1908, won by Belgium's [[Cyrille Van Hauwaert]]. The first Italian winner of Milan–San Remo was [[Luigi Ganna]] who won in [[1909 Milan–San Remo|1909]] by an hour over Frenchman [[Emile Georget]].

In [[1910 Milan–San Remo|1910]] the ''Primavera'' gained eternal fame and a place in cycling legend because of the extreme weather conditions.<ref name="Storia" /> Riders needed to take refuge in the houses along the roads because a severe [[blizzard|snowstorm]] scourged the peloton.<ref name="museo" >{{cite web|title=3 aprile 1910 - Milano-Sanremo|url=http://www.museociclismo.it/en/articles/7320-3-aprile-1910---Milano-Sanremo/index.html|website=museociclismo.it|access-date=27 February 2016|language=it}}</ref> Just four out of 63 riders finished the race. Frenchman [[Eugène Christophe]] won, even though he thought he had taken a wrong road and did not realize he was the first to reach Sanremo. Christophe finished the race in 12 hours and 24 minutes, making it the slowest edition ever. [[Giovanni Cocchi]] finished second at 1h 17 minutes from the winner.<ref name= "BRI" >{{cite web|title=1910 Milano - San Remo|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Milan-San%20Remo/1910-milan-san-remo.html|website=bikeraceinfo.com|access-date=27 February 2016}}</ref>

===La Classicissima===
[[File:Costante Girardengo vainqueur de Milan-San Remo en avril 1923.jpg|thumb|right|[[Costante Girardengo]] being honored for his win in the [[1923 Milan–San Remo]].]]
After the pioneering days of the race, began the era of [[Costante Girardengo]], who connected his name indelibly to the classic. From 1917 to 1928 Girardengo had a record 11 podium finishes, six times as winner. Subsequent years were marked by the rivalry between [[Learco Guerra]] and [[Alfredo Binda]], whose [[list of sports rivalries|emulation]] caused them to lose several certain victories. A similar rivalry was the one in the 1940s with the mythical years of [[Fausto Coppi]] and [[Gino Bartali]], whose duels were the subject of intense coverage and resulted in epic races.

Milan–San Remo was at the peak of its popularity and the Italian press started to coin the untranslatable term ''La Classicissima'', the greatest of all classics.<ref name= "UCI" >{{cite web|title=Milano-Sanremo|url=http://www.uci.ch/road/news/article/milano-sanremo-168462/|website=uci.ci|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]]|access-date=18 February 2016}}</ref> From 1935 to 1953 the race was run every year on 19 March, the feast of [[patron saint|patron]] [[Saint Joseph]], hence the press in predominantly [[catholicism|Catholic]] Italy gave it its other nickname, ''la Gara di San Giuseppe ''(''Saint Joseph's Race''). In [[1949 Milan–San Remo|1949]] the race finished for the first time on the iconic [[Via Roma]], a busy shopping street in the heart of Sanremo.

As from the 1950s the race was mainly won by Belgian and Spanish sprinters, and after 1953, Italian riders could not seal a victory for 17 years.<ref name="inrng" /> In [[1960 Milan–San Remo|1960]] race director [[Vincenzo Torriani]] added the climb of the Poggio, just before the arrival in Sanremo.<ref name="Storia" /> The intent was to make the race finale harder, but the decision did not have the aspired effect and the streak of non-Italian victories continued.

In [[1966 Milan–San Remo|1966]] began the legendary era of [[Eddy Merckx]], who achieved an unsurpassed record of seven victories.<ref name="Primavera Preview" /> Seven wins is also the record number of victories by a rider in a single [[Classic cycle races|classic]] to date. After the ''Cannibal'''s streak no rider could dominate Milan–San Remo again until 1997,<ref>{{cite web|title=Milan-San Remo - World Cup Round. 88th Milano-San Remo Race Report|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/mar97/msr97a.html|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> when German [[Erik Zabel]] began a series of four victories and two second places.<ref name="Primavera Preview" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Milan - San Remo, World Cup round 1 Results and Reports Italy, March 21, 1998. Erik Zabel Triumphs.|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/mar98/msr98results.html|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref>

===The Sprinters Classic===
[[File:Petacchi MSR 2005.jpg|thumb|left|Italian [[Cycling sprinter|Sprinter]] [[Alessandro Petacchi]] winning the [[2005 Milan–San Remo]] in a group sprint on the Via Roma.]]
In [[1990 Milan–San Remo|1990]] Italian [[Gianni Bugno]] set a race record of 6h 25 m 06 seconds to win by 4 seconds over [[Rolf Gölz]], averaging 45.8&nbsp;kmh (28.45&nbsp;mph). Another memorable running was the one in [[1992 Milan–San Remo|1992]], when [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Seán Kelly]] caught [[Moreno Argentin]] in the descent of the Poggio and beat the Italian in a two-man sprint.<ref name="Primavera Preview"/> It was Kelly's penultimate career win. In between Erik Zabel's wins, [[Andrei Tchmil]] won the [[1999 Milan–San Remo|1999 contest]], after he launched a decisive attack under the one-kilometer banner and narrowly stayed ahead of the sprinting peloton, with Zabel coming in second place.<ref>{{cite web|title=90th Milan - San Remo. Summary.|url=http://www.autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/mar99/msr99results.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990320010101/http://www.autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/mar99/msr99results.html|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=17 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 March 1999}}</ref>

In [[2004 Milan–San Remo|2004]] Zabel could have won a fifth time, but lost to [[Óscar Freire]] only because he lifted his arms to celebrate and stopped pedalling too early.<ref name="Primavera Preview" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Henry|first1=Chris|title=95th Milan-San Remo post race wrap. Freire fastest at San Remo.|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/mar04/mar21news|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> Freire would go on to secure a total of three ''Primavera'' wins in later years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Milan-San Remo 2010: Spain's Óscar Freire wins in sprint finish|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/7488203/Milan-San-Remo-2010-Spains-Oscar-Freire-wins-in-sprint-finish.html|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> In [[2008 Milan–San Remo|2008]] the finish was moved to a different location for the first time in 59 years, due to road works on the Via Roma. Swiss [[Fabian Cancellara]] was the first winner on the Lungomare Italo Calvino, after an ultimate solo attack in the streets of San Remo.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Abrahams|first1=Ben|title=Swiss timing: Cancellara strikes in Sanremo.|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/mar08/mar23news|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref>

In [[2009 Milan–San Remo|2009]] the 100th edition of Milan–San Remo was held, won by British sprinter [[Mark Cavendish]] on his first attempt.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Haake|first1=Bjorn|last2=Westemeyer|first2=Susan|last3=Brown|first3=Gregor|title=100th Milano-Sanremo. Cavendish pips Haussler on the line.|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/msr09/?id=results|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> Cavendish beat Australian [[Heinrich Haussler]] in a ''millimeter sprint''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Cavendish wins Milan-San Remo|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cavendish-wins-milan-san-remo-70004|website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|date=21 March 2009|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Finishing line 2017 Milan-Sanremo.jpg|thumb|right|[[Michał Kwiatkowski]] won the [[2017 Milan-San Remo|2017 contest]] in a three-man sprint with [[Peter Sagan]] and [[Julian Alaphilippe]].]]
The race of [[2013 Milan–San Remo|2013]] was affected by abysmal weather conditions from start to finish. Heavy snowfall and below-zero temperatures forced organizers to shorten the race by 52 kilometres (32 miles) eliminating two key climbs – the [[Passo del Turchino]] and Le Manie – and arranging a bus transfer for the race to begin a second time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://road.cc/content/news/78614-milan-san-remo-snow-and-tv-schedules-wreak-havoc-race-shortened|first=Simon|last=MacMichael|date=17 March 2013|access-date=15 February 2015|work=Road.cc|publisher=Farrelly Atkinson|title=Snow and TV schedules wreak havoc as race shortened}}</ref> The race was won by German [[Gerald Ciolek]] who outsprinted [[Peter Sagan]] and Fabian Cancellara.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/cycling-ciolek-wins-milan-san-remo-160842923.html|title=Cycling - Ciolek wins snow-shortened Milan-San Remo|date=17 March 2013|work=Yahoo Eurosport UK|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320175911/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/cycling-ciolek-wins-milan-san-remo-160842923.html|archive-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>

In [[2015 Milan-San Remo|2015]] race director {{Interlanguage link|Mauro Vegni|lt=Mauro Vegni|it}} decided to move the finish back to the Via Roma after seven years on the seaside, stating the change would be for 2015 and beyond.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Gregor|title=Milano-Sanremo brings back Via Roma finish, favoring attackers|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/12/news/milano-sanremo-brings-back-via-roma-finish-favoring-attackers_356520|website=VeloNews}}</ref> German [[John Degenkolb]] won the race ahead of previous winner [[Alexander Kristoff]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=Barry|title=Degenkolb wins Milan-San Remo|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/milan-san-remo-2015/results|access-date=22 March 2015|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=21 May 2015}}</ref> The [[2016 Milan–San Remo|2016 race]] was won by French sprinter [[Arnaud Démare]] in a bunch sprint, but Démare was accused after the race of having used the tow of his teamcar to rejoin the pack on the Cipressa climb.<ref>{{cite web|title=Riders accuse Demare of taking a tow from a team car during Milan-San Remo|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-accuse-demare-of-taking-a-tow-from-a-team-car-during-milan-san-remo/|website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=21 March 2016|date=20 March 2016}}</ref> Démare rebuffed these allegations, stating that the race commissioners were right behind him and would have disqualified him had he done something illegal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Demare hits back at Milan-San Remo tow allegations|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/demare-hits-back-at-milan-san-remo-tow-allegations/|website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=21 March 2016|date=20 March 2016}}</ref>{{refn|group=N|On 8 May 2016, it became public that the Italian Cycling Federation was making inquiries into the accusations about Démare. [[Matteo Tosatto]], one of the riders who accused Démare, stated that he had given written testimony to officials about the incident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Italian Federation investigating Arnaud Demare's Milan-San Remo victory|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/italian-federation-investigating-arnaud-demares-milan-san-remo-victory/|website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=9 May 2016|date=8 May 2016}}</ref>}}

In [[2017 Milan-San Remo|2017]] [[Michał Kwiatkowski]] became the first Polish winner of a monument in a three-up sprint finish with world champion Peter Sagan and [[Julian Alaphilippe]] after the trio broke clear on the race's final climb&nbsp;– the [[Poggio di San Remo]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Henry|last=Robertshaw|title=Brilliant Michal Kwiatkowski edges out Peter Sagan to win Milan-San Remo 2017|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/brilliant-michal-kwiatkowski-edges-out-peter-sagan-to-win-milan-san-remo-2017-320474|work=[[Cycling Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc. UK]]|access-date=18 March 2017|date=18 March 2017}}</ref>

The [[2020 Milan–San Remo|2020 edition]] was forced to move to August due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy]], making it the first ever summer edition of the ''Spring classic''. The edition was won by Belgian [[Wout van Aert]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ostanek |first1=Daniel |title=Wout van Aert wins thrilling Milan-San Remo |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/milan-san-remo-2020/milan-san-remo/results/ |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=8 August 2020 |access-date=16 October 2020 }}</ref> In [[2024 Milan–San Remo|2024]], the race underwent notable route changes, notably featuring a new start destination in [[Pavia]], located just outside of [[Milan]].<ref name=":0" />

In [[2025 Milan–San Remo|2025]], the race was won by Dutch rider [[Mathieu van der Poel]] for the second time, beating Italian [[Filippo Ganna]] and Slovenian world champion [[Tadej Pogačar]] in a sprint finish – with ''[[L'Équipe]]'' calling the race "one of the most memorable 'Primaveras'",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roos |first=Alexandre |date=22 March 2025 |title=Un vainqueur exceptionnel, un perdant magnifique : un Milan-San Remo parmi les plus fous de l'histoire |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Article/Un-vainqueur-exceptionnel-un-perdant-magnifique-un-milan-san-remo-parmi-les-plus-fous-de-l-histoire/1548860 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}</ref> and ''[[Cycling Weekly]]'' stating the race had been "an epic duel".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cossins |first=Peter |date=2025-03-22 |title=Mathieu van der Poel takes second Milan-San Remo after epic duel with Tadej Pogačar and Filippo Ganna |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/mathieu-van-der-poel-takes-second-san-remo-title-after-epic-duel-with-tadej-pogacar-and-filippo-ganna |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=cyclingweekly.com |language=en}}</ref> On the Cipressa, the trio broke the climbing record by 20 seconds, previously set by [[Gabriele Colombo]] and [[Alexander Gontchenkov]] at the [[1996 Milan–San Remo]].

==Route==

===Present course===
[[File:Milano-sanremo 2011.png|thumb|left|upright|Route of the [[2011 Milan–San Remo|2011]] edition]]
Upon its inception, Milan–San Remo was conceived as a straightforward line from [[Milan]], the industrial heart of [[Northern Italy]], to [[Sanremo|San Remo]], the fashionable seaside resort on the [[Italian Riviera]] with its trademark [[Belle Epoque]] villas. The race starts on the [[Piazza del Duomo, Milan|Piazza del Duomo]] in the heart of Milan and immediately heads to the southwest, over the plains of [[Lombardy]] and [[Piedmont]], along the cities of [[Pavia]], [[Voghera]], [[Tortona]], [[Novi Ligure]] and [[Ovada]]. As the race enters [[Liguria]], the peloton addresses the [[Passo del Turchino]], the first climb of the day, after 140&nbsp;km.<ref name="Preview">{{cite web|last1=Farrand |first1=Stephen |title=Milan-San Remo preview |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/preview/ |website=[[Cycling News]] |access-date=17 February 2016 |archive-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318143016/http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/preview/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revistadesdelacuneta.com/tengopagina.php?page=archivo0957|title=revistadesdelacuneta.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924090453/http://www.revistadesdelacuneta.com/tengopagina.php?page=archivo0957|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref>

After the descent of the Turchino the race reaches the [[Ligurian Sea]] in [[Voltri]] at halfway point. From here the course follows the [[Strada statale 1 Via Aurelia|Aurelia highway]] to the west,<ref name="Preview" /> with its spectacular and typical scenery along the Ligurian Coast. The race crosses the towns of [[Arenzano]], [[Varazze]], [[Savona]], [[Finale Ligure]], [[Pietra Ligure]], [[Loano]], [[Borghetto Santo Spirito]], [[Ceriale]] and [[Albenga]], followed by the seaside resorts along the Riviera dei Fiori ([[Alassio]], [[Andora]], [[Diano Marina]] and [[Imperia]]). Between Alassio and Imperia, three short hills along the coast are included: the Capo Mele, Capo Cervo and Capo Berta.<ref name="MS Preview" >{{cite web|last1=Condé|first1=Mikkel|title=2015 Milan–San Remo Preview|url=http://cyclingtips.com/2015/03/2015-milan-san-remo-preview/|website=cyclingtips.com|date=19 March 2015|access-date=18 February 2016}}</ref> In [[San Lorenzo al Mare]] the course turns inwards to the [[Cipressa]], the next climb, with its top at 22&nbsp;km from the finish. After the towns of [[Santo Stefano al Mare]] and [[Arma di Taggia]] comes the last and most famous climb, the [[Poggio di Sanremo]], in fact a suburb of Sanremo, built upon a hill along the sea.

From the top of the Poggio, 5.4&nbsp;km from the finish, the course heads down via a fast and curvy descent towards the center of Sanremo, where the race traditionally finishes on the Via Roma, the city's illustrious shopping street.<ref name="Preview" /><ref name="MS Preview" />

===Race characteristics===
Being the longest professional one-day race, Milan–San Remo is an unusual test of endurance early in the season.<ref name="Preview" /><ref>{{cite web|title=LeMond predicts sprint finish at Milan-San Remo 2015|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/sport/eurosport-cycling/11482775/sprint-finish-at-milan-san-remo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321081551/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/sport/eurosport-cycling/11482775/sprint-finish-at-milan-san-remo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2015|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|access-date=18 February 2016}}</ref> It is often won not by the fastest sprinter, but by the strongest and best prepared rider with a strong sprint finish. The Cipressa and Poggio have foiled many sprinters who could not stay with the front group.

[[File:Milano-Sanremo 2015 route profile.svg|thumb|300px|alt=Topography chart of Milan-San Remo Classic race|Profile of the [[2015 Milan–San Remo|2015 edition]]]]
In the early years the only significant difficulty was the [[Passo del Turchino]], which was often a pivotal site of the race – but when cycling became more professional, the climb was not demanding enough and too far from the finish to be decisive. In 1960 the [[Poggio di Sanremo|Poggio]], a 4&nbsp;km climb just a few kilometres before the finish, was introduced. In 1982 the [[Cipressa]], near [[Imperia (city)|Imperia]], was added.<ref name="Storia" /> The other hills are the Capo Mele, Capo Cervo and Capo Berta. From 2008 to 2014 the organizers added the climb of [[Le Manie]] as well, between the Turchino and the ''Capi''.<ref name="inrng" /> The Turchino and Le Manie are longer climbs, meant to cause a first selection in the peloton, while the Capi, Cipressa and Poggio are rather short, inviting attackers to distance the peloton.

In recent years there has rarely been a big selection in the latter stages of the race. Many sprinters are able to keep up with the main peloton on the climbs, and therefore the race most often ends in a group [[cycling sprinter|sprint]]. Nonetheless, the location of the Poggio close to the finish has often meant that riders' position on top of the Poggio is crucial in order to win the race.<ref>{{cite web|title=Milan–San Remo Preview 2015|url=http://inrng.com/2015/03/milan-sanremo-preview-2015/|website=The Inner Ring|access-date=18 February 2016}}</ref>

Despite its flat course and long finishing straight, sprinters' teams have been foiled from time to time by a determined attack on the last hills. Good examples include [[Laurent Jalabert]] and [[Maurizio Fondriest]] escaping in [[1995 Milan–San Remo|1995]] and staying ahead to the finish.<ref>{{cite web|title=Milano - Sanremo 1995 (CDM)|url=http://www.cyclingfever.com/video.html?detp=view&video_idd=ODQxNg==|website=Cycling Fever|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> In [[2003 Milan–San Remo|2003]], [[Paolo Bettini]] attacked with [[Luca Paolini]] and [[Mirko Celestino]] to stay ahead. In [[2012 Milan–San Remo|2012]], [[Vincenzo Nibali]] and [[Fabian Cancellara]] attacked on the Poggio, followed by Australian [[Simon Gerrans]], who outsprinted them at the finish.<ref>{{cite web|last1=MacLeary|first1=John|title=Milan San-Remo 2012: GreenEdge's Simon Gerrans makes it two in a row for Australia in opening monument.|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9150460/Milan-San-Remo-2012-GreenEdges-Simon-Gerrans-makes-it-two-in-a-row-for-Australia-in-opening-monument.html|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> In [[2018 Milan–San Remo|2018]], Nibali attacked on the final bends of the Poggio, resisting the return of the group to win by a small margin.

===Proposed changes===
[[File:Pompeiana panorama da collina sanstevi.jpg|thumb|300px|View on [[Pompeiana]], a proposed new site for Milan–San Remo]]
Milan–San Remo has had few significant course changes since its first edition, and organizers have made it a matter of honour to stay true to the original intent.<ref name="inrng" /> 

In [[2008 Milan–San Remo|2008]], the Le Manie climb was added to the route. In September 2013, organiser [[RCS Sport]] announced the race would include the [[Pompeiana]] climb between the Cipressa and Poggio.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Gregor|title=Milan-San Remo route change for 2014|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/milan-san-remo-route-change-for-2014-25691|publisher=Cycling Weekly}}</ref> To keep the race at a reasonable distance, it would exclude Le Manie. The Pompeiana, named after the village the road passes, climbs five kilometres with a 13% maximum gradient, and would therefore be the most difficult climb in the race finale.<ref name="inrng" /> The proposed route was reversed just weeks before the race in March 2014, when the Pompeiana had been damaged by recent landslides, making it too dangerous for a cycling race to pass.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Condé|first1=Mikkel|title=Milan–San Remo Preview|url=http://cyclingtips.com/2014/03/milan-san-remo-preview/|website=Cycling Tips|date=20 March 2014|access-date=18 February 2016}}</ref> Hence the race was re-routed and made more traditional and sprinter-friendly. This led to a number of sprinters, who had earlier ruled themselves out due to the addition of the extra climb, including [[Mark Cavendish]], declaring their interest in riding again.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Gregor|title=Pompeiana climb ruled unsafe for Milan-San Remo|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/milan-san-remo-115090|website=Cycling Weekly|date=17 February 2014}}</ref>

In [[2015 Milan–San Remo|2015]], the climb of Le Manie was cut from the race, and neither was the [[Pompeiana]] included in the trajectory. With this pre-2008 route, race organizers stated they want to respect the race's traditional course.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Gregor|title=Milan-San-Remo-route-change-will-surprise-says-organiser|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/milan-san-remo-route-change-will-surprise-says-organiser-146780|website=Cycling Weekly|date=26 November 2014}}</ref>

In 2023, the start of the race moved to [[Abbiategrasso]].<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Stephen Farrand |date=2 February 2023 |title=Milan-San Remo becomes Abbiategrasso to San Remo for 2023 |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/milan-san-remo-becomes-abbiategrasso-to-san-remo-for-2023/ |website=cyclingnews.com}}</ref> In [[2024 Milan–San Remo|2024]], the race underwent notable route changes, notably featuring a new start destination in [[Pavia]], located just outside of [[Milan]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=CYCLING, MILANO-SANREMO 2024: PREVIEW, FULL SCHEDULE |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/cycling-milano-sanremo-2024-preview-full-schedule-how-to-watch-live |website=Olympics.com |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>

===2020 edition===

The [[2020 Milan–San Remo|2020 edition]], already extraordinary in being held in the midst of summer, followed a new route. This was due to the extraordinary conditions determined first by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|COVID-19 pandemic]], and then by the sudden refusal, just a few weeks before the race, by the mayors of several seaside town to let the race pass through the coastal highway, or "Via Aurelia", heavily engaged by tourist traffic in August whereas it is much less suffocated by it in March, the usual racing time. The race ended up being 306 km 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/milan-san-remo-route-exceeds-300km-after-alessandria-reroute/|title = Milan-San Remo route exceeds 300km after Alessandria reroute|date = 7 August 2020}}</ref>

==Winners==
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1907 Milan–San Remo|1907]]|name={{sortname|Lucien|Petit-Breton}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|Bianchi|1907}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1908 Milan–San Remo|1908]]|name={{sortname|Cyrille van|Hauwaert}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Alcyon|1908}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1909 Milan–San Remo|1909]]|name={{sortname|Luigi|Ganna}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Atala|1909}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1910 Milan–San Remo|1910]]|name={{sortname|Eugène|Christophe||Christophe, Eugene}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|Alcyon|1910}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1911 Milan–San Remo|1911]]|name={{sortname|Gustave|Garrigou}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|Alcyon|1911}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1912 Milan–San Remo|1912]]|name={{sortname|Henri|Pélissier||Pelissier, Henri}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|Alcyon|1912}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1913 Milan–San Remo|1913]]|name={{sortname|Odile|Defraye}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Alcyon|1913}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1914 Milan–San Remo|1914]]|name={{sortname|Ugo|Agostoni}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1914}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1915 Milan–San Remo|1915]]|name={{sortname|Ezio|Corlaita}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team=Dei}}
{{Cycling pw no race|year=1916|reason=World War I}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1917 Milan–San Remo|1917]]|name={{sortname|Gaetano|Belloni}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1917}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1918 Milan–San Remo|1918]]|name={{sortname|Costante|Girardengo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1918}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1919 Milan–San Remo|1919]]|name={{sortname|Angelo|Gremo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Stucchi|1919}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1920 Milan–San Remo|1920]]|name={{sortname|Gaetano|Belloni}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1920}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1921 Milan–San Remo|1921]]|name={{sortname|Costante|Girardengo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Stucchi|1921}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1922 Milan–San Remo|1922]]|name={{sortname|Giovanni|Brunero}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Legnano|1922}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1923 Milan–San Remo|1923]]|name={{sortname|Costante|Girardengo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Maino|1923}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1924 Milan–San Remo|1924]]|name={{sortname|Pietro|Linari}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Legnano|1924}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1925 Milan–San Remo|1925]]|name={{sortname|Costante|Girardengo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Wolsit|1925}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1926 Milan–San Remo|1926]]|name={{sortname|Costante|Girardengo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Wolsit|1926}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1927 Milan–San Remo|1927]]|name={{sortname|Pietro|Chesi}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team=Ives-Pirelli}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1928 Milan–San Remo|1928]]|name={{sortname|Costante|Girardengo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Maino|1928}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1929 Milan–San Remo|1929]]|name={{sortname|Alfredo|Binda}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Legnano|1929}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1930 Milan–San Remo|1930]]|name={{sortname|Michele|Mara}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1930}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1931 Milan–San Remo|1931]]|name={{sortname|Alfredo|Binda}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Legnano|1931}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1932 Milan–San Remo|1932]]|name={{sortname|Alfredo|Bovet}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1932}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1933 Milan–San Remo|1933]]|name={{sortname|Learco|Guerra}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Maino|1933}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1934 Milan–San Remo|1934]]|name={{sortname|Jef|Demuysere}}|nat=BEL|team=Genial Lucifer–Hutchinson}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1935 Milan–San Remo|1935]]|name={{sortname|Giuseppe|Olmo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1935}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1936 Milan–San Remo|1936]]|name={{sortname|Angelo|Varetto}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Gloria|1936}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1937 Milan–San Remo|1937]]|name={{sortname|Cesare|Del Cancia}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Ganna|1937}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1938 Milan–San Remo|1938]]|name={{sortname|Giuseppe|Olmo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1938}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1939 Milan–San Remo|1939]]|name={{sortname|Gino|Bartali}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Legnano|1939}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1940 Milan–San Remo|1940]]|name={{sortname|Gino|Bartali}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Legnano|1940}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1941 Milan–San Remo|1941]]|name={{sortname|Pierino|Favalli}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|Legnano|1941}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1942 Milan–San Remo|1942]]|name={{sortname|Adolfo|Leoni}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1942}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1943 Milan–San Remo|1943]]|name={{sortname|Cino|Cinelli}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1943}}}}
{{Cycling pw no race|year=1944|reason=World War II}}
{{Cycling pw no race|year=1945|reason=World War II}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1946 Milan–San Remo|1946]]|name={{sortname|Fausto|Coppi}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1946}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1947 Milan–San Remo|1947]]|name={{sortname|Gino|Bartali}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|Legnano|1947}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1948 Milan–San Remo|1948]]|name={{sortname|Fausto|Coppi}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1948}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1949 Milan–San Remo|1949]]|name={{sortname|Fausto|Coppi}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1949}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1950 Milan–San Remo|1950]]|name={{sortname|Gino|Bartali}}|nat=ITA|team=Bartali–Gardiol}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1951 Milan–San Remo|1951]]|name={{sortname|Louison|Bobet}}|nat=FRA|team=Stella}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1952 Milan–San Remo|1952]]|name={{sortname|Loretto|Petrucci}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1952}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1953 Milan–San Remo|1953]]|name={{sortname|Loretto|Petrucci}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1953}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1954 Milan–San Remo|1954]]|name={{sortname|Rik Van|Steenbergen}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Mercier|1954}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1955 Milan–San Remo|1955]]|name={{sortname|Germain|Derijcke}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Alcyon|1955}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1956 Milan–San Remo|1956]]|name={{sortname|Fred De|Bruyne}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Mercier|1956}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1957 Milan–San Remo|1957]]|name={{sortname|Miguel|Poblet}}|nat=ESP|natvar=1945|team={{UCI team code|Ignis|1957}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1958 Milan–San Remo|1958]]|name={{sortname|Rik Van|Looy}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Faema|1958}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1959 Milan–San Remo|1959]]|name={{sortname|Miguel|Poblet}}|nat=ESP|natvar=1945|team={{UCI team code|Ignis|1959}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1960 Milan–San Remo|1960]]|name={{sortname|René|Privat||Privat, Rene}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|Mercier|1960}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1961 Milan–San Remo|1961]]|name={{sortname|Raymond|Poulidor}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|Mercier|1961}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1962 Milan–San Remo|1962]]|name={{sortname|Emile|Daems}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Philco|1962}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1963 Milan–San Remo|1963]]|name={{sortname|Joseph|Groussard}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|Pelforth|1963}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1964 Milan–San Remo|1964]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Simpson}}|nat=GBR|team={{UCI team code|Peugeot|1964}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1965 Milan–San Remo|1965]]|name={{sortname|Arie den|Hartog}}|nat=NED|team={{UCI team code|Ford France|1965}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1966 Milan–San Remo|1966]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Peugeot|1955}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1967 Milan–San Remo|1967]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Peugeot|1967}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1968 Milan–San Remo|1968]]|name={{sortname|Rudi|Altig}}|nat=FRG|team={{UCI team code|Salvarani|1968}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1969 Milan–San Remo|1969]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Faemino|1969}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1970 Milan–San Remo|1970]]|name={{sortname|Michele|Dancelli}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|Molteni|1970}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1971 Milan–San Remo|1971]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Molteni|1971}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1972 Milan–San Remo|1972]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Molteni|1972}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1973 Milan–San Remo|1973]]|name={{sortname|Roger|De Vlaeminck}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Brooklyn|1973}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1974 Milan–San Remo|1974]]|name={{sortname|Felice|Gimondi}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|BIA|1974}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1975 Milan–San Remo|1975]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Molteni|1975}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1976 Milan–San Remo|1976]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Molteni|1976}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1977 Milan–San Remo|1977]]|name={{sortname|Jan|Raas}}|nat=NED|team={{UCI team code|Frisol|1977}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1978 Milan–San Remo|1978]]|name={{sortname|Roger|De Vlaeminck}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Filotex|1978}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1979 Milan–San Remo|1979]]|name={{sortname|Roger|De Vlaeminck}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|GIS|1979}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1980 Milan–San Remo|1980]]|name={{sortname|Pierino|Gavazzi}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|Magniflex|1980}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1981 Milan–San Remo|1981]]|name={{sortname|Alfons|De Wolf}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|Vermeer Thijs|1981}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1982 Milan–San Remo|1982]]|name={{sortname|Marc|Gomez}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|Wolber-Spidel|1982}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1983 Milan–San Remo|1983]]|name={{sortname|Giuseppe|Saronni}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|DEL|1983}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1984 Milan–San Remo|1984]]|name={{sortname|Francesco|Moser}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|GIS|1984}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1985 Milan–San Remo|1985]]|name={{sortname|Hennie|Kuiper}}|nat=NED|team={{UCI team code|Verandalux|1985a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1986 Milan–San Remo|1986]]|name={{sortname|Sean|Kelly|Sean Kelly (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|team={{UCI team code|KAS|1986}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1987 Milan–San Remo|1987]]|name={{sortname|Erich|Maechler}}|nat=SUI|team={{UCI team code|CAR|1987}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1988 Milan–San Remo|1988]]|name={{sortname|Laurent|Fignon}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|SUG|1988}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1989 Milan–San Remo|1989]]|name={{sortname|Laurent|Fignon}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|SUG|1989}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1990 Milan–San Remo|1990]]|name={{sortname|Gianni|Bugno}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|Chateau d'Ax|1990}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1991 Milan–San Remo|1991]]|name={{sortname|Claudio|Chiappucci}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|CAR|1991}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1992 Milan–San Remo|1992]]|name={{sortname|Sean|Kelly|Sean Kelly (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|team={{UCI team code|FES|1992}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1993 Milan–San Remo|1993]]|name={{sortname|Maurizio|Fondriest}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|LAM|1993}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1994 Milan–San Remo|1994]]|name={{sortname|Giorgio|Furlan}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|GEW|1994}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1995 Milan–San Remo|1995]]|name={{sortname|Laurent|Jalabert}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|ONC|1995}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1996 Milan–San Remo|1996]]|name={{sortname|Gabriele|Colombo}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|GEW|1996}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1997 Milan–San Remo|1997]]|name={{sortname|Erik|Zabel}}|nat=GER|team={{UCI team code|THR|1997}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1998 Milan–San Remo|1998]]|name={{sortname|Erik|Zabel}}|nat=GER|team={{UCI team code|THR|1998}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1999 Milan–San Remo|1999]]|name={{sortname|Andrei|Tchmil}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|SIL|1999}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2000 Milan–San Remo|2000]]|name={{sortname|Erik|Zabel}}|nat=GER|team={{UCI team code|THR|2000}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2001 Milan–San Remo|2001]]|name={{sortname|Erik|Zabel}}|nat=GER|team={{UCI team code|THR|2001}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2002 Milan–San Remo|2002]]|name={{sortname|Mario|Cipollini}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|ACQ|2002}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2003 Milan–San Remo|2003]]|name={{sortname|Paolo|Bettini}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|QST|2003}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2004 Milan–San Remo|2004]]|name={{sortname|Óscar|Freire||Freire, Oscar}}|nat=ESP|team={{UCI team code|RAB|2004}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2005 Milan–San Remo|2005]]|name={{sortname|Alessandro|Petacchi}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|FAS|2005}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2006 Milan–San Remo|2006]]|name={{sortname|Filippo|Pozzato}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|QST|2006}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2007 Milan–San Remo|2007]]|name={{sortname|Óscar|Freire||Freire, Oscar}}|nat=ESP|team={{UCI team code|RAB|2007}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2008 Milan–San Remo|2008]]|name={{sortname|Fabian|Cancellara}}|nat=SUI|team={{UCI team code|SAX|2008a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2009 Milan–San Remo|2009]]|name={{sortname|Mark|Cavendish}}|nat=GBR|team={{UCI team code|THR|2009a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2010 Milan–San Remo|2010]]|name={{sortname|Óscar|Freire||Freire, Oscar}}|nat=ESP|team={{UCI team code|RAB|2010}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2011 Milan–San Remo|2011]]|name={{sortname|Matthew|Goss||Goss, Matt}}|nat=AUS|team={{UCI team code|THR|2011}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2012 Milan–San Remo|2012]]|name={{sortname|Simon|Gerrans}}|nat=AUS|team={{UCI team code|GEC|2012a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2013 Milan–San Remo|2013]]|name={{sortname|Gerald|Ciolek}}|nat=GER|team={{UCI team code|MTN|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2014 Milan–San Remo|2014]]|name={{sortname|Alexander|Kristoff}}|nat=NOR|team={{UCI team code|KAT|2014}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2015 Milan–San Remo|2015]]|name={{sortname|John|Degenkolb}}|nat=GER|team={{UCI team code|TGA|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2016 Milan–San Remo|2016]]|name={{sortname|Arnaud|Démare}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|FDJ|2016}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2017 Milan–San Remo|2017]]|name={{sortname|Michał|Kwiatkowski}}|nat=POL|team={{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2018 Milan–San Remo|2018]]|name={{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|nat=ITA|team={{UCI team code|TBM|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2019 Milan–San Remo|2019]]|name={{sortname|Julian|Alaphilippe}}|nat=FRA|team={{UCI team code|QST|2019}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2020 Milan–San Remo|2020]]|name={{sortname|Wout|van Aert}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|TJV|2020}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2021 Milan–San Remo|2021]]|name={{sortname|Jasper|Stuyven}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|TFS men|2021}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2022 Milan–San Remo|2022]]|name={{sortname|Matej|Mohorič}}|nat=SLO|team={{UCI team code|TBV|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2023 Milan–San Remo|2023]]|name={{sortname|Mathieu|van der Poel}}|nat=NLD|team={{UCI team code|ADC|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2024 Milan–San Remo|2024]]|name={{sortname|Jasper|Philipsen}}|nat=BEL|team={{UCI team code|ADC|2024}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2025 Milan–San Remo|2025]]|name={{sortname|Mathieu|van der Poel}}|nat=NED|team={{UCI team code|ADC|2025}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}

===Most wins===
''Riders in italics are still active''

{| class="wikitable"
! Wins || Rider || Editions
|-
| align=center | 7 || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}} || 1966, [[1967 Milan–San Remo|1967]], 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976
|-
| align=center | 6 || {{flagathlete|[[Costante Girardengo]]|ITA}} || 1918, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928
|-
| align=center rowspan= 2 | 4 || {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA}} || 1939, 1940, 1947, 1950
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Erik Zabel]]|GER}} || [[1997 Milan–San Remo|1997]], [[1998 Milan–San Remo|1998]], [[2000 Milan–San Remo|2000]], [[2001 Milan–San Remo|2001]]
|-
| align=center rowspan= 3 | 3 || {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}} || 1946, 1948, 1949
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Roger De Vlaeminck]]|BEL}} || 1973, 1978, 1979
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Óscar Freire]]|ESP}} || [[2004 Milan–San Remo|2004]], [[2007 Milan–San Remo|2007]], [[2010 Milan–San Remo|2010]]
|-
| align=center rowspan= 8 | 2 || {{flagathlete|[[Gaetano Belloni]]|ITA}} || 1917, 1920
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Binda]]|ITA}} || 1929, 1931
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Olmo]]|ITA}} || 1935, 1938
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Loretto Petrucci]]|ITA}} || 1952, 1953
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Miguel Poblet]]|ESP}} || 1957, 1959
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Laurent Fignon]]|FRA}} || 1988, 1989
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Seán Kelly]]|IRL}} || 1986, 1992
|-
|{{flagathlete|''[[Mathieu van der Poel]]''|NED}} || 2023, 2025
|}

===Wins per country===
{| class="wikitable"
! Wins
! Country
|-
| align=center | 51|| {{ITA}}
|-
| align=center | 23|| {{BEL}}
|-
| align=center | 14|| {{FRA}}
|-
| align=center | 7|| {{GER}} (including {{FRG}})
|-
| align=center | 5|| {{NED}}<br>{{ESP}}
|-
| align=center | 2|| {{AUS}}<br>{{GBR2}}<br>{{IRL}}<br>{{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | 1|| {{NOR}}<br>{{POL}}<br>{{SLO}}
|}

==Women's race==
{{Main|Milan–San Remo Women}}

From 1999 to 2005 seven editions of [[Primavera Rosa]] were held. The race was organized on the same day and finished in Sanremo shortly before the men, but covered a shorter distance. The start was not in [[Milan]], but in [[Varazze]]. It was part of the [[UCI Women's Road World Cup]]. The 2006 edition was initially planned but cancelled before the event.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/editions/first-edition-cycling-news-for-january-26-2006 |title=Women's Milan-San Remo cancelled |date=26 January 2006 |first=Susan |last=Westemeyer |work=cyclingnews.com |access-date=12 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008041846/http://www.cyclingnews.com/editions/first-edition-cycling-news-for-january-26-2006 |archive-date=8 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Russian [[Zoulfia Zabirova]] was the only rider to win twice.

In 2023, RCS Sport announced that a women's edition of the race would be held from 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-21 |title=A Women’s Version of Milan-San Remo Is Planned. Sadly, It Will Be Much Shorter Than the Men’s Race. |url=https://www.bicycling.com/news/a43377778/womens-milan-san-remo/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Bicycling |language=en-US}}</ref> From 2025, [[Milan–San Remo Women|Milano–San Remo Donne]] was held as part of the [[UCI Women's World Tour]] over a shorter distance on the same day as the men's race.<ref name="UCIcalendar2" />

==Granfondo Milano-Sanremo==
The Granfondo Milano-Sanremo is an annual [[cyclosportive]] event for recreational cyclists over the same course as the professional race from Milan to San Remo. It is one of the oldest ''Granfondos'' in Italy, founded in 1971 by the ''Unione Cicloturistica Sanremo'' and popular among cyclotourists from all over the world. It is currently held the second Sunday in June and 2021 (postponed from 2020) was its 50th edition.<ref>milano-sanremo.org/en</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucsanremo.it/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041212054108/http://www.ucsanremo.it/ |archive-date=12 December 2004 |title=Home page}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* The race features in the 1980 Italian [[comedy]] film ''[[Fantozzi contro tutti]]''.
* The 1910 race is the subject of the 2006 graphic novel "La Primavera" by Alexis Frederick-Frost.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://onepercentpress.bigcartel.com/product/alexis-fredrick-frost-la-primavera|title=Alexis Fredrick-Frost "La Primavera"|first=One Percent|last=Press|website=One Percent Press}}</ref>

==Notes== 
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Milan-Sanremo}}
* {{Official website|https://www.milanosanremo.it/en/}}
* {{Cycling archives race|325}}

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