Cycling-Van der Poel outsprints Ganna and Pogacar for second Milan-Sanremo triumph


  • Cycling
  • Sunday, 23 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - UCI World Championships 2024 - Men's Elite Road Race - Zurich, Switzerland - September 29, 2024 Netherlands' Mathieu van der Poel in action REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) -Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) outsprinted Filippo Ganna and Tadej Pogacar to win his second Milan-Sanremo Classic on Saturday, claiming the first Monument race of the season, a 289km ride from Pavia to Sanremo.

Van der Poel, winner in 2023, came out on top in the sprint finish after the leading trio were involved in a game of cat-and-mouse close to the line, with Italian Ganna finishing second and Slovenia's Pogacar having to settle for third.

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