Overview
- Pogacar crashed roughly 30–33km before the Cipressa, rejoined the peloton, and—with key team support—reset his plan to attack on the climbs.
- He and Tom Pidcock broke clear on the Poggio, with Pogacar taking the Via Roma sprint by mere centimetres as Wout Van Aert secured third.
- Mathieu van der Poel was dropped on the Poggio after following the initial moves with Pogacar and Pidcock.
- Pogacar became the first reigning world champion to win Milan–San Remo since 1983 and said he felt relief after finally conquering the Classic.
- The women’s race was won by Lotte Kopecky, while a Cipressa descent crash left Debora Silvestri in hospital in stable condition with five broken ribs and a shoulder microfracture.