2020 Milan–San Remo

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. 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.

2020 Milan–San Remo
2020 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 21
Official event poster
Race details
Dates8 August 2020
Stages1
Distance305 km (189.5 mi)
Winning time7h 16' 09"
Results
  Winner  Wout van Aert (BEL) (Team Jumbo–Visma)
  Second  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)
  Third  Michael Matthews (AUS) (Team Sunweb)

Belgian rider Wout van Aert of Team Jumbo–Visma, who had won the 2020 Strade Bianche a week earlier, beat French rider Julian Alaphilippe, the defending champion, of Deceuninck–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.

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