After a two-decade-long absence from the biking calendar, the ladies’s version of Milan-San Remo lastly returned to the roads of the Italian Riviera because the peloton took on a 156km route from the beginning in Genoa alongside the Ligurian coast to the end in San Remo.
Lorena Wiebes took the victory within the dash on the Via Roma forward of Marianne Vos, after a late flyer from Elisa Longo Borghini within the closing kilometres was introduced again by her teammate Lotte Kopecky within reach of the end line.
It is the constant unpredictability of Milan-San Remo mixed with the unbelievable surroundings because the race traverses its approach alongside the shoreline that makes it some of the spectacular races to observe.
With this in thoughts, we have compiled a few of the finest photos from Saturday’s race, placing all of them collectively in our definitive Milan-San Remo Women 2025 gallery.
Scroll on to view the most effective of what this yr’s version of La Classicissima needed to supply.
Lotte Kopecky was given the honour of sporting the number one for the primary version of the race in 20 years
It was a historic day for the ladies’s peloton, as the game took one other step in the correct route
The peloton leaving Genoa behind to start their Odyssey to San Remo
A lone escapee – Czech rider Nikola Nosková braved the chilly and moist situations alone within the early breakaway
Crowds of individuals come out to catch a glimpse of the peloton as they move by means of a seaside city
It wasn’t lengthy earlier than the peloton had Nosková of their sights and the catch was made
The peloton seems to be out throughout the azure waters of the Mediterranean Sea
The solar started to shine on the riders after that they had suffered by means of depressing climate firstly of the day
The bunch continues to wind its approach alongside the cliffside
The peloton move by means of the city of Finale Ligure
The groups start to get organised because the race approaches the decisive moments
The riders strikes out and in of the sunshine by means of a coastal tunnel as they lower by means of the cliffside
The race reaches the enduring Cipressa
Crowds collect on the penultimate climb, ready for the riders to reach
The groups of their trains controlling the race from the entrance on the Cipressa
Flanders and Italy – the 2 heartlands of the Spring Classics
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Demi Vollering cleared the path on the descent of the Cipressa
Riders distanced on the climb chase again on the descent
The World Champion and European Champion stick collectively on the run-in to the Poggio
The favourites’ groups start to ramp up the tempo
A closing likelihood for the puncheurs to assault on the enduring closing ascent of the Poggio
In a collection of searing assaults, Tour de France champion Kasia Niewiadoma counters French National Champion Juliette Labous on the Poggio
Vollering leads the group excessive of the Poggio onto the descent
The Italian Champion Elisa Longo Borghini assaults after the descent in pursuit of her dream of successful Milan-San Remo
Elisa Longo Borghini’s late assault is caught and her goals are shattered simply metres from the end line because the dash opens on the Via Roma
Pure emotion from Lorena Wiebes as she wins a historic Milan-San Remo
The prosecco is sprayed on the rostrum