Mathieu van der Poel won the Milan-Sanremo on Saturday to claim the first Monument of the season, 62 years after his grandfather won the race.
UAE Team Emirates set the pace and their rider Tim Wellens took the lead in the final stages before handing it over to his teammate, Tadej Pogačar, but he had Filippo Ganna, Wout van Aert and Van der Poel for company on the final descent.
However, Van der Poel launched his attack on the summit of the Poggio with 5.5km to go and stormed into the lead, extending it as they entered the city with the other three riders fighting it out for second place.
The Dutchman crossed the line with his arms raised after nearly six-and-a-half hours and Ganna took second ahead of Van Aert and Pogacar.
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