Next March 22nd, for the first time in cycling history, women will also be able to race the Milan-Sanremo and thus experience the emotion of crossing the finish line on the iconic Via Roma. The start will be from Genoa's Piazza della Vittoria at 10 in the morning and the route will be practically identical to the men's, who will instead start from Pavia and have to cover much more distance.

The women's race will be 160 kilometers long, arriving in Sanremo, Via Roma, around 2:15 PM, and like their male colleagues, they will tackle Capo Mele, Capo Cervo, and Capo Berta, then Cipressa and Poggio, before racing towards the finish line.

After the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, with the Spring Classic, women's cycling has conquered the fourth Monument Classic and now only the Giro di Lombardia remains to achieve gender parity. Among the other Classics already included in the women's calendar are Strade Bianche, Gent-Wevelgem, La Flèche Wallonne, Omloop, and Amstel Gold Race.

The Milan-Sanremo is highly anticipated by women, and everyone dreams of winning the first edition of the Monument Classic that opens the cycling season. The contenders will be fierce, and many of them have modified their preparation, aiming to win the first Spring Classic. One of the most anticipated is Lotte Kopecky, who with the world champion jersey wants to win the first Milan-Sanremo. The Flemish champion has modified her calendar to be at her best on Italian roads, to the extent that she will make her seasonal debut precisely in Liguria, skipping Strade Bianche and Omloop.

Accompanying Kopecky will be her SD-Worx teammates, European champion Lorena Wiebes and our Elena Cecchini. Wearing the FDJ-Suez colors will be Demi Vollering, who after having two Liège-Bastogne-Liège, one edition of Strade Bianche, Amstel Gold Race, and La Flèche Wallonne in her palmares, wants to be the first woman to win Milan-Sanremo.

Last year she won seven races, all of the highest quality, we're talking about Marianne Vos, one of the strongest cyclists of all time who has practically won everything in her career. The Dutchwoman racing with Visma-Lease a Bike is no longer very young, and at 37 she doesn't want to miss the opportunity to win the first Milan-Sanremo. The start list has not yet been officially announced, but we know that for Italy, Elisa Longo Borghini will be there, who in a race like Milan-Sanremo has a chance of victory. The Piedmontese is in her first year with UAE Team ADQ and has already brought home victory in the UAE Tour. Elisa Longo Borghini will also race in Strade Bianche, where she won in 2017, but among her objectives is certainly winning Sanremo, the Monument Classic that on March 22nd will open its roads to women for the first time.