The participant list for the 116th Milan-San Remo presented by Crédit Agricole has been announced, organized by RCS Sport in collaboration with the Municipality, Chamber of Commerce, and Province of Pavia, which will once again feature many world cycling protagonists. All eyes will be on Tadej Pogačar, already winner of UAE Tour and Strade Bianche, who has placed the Classic at the top of his wishlist for this season. The 2024 Zurich World Champion will have Mathieu Van der Poel as his main rival, winner in 2023 and captain of an Alpecin-Deceuninck that will also feature the reigning champion, Jasper Philipsen. Filippo Ganna and Jonathan Milan, both impressive at Tirreno-Adriatico, will lead Italian hopes, with the Lidl-Trek sprinter sharing leadership with Mads Pedersen. Besides Michael Matthews, second in 2024, other riders in great form to follow include Thomas Pidcock, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Maxim Van Gils, and Olav Kooij. Previous race winners will also be present, such as John Degenkolb (2015), Julian Alaphilippe (2019), Jasper Stuyven (2021), and Matej Mohoric (2022).

THE ROUTE

The 2025 Milan-San Remo starts from Pavia and heads north towards Milan to reach the Certosa, where it joins the traditional route. It passes through Casteggio and Voghera before a further detour through the territory, reaching Rivanazzano and Salice Terme to re-enter the classic route at Tortona and from there follow it to the finish, retracing the road that for over 110 years has connected Milan with the Ponente Riviera, touching Ovada, the Turchino Pass to descend to Genoa-Voltri. It then proceeds westward along the sea on the Aurelia state road through Varazze, Savona, Albenga (not using the Manie climb inserted from 2008 to 2013) until reaching Imperia. At San Lorenzo al Mare, after the classic sequence of Capes (Mele, Cervo, and Berta), the two climbs added in recent decades are tackled: Cipressa (1982) and Poggio di Sanremo (1961). The Cipressa covers 5.6 km at 4.1% to lead into a very technical descent back to the SS.1 Aurelia.

9 km from the finish begins the climb of Poggio di Sanremo (3.7 km at less than 4% average with peaks of 8% in the section preceding the summit). The climb features a slightly narrow roadway and 4 hairpins in the first 2 km. The descent is very challenging on an asphalted road, narrow in some passages, with a succession of hairpins and curves and counter-curves until joining the Aurelia state road. The final part of the descent takes place in the town of San Remo. The last 2 km are on long straight city streets. Notable is a left turn on a roundabout 850 m from the finish and the final curve 750 m from the finish leading to the straight final stretch of Via Roma.