Mathieu van der Poel took a stunning victory in the first Monument of the year to win Milano-San Remo for the first time in his career. A devastating attack on the famous Poggio climb proved to be the decisive moment of the race as the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider beat Filippo Ganna, who was second, Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar in a high-quality race.