Women's Milan-San Remo preview: All about Sanremo Women 2025
Milan-San Remo Women 2025 - the most important facts in brief
- Date: Saturday, 22 March 2025
- Start: 10:40 a.m.
- Finish: ~ 14:18-14:41
- Distance: 156 kilometres
- Start: Genoa, Target: San Remo
- UCI category: Women's World Tour
- To the race report of the women's race
- To the race report of the Milan-San Remo 2025 men's race
The route
The route of Sanremo Women (the official name) measures 156 kilometres and is therefore considerably shorter than the race for the male pros, which starts on the same day in Pavía and covers 289 kilometres. The women's race starts in the harbour city of Genoa. After 18 kilometres, the route joins the route of the men's spring classic at Voltri.
From there, the route is identical to the ride over the Capi, the short climbs on the Via Aurelia coastal road, and finally Cipressa and Poggio. The run-up from the Po Valley and the ride over the Turchino Pass in the Apennines are missing.
Milan-San Remo Women: Not the longest race for women in 2025
The race is scheduled to start at 10:35 a.m. in the Piazza della Vittoria in the Italian harbour city, with the sharp start taking place five minutes later. The finish is scheduled for between 14:18 and 14:41 on the Via Roma in San Remo. Experience shows that the men arrive there around two to two and a half hours later. Unlike the men's race, Sanremo Women is not the longest professional race for women. The Tour of Flanders is 168.8 kilometres long. Three stages of the Tour de France Femmes are also longer than the new one-day race on the Italian coast.
No Milan-San Remo for women since 2005
There was already a women's race in the men's supporting programme from 1999 to 2005. The last edition was won by Trixi Worrack from Erfurt. This race was also organised by RCS under the name Primavera Rosa. Now the race has been reborn under the familiar name. Italy was the last country not to organise a women's race in the big classic one-day races on the calendar. The Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Amstel Gold Race and Liège-Bastogne-Liège had preceded it. The Tour of Lombardy (Il Lombardia), which is also organised by RCS, still lacks a start option for female professional cyclists.
The favourites
World champion Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx - Protime) has chosen the race as her personal start to the season before she concentrates fully on preparing for the Tour de France after the spring classics. She will be one of the favourites at the start. The Belgian has perhaps the biggest competition in her own team with Lorena Wiebes, who would be the favourite in a sprint. Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl - Trek) will also be hoping for one. Demi Vollering (FDJ - Suez), on the other hand, will probably have to shake off the sprinters on the Cipressa or the Poggio. The Dutchwoman has already shown outstanding form at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Strade Bianche. At the Omloop, Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) was the only rider who was able to stand up to her - although two breakaways got away at the very front. Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) would also have to break away alone or with a small group at Cipressa or Poggio if she wants to win. It will also be interesting to see how the CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto team performs with top riders Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Chloé Dygert and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig. From a German perspective, Liane Lippert (Movistar Team), who showed good form at the start of the season, has the best chance of a top placing. Other riders who could play a decisive role: Cat Ferguson (Movistar Team), Kristen Faulkner and Noemi Rüegg (both EF Education-Oatly), Letizia Paternoster (Liv AlUla Jayco), Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Blanka Vas (Team SD Worx - Protime) and Juliette Labous (FDJ - Suez).
Milan-San Remo Women 2025: TV coverage & live stream
On German television, Sanremo Women 2025 will be shown at Eurosport 2 from 12:30-14:30 will be broadcast. If you would like to follow the race in a live stream, you will find a parallel offer at Discovery Plus (subject to a charge).
Andreas Kublik
Editor
