No Longo Borghini, no Vos, a headwind – Is Milan-San Remo Women playing into the sprinters’ hands again? Team directors analyse the race

Back for just its second edition on Saturday, a lot is still unknown about Milan-San Remo Women. The men’s race, which has been going for 116 years, is still incredibly unpredictable, so imagine how much harder it is to forecast the version we’ve only seen one edition of to date.

Last year’s inaugural San Remo finished in a sprint, won by Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) after some attacks on the Poggio cut down the lead group, but didn’t quite make things hard enough to drop Wiebes. Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) got away in the finale, but with Wiebes’ teammate Lotte Kopecky still in the chasing group, the Belgian was able to close her down and set up the sprint.