Dutch double at Milan-Sanremo as Van der Poel and Wiebes sprint to victories

Van der Poel holds of Pogacar and Ganna in classic battleWiebes wins first women’s race since 2005Mathieu van der Poel outsprinted Filippo Ganna and Tadej Pogacar to win his second Milan-Sanremo Classic on Saturday, claiming the first Monument race of the season, while the European champion Lorena Wiebes won the first staging of a women’s event since 2005.Dutchman Van der Poel, winner in 2023, came out on top in a sprint finish after the leading trio were involved in a game of cat-an