Belgium’s Wout Van Aert sprints to Milan-San Remo victory

Belgium's Wout Van Aert won a sprint finish in the Milan-San Remo cycling 'Monument' classic race on Saturday.


The Jumbo-Visma rider pipped last year’s winner Julian Alaphilippe of France on the line after the 305km race through north-western Italy.

It is the second win for Van Aert in a week having claimed the first major one-day race, the Strade Bianchi, in Tuscany.

Australian Michael Matthews of Team Sunweb finished third, two seconds behind the leading pair just ahead of Slovak Peter Sagan, of Bora-Hansgrohe in fourth.

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