A women's version of the men's Milan-San Remo returned in 2025 after a 20-year hiatus, leaving Il Lombardia the only men's Monument not to have a women's equivalent. The original women's race – the Primavera Rosa – ran from 1999 until 2005, last won by German rider Trixi Worrack.
The modern event was renamed San Remo Women, and has been rebranded again this year as Milan-San Remo Donne. It doesn't boast the outrageous (and some would say unnecessary) length of the men's version compared to its peers, and neither is it the first Monument of the year for the women (that would be the Trofeo Alfredo Binda), it has been afforded immediate cachet thanks to its links to the historic men's event.
