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Milan-San Remo Women: Lotte Kopecky holds off Noemi Rüegg for sprint victory on Via Roma

Lotte Kopecky Eleonora Gasparrini Dominika Włodarczyk Puck Pieterse San Remo Debora Silvestri NiewiadomaPhinney EF EducationOatly SD WorxProtime
SANREMO, ITALY - MARCH 21: Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Team SD Worx - Protime celebrates at finish line as race winner during the 8th Milano-Sanremo Donne 2026, Women's Elite a 156km one day race from Genova to Sanremo / #UCIWWT / on March 21, 2026 in Sanremo, Italy. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images).

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) won the women's Milano-San Remo, beating Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) and Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ) in a sprint of five.

Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) had attacked on the Poggio with Rüegg and Kopecky on her wheel, and Gasparrini as well as with her teammate Dominika Włodarczyk bridging to them. Włodarczyk kept going and opened a gap, but Kopecky had almost closed that down going into the descent.

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