Tadej Pogačar, Wout van Aert caught in crash in finale of Milan-San Remo

Tadej Pogačar‘s bid to win Milan-San Remo took a hit after the World Champion was caught in a crash with 32km to go.

The Slovenian was racing in the peloton on the road to the penultimate climb of the Cipressa when he went down along with several others when rounding a bend in the city of Imperia.

Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) was another to crash, while Biniam Girmay (NSN) and Giulio Pellizzarri (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) also went down.

Pogačar managed to return to the peloton quickly. He reached the group as the ascent of the Cipressa began, then moved to the front as teammate Brandon McNulty set the pace on the way up.

The crash clearly didn’t affect the world champion too much, as before long he was on the offensive, launching an attack midway up the climb as Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) matched his acceleration.

🌈 Tadej Pogacar goes down as we approach la Cipressa, and some big names are involved too – Wout van Aert, Matteo Jorgenson, Biniam Girmay, Giulio Pellizzari ; that’s a lot of favourites potentially out of contentionFollow #MilanoSanremo @CA_Ita on Rai 🇮🇹 and on Eurosport 🌐 pic.twitter.com/G1NJd6sGMlMarch 21, 2026

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