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Jasper Philipsen returns to defend in La Primavera

SANREMO ITALY MARCH 16 Jasper Philipsen of Belgium and Team Alpecin Deceuninck poses at podium as race winner during the 115th MilanoSanremo 2024 a 288km one day race from Pavia to Sanremo UCIWT on March 16 2024 in Sanremo Italy Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
Jasper Philipsen won Milan-San Remo in 2024 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) returns as defending champion in Milan-San Remo 2025, headlining a talent-packed peloton for the 289-kilometre race.

Along with teammate Mathieu van der Poel, the 2023 winner, Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), the champion from 2022, and 2021 winner Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek), other former winners in this year's edition include Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) and John Degenkolb (Picnic-PostNl).

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Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Laura specialises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.

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SANREMO ITALY MARCH 16 LR Michael Matthews of Australia and Team Jayco AlUla on second place race winner Jasper Philipsen of Belgium and Team Alpecin Deceuninck and Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates on third place pose on the podium ceremony after the 115th MilanoSanremo 2024 a 288km one day race from Pavia to Sanremo UCIWT on March 16 2024 in Sanremo Italy Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
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