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Milan-San Remo 2025: Marianne Vos during the race
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Visma-Lease a Bike co-leader Marianne Vos will not be racing Milan-San Remo this year because of family reasons.

Vos has had to head back home to Holland because of serious concerns about her father’s health.

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⁠Marianne Vos will not start in Milano-Sanremo Donne tomorrow as she has returned home to be with her family after receiving news that her father’s health is critical. ⁠Our thoughts are with Marianne and her loved ones.Rosita Reijnhout will start with the team tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/NB3sXQ3JRaMarch 20, 2026

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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.

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SIENA, ITALY - MARCH 06: Marianne Vos of Netherlands and Team Visma | Lease a Bike during the team presentation prior to the 20th Strade Bianche 2026 / #UCIWT / #UCIWWT / on March 06, 2026 in Siena, Italy. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

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Visma-Lease a Bike co-leader Marianne Vos will not be racing Milan-San Remo this year because of family reasons.

Vos has had to head back home to Holland because of serious concerns about her father’s health.

Article continues below

⁠Marianne Vos will not start in Milano-Sanremo Donne tomorrow as she has returned home to be with her family after receiving news that her father’s health is critical. ⁠Our thoughts are with Marianne and her loved ones.Rosita Reijnhout will start with the team tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/NB3sXQ3JRaMarch 20, 2026

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Teams & Riders

‘A simple race, but also very complex’ – Marianne Vos among the top contenders at Milan-San Remo once again

Women’s Cycling

Illness forces Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini to pull out of Milan-San Remo Women

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Lidl-Trek face another Classics setback as ill Jonathan Milan forced out of Milan-San Remo

A shot of the peloton at Milan-San Remo Women 2025, with some riders out of focus but Wiebes, centre, in clear focus

Women’s Cycling

No Longo Borghini, no Vos, a headwind – Is Milan-San Remo Women playing into the sprinters’ hands again? Team directors analyse the race

Composite image of Elisa Longo Borghini, Lorena Wiebes and Kasia Niewiadoma

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A shot of the peloton at Milan-San Remo Women 2025, with some riders out of focus but Wiebes, centre, in clear focus

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Can the sprinters shut down a Poggio attack or will aggressors seize the day? – Analysing the favourites for the 2026 Milan-San Remo Women

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Tadej Pogacar out of the saddle attacking on the Cipressa with Van der Poel behind, Ganna trying to close the gap and the rest of the bunch far in the distance

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2025 runner-up Marianne Vos pulls out of Milan-San Remo at last minute as start list loses another big name

Visma-Lease a Bike co-leader Marianne Vos will not be racing Milan-San Remo this year because of family reasons.

Vos has had to head back home to Holland because of serious concerns about her father’s health.

Article continues below

⁠Marianne Vos will not start in Milano-Sanremo Donne tomorrow as she has returned home to be with her family after receiving news that her father’s health is critical. ⁠Our thoughts are with Marianne and her loved ones.Rosita Reijnhout will start with the team tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/NB3sXQ3JRaMarch 20, 2026

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2025 runner-up Marianne Vos pulls out of Milan-San Remo at last minute as start list loses another big name

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