Pauline Ferrand-Prévot booked a yellow card and relegation for her Milano-Sanremo sprint
CyclingSunday, 23 March 2025 at 05:00
Lorena Wiebes is the first champion of long-awaited debut edition of Milano-Sanremo Women. Marianne Vos (Visma | Lease a Bike) and Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) complete the podium of the women's La Primavera. Rüegg's incident with another Visma rider - Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will be the topic of discussions in next days.
Just as Lotte Kopecky (working for Wiebes) reeled in the late attack of Elisa Longo Borghini, the French ex-mountain biker launched her sprint in search of glory. But it quickly became clear Ferrand-Prévot lacked the turn of speed as she continued to swerve to her left-hand side. Until she came into contact with Rüegg who had been coming from behind.
Ferrand-Prévot reacted quickly and corrected her line of sprint, however the damage was done. Upon quick review, jury relegated the Frenchwoman from her inital 4th place to last (12th) place in the group and on top awarded the Visma | Lease a Bike rider her first yellow card.
Results of the 2025 Milano-Sanremo Women:
| Position | Rider | Team | Time |
| 01 | Wiebes Lorena | Team SD Worx-Protime | 03:43:32 |
| 02 | Vos Marianne | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 03 | Rüegg Noemi | EF Education-Oatly | + 00 |
| 04 | Vollering Demi | FDJ-SUEZ | + 00 |
| 05 | Le Court Kim | AG Insurance-Soudal Team | + 00 |
| 06 | Dygert Chloé | CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto | + 00 |
| 07 | Balsamo Elisa | Lidl-Trek | + 00 |
| 08 | Labous Juliette | FDJ-SUEZ | + 00 |
| 09 | Kopecky Lotte | Team SD Worx-Protime | + 00 |
| 10 | Pieterse Puck | Fenix-Deceuninck | + 00 |
| 11 | Longo Borghini Elisa | UAE Team ADQ | + 00 |
| 12 | Ferrand-Prevot Pauline | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 13 | Cavalli Marta | Team Picnic PostNL | + 07 |
| 14 | Lippert Liane | Movistar Team | + 28 |
| 15 | Niewiadoma-Phinney Katarzyna | CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto | + 28 |
| 16 | Georgi Pfeiffer | Team Picnic PostNL | + 55 |
| 17 | Wlodarczyk Dominika | UAE Team ADQ | + 55 |
| 18 | Ferguson Cat | Movistar Team | + 55 |
| 19 | Vanpachtenbeke Margot | VolkerWessels Pro Cycling Team | + 55 |
| 20 | Vallieres Mill Magdeleine | EF Education-Oatly | + 55 |
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