 He finished his season by taking victory in the Taiwan KOM Challenge, setting a new course record in the process.In March 2018, Nibali won Milan-San Remo, his third cycling monument, becoming the first Italian winner of "La Classicissima" since Filippo Pozzato in 2006.Nibali had attacked on the Poggio di San Remo, and managed to hold off the sprinters in the closing kilometers to seal victory.