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Bergamo - Como, 245 kilometers

Vincenzo Nibali wins Il Lombardia for a second time.

The race: Here's the organizer's report.

Vincenzo Nibali won Il Lombardia for the second time on the same finale as two years ago, using the same tactic throughout the downhill to drop his rival, Frenchman Thibaut Pinot, with 12km to go. Another Frenchman, Julian Alaphilippe, jumped to claim second place in Como while Italy’s Gianni Moscon rounded out the podium. This was Nibali’s 50th victory as a professional rider.

Race winner Vincenzo Nibali said: “I was in a better condition today than I was two years ago; I knew the downhill better. I had more confidence too. A win in a Monument has a higher value than a stage in a Grand Tour, as I got this year at the Giro with the Stelvio and at Andorra in the Vuelta. The most difficult thing for me was to maintain my condition after the Vuelta – Il Lombardia kept me focused.

“The first one was harder to win because there was the fear that I hadn’t won a Monument yet. Today everyone was controlling me, Quintana and Uran in particular, so I had to redistribute the cards. When Pinot attacked, I let him go and I went after him 1km before the summit. Then I thought of nothing. I just went straight on and flat out. When I turned pro, [sport director Stefano] Zanatta told me I had downhill skills that I could use either for attacking or defending. It’s still the case now. I’m 32, not 33 yet, but I feel young and strong.”

Runner-up Julian Alaphilippe said: “It’s incredible. I didn’t expect to finish on the podium today. I had a strange feeling after the World Championships, but I kept focused and my team did a really good job. I did my best but I couldn’t follow Nibali when he attacked. I’m not disappointed, it’s already something special to finish on the podium of a Monument. My thoughts also go to my team-mate who crashed during the race while he was at the front. I heard he’s OK, I strongly hope so. I want to thank my team for their work in my favour today, and I will return to the Italian monuments with the aim of doing even better than third in Milan-Sanremo and second at Il Lombardia.”

Gianni Moscon, who took third place, said: “A Monument is so special, so to make the podium today is amazing. Even if I didn’t win a race this year, a podium here in Como is fantastic and worth a victory – it’s the best way to close my season. Nibali was the strongest on the last climb. I tried to attack Civiglio but everybody was tired after 200km or more of racing pretty hard. After the Sormano wall, your legs feel stiff. Even if I went with Nibali I’d have been dropped in the next climb like Pinot was. I’m happy with third place. After this, I can take more responsibilities in the team. My condition is on the up after the Vuelta. This increases my ambitions for next season – I want to be at the top of my condition for the Spring Classics.”

TODISCO PRIZE
The Todisco Prize, won by the first rider who arrived at the top of the Madonna del Ghisallo climb, has been awarded to the French rider Mikael Cherel (AG2R La Mondiale).

Complete Results:

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245 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.150 km/hr

199 starters, 100 classified finishers

1	NIBALI Vincenzo	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	6hr 15min 29sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	@ 28sec
3	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	0'38''
4	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
5	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
6	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
7	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
8	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	0'40''
9	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	0'42''
10	CHERNETSKI Sergei	ASTANA	0'47''
11	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
12	ROCHE Nicholas	BMC	s.t.
13	BERNAL Egan Arley	ANDRONI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
14	HERMANS Ben	BMC	s.t.
15	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	1'12''
16	FRANK Mathias	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
17	ROSA Diego	SKY	s.t.
18	KELDERMAN Wilco	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
19	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1'26''
20	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
21	ULISSI Diego	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2'20''
22	URAN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
23	GENIEZ Alexandre	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	2'56''
24	HAIG Jack	ORICA-SCOTT	3'00''
25	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	3'41''
26	MAJKA Rafal	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
27	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
28	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
29	BILBAO LOPEZ Pello	ASTANA	s.t.
30	GODOY Yonder	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	4'45''
31	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	5'18''
32	KREUZIGER Roman	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
33	MASNADA Fausto	ANDRONI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
34	BARGUIL Warren	TEAM SUNWEB	5'51''
35	CONTI Valerio	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
36	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
37	VISCONTI Giovanni	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
38	POELS Wout	SKY	8'08''
39	POLANC Jan	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
40	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
41	LETURNIER Mathias	COFIDIS	s.t.
42	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	9'23''
43	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	9'39''
44	GAUDU David	FDJ	s.t.
45	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
46	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
47	GRIVKO Andrey	ASTANA	11'05''
48	DE TIER Floris	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
49	CICCONE Giulio	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
50	VELASCO Simone	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
51	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
52	RAVASI Edward	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
53	SANTAROMITA Ivan	NIP   NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
54	FARIA DA COSTA Rui	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
55	RODRIGUEZ Cristian	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
56	KOSHEVOY Ilia	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
57	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
58	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	s.t.
59	TORRES Rodolfo	ANDRONI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
60	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
61	VANMARCKE Sep	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
62	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
63	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
64	VERONA Carlos	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
65	LATOUR Pierre Roger	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
66	MAISON Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
67	ATAPUMA Jhon	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
68	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	s.t.
69	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
70	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
71	HOFSTEDE Lennard	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
72	HAMILTON Christopher	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
73	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	11'10''
74	YATES Adam	ORICA-SCOTT	11'24''
75	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	12'36''
76	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
77	POLJANSKI Pawel	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
78	TOLHOEK Antwan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	14'33''
79	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR	14'49''
80	BRUTT Pavel	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	15'21''
81	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
82	JUUL JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
83	MORTON Lachlan	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
84	DEBESAY Mekseb	DIMENSION DATA	15'45''
85	CANTY Brendan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
86	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
87	SERRY Pieter	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
88	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
89	ROTA Lorenzo	BARDIANI-CSF	16'37''
90	FIRSANOV Sergey	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	17'09''
91	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
92	OLIVIER Daan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	17'45''
93	CUNEGO Damiano	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	20'18''
94	BISOLTI Alessandro	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
95	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
96	FILOSI Iuri	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
97	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	21'25''
98	BICO Nuno	MOVISTAR	s.t.
99	HOWSON Damien	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
100	LAMMERTINK Maurits	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.

2017 Il Lombardia map & profile:

2017 Tour of Lombardy map

2017 Tour of Lombardy course profile

2017 Il Lombardia photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Steve Cummings signs in.

Team BMC is presented during the starting ceremonies.

Franco Pellizotti heads to the start line.

The tifosi watch the peloton ascend the Colle del Gallo

The peloton is very compact on another point on the Gallo ascent

Maxime Monfort doesn't seem to be enjoying the Colle del Gallo

Vincenzo Nibali takes off.

Julian Alaphilippe attacks

The race is Nibali's

Julian Alaphilippe finishes a half-minute later.

2017 Il Lombardia podium, from left: Julian Alaphilippe (2nd), Vincenzo Nibali & Gianni Moscon (3rd)

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Start list with back numbers, October 6, 2017:

	ORICA-SCOTT
1	YATES Adam
2	HAIG Jack
3	HOWSON Damien
4	JUUL JENSEN Christopher
5	KEUKELEIRE Jens
6	KREUZIGER Roman
7	ALBASINI Michael
8	VERONA Carlos
	AG2R-LA MONDIALE
11	POZZOVIVO Domenico
12	BAKELANTS Jan
13	BIDARD François
14	CHEREL Mickaël
15	FRANK Mathias
16	GENIEZ Alexandre
17	LATOUR Pierre
18	VUILLERMOZ Alexis
	ANDRONI-SIDERMEC
21	BERNAL Egan Arley
22	BALLERINI Davide
23	CATTANEO Mattia
24	FRAPPORTI Marco
25	GAVAZZI Francesco
26	MASNADA Fausto
27	TORRES Rodolfo
28	VENDRAME Andrea
	ASTANA
31	ARU Fabio
32	BILBAO Pello
33	CATALDO Dario
34	CHERNETSKY Sergey
35	FUGLSANG Jakob
36	GRIVKO Andriy
37	SANCHEZ Luis Leon
38	ZEITS Andrey
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
41	NIBALI Vincenzo
42	BRAJKOVIC Janez
43	GASPAROTTO Enrico
44	NIBALI Antonio
45	NOVAK Domen
46	PELLIZOTTI Franco
47	PIBERNIK Luka
48	VISCONTI Giovanni
	BARDIANI-CSF
51	ANDREETTA Simone
52	BARBIN Enrico
53	CICCONE Giulio
54	ROTA Lorenzo
55	STERBINI Simone
56	TONELLI Alessandro
57	VELASCO Simone
58	ZARDINI Edoardo
	BMC
61	CARUSO Damiano
62	DE MARCHI Alessandro
63	ELMIGER Martin
64	HERMANS Ben
65	MOINARD Amaël
66	ROCHE Nicholas
67	SCHÄR Michael
68	SENNI Manuel
	BORA-HANSGROHE
71	MAJKA Rafal
72	BARTA Jan
73	BUCHMANN Emanuel
74	KONRAD Patrick
75	HERKLOTZ Silvio
76	PIMENTA José Joao
77	MUHLBERGER Gregor
78	POLJANSKI Pawel
	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC
81	URAN Rigoberto
82	CANTY Brendan
83	CARTHY Hugh
84	BETTIOL Alberto
85	VANMARCKE Sep
86	FORMOLO Davide
87	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
88	VILLELLA Davide
	COFIDIS
91	BAGOT Yohan
92	BONNAFOND Guillaume
93	EDET Nicolas
94	LE TURNIER Mathias
95	MATE Luis Angel
96	PEREZ Anthony
97	ROSSETTO Stéphane
98	SIMON Julien
	DIRECT ENERGIE
101	CALMEJANE Lilian
102	GRELLIER Fabien
103	HIVERT Jonathan
104	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice
105	NAULEAU Bryan
106	OURSELIN Paul
107	QUEMENEUR Perrig
108	SICARD Romain
	FDJ
111	PINOT Thibaut
112	GAUDU David
113	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
114	MAISON Jérémy
115	MOLARD Rudy
116	MORABITO Steve
117	ROUX Anthony
118	ROY Jérémy
	GAZPROM-RUSVELO
121	FIRSANOV Serguei
122	ARSLANOV Ildar
123	BOEV Igor
124	BRUTT Pavel
125	KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy
126	LAGUTIN Sergey
127	NYCH Artem
128	ROVNY Ivan
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
131	WELLENS Tim
132	ARMEE Sander
133	BENOOT Tiesj
134	DE GENDT Thomas
135	GALLOPIN Tony
136	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
137	MONFORT Maxime
138	VANENDERT Jelle
	MOVISTAR
141	QUINTANA Dayer
142	ANACONA Winner
143	BICO Nuno
144	CARRETERO Hector
145	DE LA PARTE Victor
146	HERRADA Jesús
147	QUINTANA Nairo
148	SOLER Marc
	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
151	CUNEGO Damiano
152	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo
153	BISOLTI Alessandro
154	FILOSI Iuri
155	BAGIOLI Nicola
156	BERLATO Giacomo
157	SANTAROMITA Ivan
158	KOBAYASHI Marino
	QUICK-STEP FLOORS
161	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
162	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
163	DE PLUS Laurens
164	DEVENYNS Dries
165	GILBERT Philippe
166	JUNGELS Bob
167	MARTIN Daniel
168	SERRY Pieter
	DIMENSION DATA
171	CUMMINGS Stephen
172	BERHANE Natnael
173	DEBESAY Mekseb
174	FRAILE Omar
175	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
176	KING Benjamin
177	MORTON Lachlan
178	PAUWELS Serge
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
181	BELKOV Maxim
182	GONCALVES Jose
183	KISERLOVSKI Robert
184	LAMMERTINK Maurits
185	LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto
186	RESTREPO Jhonatan
187	TAARAMAE Rein
188	VICIOSO Angel
	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
191	KRUIJSWIJK Steven
192	BATTAGLIN Enrico
193	BOUWMAN Koen
194	CLEMENT Stef
195	OLIVIER Daan
196	ROGLIC Primoz
197	DE TIER Floris
198	TOLHOEK Antwan
	SKY
201	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
202	HENAO Sergio
203	LANDA Mikel
204	MOSCON Gianni
205	NIEVE Mikel
206	POELS Wouter
207	PUCCIO Salvatore
208	ROSA Diego
	TEAM SUNWEB
211	TEN DAM Laurens
212	BARGUIL Warren
213	GESCHKE Simon
214	HAMILTON Chris
215	HOFSTEDE Lennard
216	KELDERMAN Wilco
217	OOMEN Sam
218	MATTHEWS Michael
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
221	BERNARD Julien
222	DIDIER Laurent
223	DE KORT Koen
224	RAST Grégory
225	MOLLEMA Bauke
226	PANTANO Jarlinson
227	REIJNEN Kiel
228	STETINA Peter
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
231	ULISSI Diego
232	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin
233	CONTI Valerio
234	DURASEK Kristijan
235	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto
236	PETILLI Simone
237	POLANC Jan
238	RAVASI Edward
	WILIER-SELLE ITALIA
241	CECCHIN Alberto
243	FLOREZ Miguel Eduardo
244	GODOY Yonder
245	KOSHEVOY Ilia
246	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe
247	RODRÍGUEZ Cristian
248	TURRIN Alex