2023 Il Lombardia (World Tour), Italy

Formerly Giro di Lombardia
117th edition: Saturday, October 7, 2023

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Como - Bergamo, 238 kilometers

Tadej Pogacar wins Il Lombardia for the third year in a row. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Bergamo at 2:00 PM, local time: 24C (76F), fair, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Early in the race (before the Madonna del Ghisallo climb) there were five riders involved in a crash: Remco Evenepoel, Sam Oomen, Mauri Vansevenant, Giovanni Aleotti & Sjoerd Bax. Bax had to abandon. The others, though scuffed up, made it back to the pleoton.

Speaking seconds after the race finish, the winner Tadej Pogačar said: “To win for the third time in my third participation and for the second time here in Bergamo is a dream come true. I wanted to win solo but I thought Alexander Vlasov would stay with me for longer because he was one of the strongest today. In the moment I got a little gap, I did the descent much better than two years ago. I got cramps on my right leg and I’ve thought I was done but I pushed through. It’s amazing!”

Here's the report from winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates:

Three in a row for Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates in the last Classic of the season, Il Lombardia, with a start in Como and arrival in Bergamo (238 km).

The victory in the 2023 edition of the Italian race was different from the two previous, since this one came with a solo arrival at the end of a demanding day. It had begun in an unlucky way for UAE Team Emirates with the withdrawal of Sjoerd Bax with a neck of femur fracture after he had been involved in a crash.

The key moment of the race was the climb of Passo di Ganda (9.3 km at 7.1%) that selected the head group, with only 11 cyclists left leading the race: UAE Team Emirates were represented by Tadej Pogačar and Adam Yates.

As result of an intense battle, these riders became 7 at the top of the climb, at 30 km to go.

Pogačar made his move on the top and in the downhill: the Slovenian rider was perfect in driving his bike on the bends and he succeeded in building a gap of 45” to be defended from the 6 chasers (team mate Adam Yates, Simon Yates for Jayco Alula, Aleksandr Vlasov for Bora-hansgrohe, Carlos Rodriguez for Ineos-Grenadiers, Primoz Roglic for Jumbo-Visma and Andrea Bagioli for Soudal-Quickstep).

At the approach of the last hill of the course (Colle Aperto (1.3 km at 7.2%), Pogačar had a 1-minute lead on the opponents and there was no way for the other riders to close the gap.

Pogačar crossed the finish line with 52 seconds ahead of Andrea Bagioli and Primoz Roglic, 6th place for Adam Yates.

Pogačar: “I tried to attack on the climb, which I know well, escaping with Vlasov, who was one of the strongest.

"I succeeded in going clear in the downhill, I rode it better than two years ago, then I went solo to the arrival, despite the cramps: I tried to manage my energy, I slowed down a little bit, hoping that there was no cooperation in the chasing group, it has been a demanding challenge.

It was great to win three editions in a row in three participations, the solo arrival made this even greater, I really enjoyed the last 2 km.”.

Il Lombardia 2023 is the 17th victory of the season for Pogačar and the second Classic of the year after the Tour of the Flanders.

Editor's note: This was Groupama-FDJ rider Thibaut Pinot's last professional race. Pinot announced earlier this year that this would be the last season for the injury-plagued rider.

Complete results:

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238 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.163 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	5hr 55min 33sec
2	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 52sec
3	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
6	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:06
9	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	1:26
10	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
11	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
12	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
14	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	1:30
15	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	1:50
16	Clément Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
18	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
19	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	2:08
20	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	2:10
21	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	2:30
22	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	2:56
23	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	3:02
24	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	3:43
25	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
26	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
29	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:23
30	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	5:35
31	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	5:38
32	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	8:52
38	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
41	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
43	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
47	Jan Tratnik	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
49	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	9:13
50	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
52	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:33
54	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
55	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
56	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
57	Florian Stork	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
58	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
59	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:33
61	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
62	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
65	Wilco Kelderman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	13:09
67	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
69	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	13:27
70	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	14:20
71	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	14:41
72	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
78	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
79	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
81	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	14:50
82	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	14:55
83	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
85	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
86	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
87	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
88	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	15:51
91	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	16:48
92	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	17:34
94	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	18:30
95	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
96	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
97	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
98	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
99	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
100	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
102	Matthew Dinham	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
103	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	19:10
104	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	19:35
105	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
106	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	19:54
107	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
108	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	21:54
109	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	22:51
111	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
113	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
114	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
115	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	22:56
116	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
117	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	23:22
119	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
120	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
121	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	23:40
122	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
123	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	29:28
124	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	29:34

 

2023 Il Lombardia map & profile:

2023 Tour of Lombardy map

2023 Tour of Lombardy course profile

2023 Il Lombardia photos by Fotorepoter Sirotti:

Team Jumbo-Visma is presented during the starting ceremonies.

Filippo Ganna picks up his bike.

Jai Hindley before the race began.

Emanuel Buchmann

Tadej Pogacar and Rafal Majka

Retired racer Vincenzo Nibali, who won this race twice, in 2015 & 2017.

Thibaut Pinot at the start of the last race of his career.

Simon Geschke on a break.

Other escaping riders descending

Sam Oomen

A shot of all the riders in the break.

Tadej Pogacar wins the 2023 Il Lombardia

And what awaits him at the end of the race.

Here's the field sprint for second, won by Andrea Bagioli.

Here's Thibaut Pinot finishing the race in Bergamo.

The podium, from left: Andrea Bagioli (2nd), Tadej Pogacar (1st) & Primoz Roglic (3rd).

Race winner Tadej Pogacar

Start list with back numbers, October 6, 2023:

	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
1	Tadej Pogacar
2	Sjoerd Bax
3	Davide Formolo
4	Marc Hirschi
5	Rafal Majka
6	Diego Ulissi
7	Adam Yates
	AG2R-CITROËN
11	Ben O'Connor
12	Clément Berthet
13	Felix Gall
14	Valentin Paret-Peintre
15	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
16	Nicolas Prodhomme
17	Lawrence Warbasse
	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
21	Stefano Oldani
22	Tobias Bayer
23	Nicola Conci
24	Michael Gogl
25	Jimmy Janssens
26	Jason Osborne
27	Kristian Sbaragli
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN
31	Simone Velasco
32	Samuele Battistella
33	David De La Cruz
34	Fabio Felline
35	Gianmarco Garofoli
36	Gianni Moscon
37	Cristian Scaroni
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
41	Mikel Landa
42	Santiago Buitrago
43	Nicolo Buratti
44	Andrea Pasqualon
45	Hermann Pernsteiner
46	Antonio Tiberi
47	Edoardo Zambanini
	BORA-HANSGROHE
51	Jai Hindley
52	Giovanni Aleotti
53	Emanuel Buchmann
54	Sergio Higuita
55	Bob Jungels
56	Aleksandr Vlasov
57	Frederik Wandahl
	COFIDIS
61	Guillaume Martin
62	Ion Izagirre
63	Victor Lafay
64	Axel Mariault
65	Simon Geschke
66	Hugo Toumire
67	Harrison Wood
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
71	Richard Carapaz
72	Jonathan Caicedo
73	Esteban Chaves
74	Ben Healy
75	Mikkel Honore
76	Andrea Piccolo
77	Rigoberto Uran
	EOLO-KOMETA
81	Lorenzo Fortunato
82	Mattia Bais
83	Alessandro Fancellu
84	Erik Fetter
85	Andrea Garosio
86	Davide Piganzoli
87	Diego Sevilla
	GREEN PROJECT-BARDIANI-CSF
91	Luca Covili
92	Riccardo Lucca
93	Filippo Magli
94	Martin Marcellusi
95	Henok Mulubrhan
96	Alex Tolio
97	Alessandro Tonelli
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
101	Thibaut Pinot
102	Romain Grégoire
103	Valentin Madouas
104	Lenny Martinez
105	Rudy Molard
106	Quentin Pacher
107	Lars Van Den Berg
	INEOS GRENADIERS
111	Carlos Rodriguez
112	Filippo Ganna
113	Salvatore Puccio
114	Magnus Sheffield
115	Pavel Sivakov
116	Ben Swift
117	Ben Turner
	INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
121	Rui Costa
122	Niccolo Bonifazio
123	Louis Meintjes
124	Simone Petilli
125	Lorenzo Rota
126	Rein Taaramäe
127	Georg Zimmermann
	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
131	Jakob Fuglsang
132	Hugo Houle
133	Krists Neilands
134	Nick Schultz
135	Dylan Teuns
136	Stephen Williams
137	Michael Woods
	JUMBO-VISMA
141	Primoz Roglic
142	Tiesj Benoot
143	Koen Bouwman
144	Wilco Kelderman
145	Sam Oomen
146	Jan Tratnik
147	Attila Valter
	LIDL-TREK
151	Bauke Mollema
152	Julien Bernard
153	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier
154	Asbjørn Hellemose
155	Juan Pedro Lopez
156	Jacopo Mosca
157	Natnael Tesfazion
	LOTTO DSTNY
161	Thomas De Gendt
162	Andreas Kron
163	Sylvain Moniquet
164	Mathijs Paasschens
165	Eduardo Sepulveda
166	Lennert Van Eetvelt
167	Maxim Van Gils
	MOVISTAR
171	Enric Mas
172	William Barta
173	Imanol Erviti
174	Matteo Jorgenson
175	Gregor Mühlberger
176	Óscar Rodríguez
177	Carlos Verona
	Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
181	Gianluca Brambilla
182	Negasi Haylu Abreha
183	Walter Calzoni
184	Corey Davis
185	Mark Donovan
186	Damien Howson
187	Kamil Malecki
	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
191	Remco Evenepoel
192	Julian Alaphilippe
193	Andrea Bagioli
194	Mattia Cattaneo
195	Fausto Masnada
196	Ilan Van Wilder
197	Mauri Vansevenant
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
201	Warren Barguil
202	Ewen Costiou
203	Clément Champoussin
204	Simon Guglielmi
205	Anthony Delaplace
206	Kévin Vauquelin
207	Alessandro Verre
	DSM-FIRMENICH
211	Romain Bardet
212	Matthew Dinham
213	Chris Hamilton
214	Oscar Onley
215	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg
216	Florian Stork
217	Kevin Vermaerke
	JAYCO-ALULA
221	Simon Yates
222	Kevin Colleoni
223	Alessandro De Marchi
224	Edward Dunbar
225	Lucas Hamilton
226	Chris Harper
227	Filippo Zana
	TOTALENERGIES
231	Pierre Latour
232	Jérémy Cabot
233	Fabien Grellier
234	Valentin Ferron
235	Paul Ourselin
236	Mattéo Vercher
237	Alexis Vuillermoz
	TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
241	Simon Pellaud
242	Jacob Eriksson
243	Nils Brun
244	Arthur Kluckers
245	Sebastien Reichenbach
246	Yannis Voisard
247	Hannes Wilksch