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Bergamo - Como, 241 kilometers

Thibaut Pinot wins a big one, in style.

Weather at the finish city of Como at 4:20 PM, local time: 22C (72F), fair, with the wind from the south at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Dylan Teuns' BMC team

13 October, 2018, Como (ITA): Dylan Teuns brought his time with BMC Racing Team to an end in style by riding to his first Monument podium result at Il Lombardia, sprinting to third place from a small chase group behind winner Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and runner up Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida).

Teuns, who showed good form with third place at Giro dell'Emilia, came into the race as a team leader alongside Alessandro De Marchi and showed what he is capable of in only his second time racing at Il Lombardia.

At the start of the 241 kilometer race, the battle to form a breakaway played out over the opening 30 kilometers before eight riders were able to go clear, eventually establishing a six-minute advantage. After the Colle Gallo, Movistar Team took control of the chase and brought the breakaway's advantage back to five minutes until the descent of the Colle Brianza, at which point the peloton started to close in on the group to reduce the gap to four minutes at the half-way point of the race.

Attacks at the front of the race on the Madonna del Ghisallo saw the breakaway split before the steep gradients of the Colma di Sormano saw the leading quarter's advantage reduced to 50 seconds on the early slopes. With a maximum gradient of 27 percent on the Muro di Sormano, a select group was quickly formed, from which Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo) attacked before being joined and overtaken by Nibali and Pinot at the top of the climb.

Behind, Teuns battled the steep ascent to form part of a small chase group of a dozen riders while on the descent, Roglic regained contact with Nibali and Pinot. Teuns' group trailed the leading trio by 40 seconds on the flat run into the Civiglio climb, at which point Egan Bernal (Team Sky) attacked and made contact with the leading group to make it four riders in front.

Pinot and Nibali managed to drop Bernal and Roglic instead the final 20 kilometers and with 14 kilometers to go, on the steep section of the Civiglio, Pinot attacked in what would become the winning move and opened up a 20-second advantage over Nibali.

Teuns was holding on in the chase group, which momentarily caught Nibali before he attacked again, and with a podium spot on offer, the Belgian dug deep to stay with the group as they rode under the flamme rouge.

Nibali crossed the line for second place behind Pinot, at which point Teuns gave it everything he had and launched his sprint to cross the line in third place, and secure his maiden Monument podium result.

Dylan Teuns:
"I had really good legs today and in the end, I couldn't gamble for the win because Pinot was really strong on the Sormano and we never saw him again. This is a hard race and one that I like so, I can be really happy with a podium finish at a Monument. It's a dream to win a race like this and I think I made the first step by being on the podium today and I hope I can come back and win one day.

"The Sormano is an important point of the race, it's maybe the most difficult point, and I tried to follow the bigger riders there but, it was not easy. The attack from riders including Pinot and Nibali was really strong and I was just 20 meters or so behind. I tried to find my own speed from there and I came to the top of the climb in fifth position but not too far back, maybe only 20 to 25 seconds behind. On a fast descent like that, it was hard to close the gap though. In the end, once the group was gone after the descent of Sormano, we never saw Pinot again. We saw Bernal coming back as well as Roglic and Nibali, who we caught on the last climb but he went on to attack in the descent. I think the strongest won for sure today."

"I missed the victory this season, which comes to an end for me today. Now, I can enjoy some rest and reload the batteries in order to come back stronger hopefully. I don't know what I need to improve on but one thing I can do is keep trying. I hope one day, the big victory will come in a Classic. That is what I dream about."

Fabio Baldato, Sports Director:
"I am really excited and happy to finish on the podium at the final Monument of the season, and the last European race of the season for BMC Racing Team, especially with how Dylan was struggling at first to stay with the six guys behind. He did a good first sprint to keep the wheel and then a really good sprint to finish in third place. Of course, it is not the win but for him, and for us, I am really happy. This is something that puts him on another level against other riders."

Complete Results:

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168 starters, 98 classified finishers

241 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.921 km/hr

1	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	5hr 53min 22sec
2	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	@ 32sec
3	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	0:43
4	URÁN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
5	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
6	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
7	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
9	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:48
10	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:22
11	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	1:31
12	BERNAL Egan	Sky	s.t.
13	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
14	REICHENBACH Sébastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
16	CATALDO Dario	Astana	1:57
17	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:04
18	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	3:33
19	CATTANEO Mattia	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
20	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
21	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Astana	s.t.
22	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	3:54
25	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
26	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
27	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
28	TOLHOEK Antwan	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:59
29	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	4:01
30	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	4:04
31	PONZI Simone	Nippo-Vini Fantini	4:55
32	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:57
33	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
34	VILLELLA Davide	Astana	6:02
35	VELASCO Simone	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	6:40
36	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
37	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	7:02
38	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
39	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
40	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
41	CICCONE Giulio	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
43	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
44	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	GESINK Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
46	CARBONI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
47	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
48	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
49	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	EF Education First-Drapac	7:07
50	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
51	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
52	HENAO Sergio	Sky	s.t.
53	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	8:10
54	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	8:40
55	SENNI Manuel	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
56	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	8:57
57	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	9:51
58	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	10:36
59	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
61	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
62	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	10:39
63	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
64	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	12:28
66	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
67	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
68	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
69	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
70	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
71	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
72	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
73	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
74	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	14:27
75	MONTAGUTI Matteo	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:01
76	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
77	ZARDINI Edoardo	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
78	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
79	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	15:05
80	SOLER Marc	Movistar	17:02
81	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
82	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
83	OLIVIER Daan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
84	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
85	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
87	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
88	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	19:21
89	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	23:36
90	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
91	BOU Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
92	TIZZA Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
93	KOSHEVOY Ilia	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
94	NIV Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	24:56
95	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo-Samsic	25:08
96	SPREAFICO Matteo	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	25:10
97	FLÓREZ Miguel	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
98	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.

2018 Il Lombardia map & profile:

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2018 Tour of Lombardy course profile

2018 Il Lombardia photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Team Sky signs in.

George Bennett heads to the start.

Current world champion Alejandro Valverde with 1988 world champion Maurizio Fondreist at the start.

And while we're on the subject of world champions, here's one of the great ones, Felice Gimondi, who earned his rainbow stripes in 1973. He won the Tour of Lombardy in 1966 and 1973.

Racing in the hills of Lombardy.

Thibaut Pinot has plenty of time to sit up and enjoy his victory.

Thibaut Pinot wins with no other riders in sight.

Vincenzo Nibali finished 32 seconds later

Third-place Dylan Teuns leads in Rigoberto Uran, Tim Wellens.

Daniel Martin was 9th.

Just after the race. Alejandro Valverde was 11th.

Thibaut Pinot enjoys his victory.

2018 Il Lombardia podium, from left: Vincenzo Nibali (2nd), Thibaut Pinot (1st) & Dylan Teuns (3rd)

Start list with back numbers, October 12, 2018:

	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
	DS: Alberto Volpi
1	NIBALI Vincenzo
2	IZAGUIRRE Gorka
3	IZAGUIRRE Ion
4	MOHORIC Matej
5	NIBALI Antonio
6	PELLIZOTTI Franco
7	POZZOVIVO Domenico
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
	DS: Julien Jurdie
11	BARDET Romain
12	CHEREL Mickaël
13	PETERS Nans
14	FRANK Mathias
15	BIDARD François
16	GASTAUER Ben
17	MONTAGUTI Matteo
	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC
	DS: Giovanni Ellena
21	BALLERINI Davide
22	CATTANEO Mattia
23	FRAPPORTI Marco
24	GAVAZZI Francesco
25	FRAPPORTI Mattia
26	SPREAFICO Matteo
27	SOSA Ivan
	ASTANA
	DS: Stefano Zanini
31	FUGLSANG Jakob
32	CATALDO Dario
33	CHERNETSKY Sergey
34	HIRT Jan
35	STALNOV Nikita
36	VILLELLA Davide
37	ZEITS Andrey
	BARDIANI-CSF
	DS: Roberto Reverberi
41	CICCONE Giulio
42	CARBONI Giovanni
43	ORSINI Umberto
44	ROTA Lorenzo
45	SENNI Manuel
46	TONELLI Alessandro
47	WACKERMANN Luca
	BMC
	DS: Valerio Piva
51	CARUSO Damiano
52	BETTIOL Alberto
53	DE MARCHI Alessandro
54	VLIEGEN Loïc
55	GERRANS Simon
56	ROSSKOPF Joey
57	TEUNS Dylan
	BORA-HANSGROHE
	DS: Jens Zemke
61	MAJKA Rafal
62	BENEDETTI Cesare
63	BUCHMANN Emanuel
64	FORMOLO Davide
65	KONRAD Patrick
66	PFINGSTEN Christoph
67	POLJANSKI Pawel
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
	DS: Sebastien Joly
71	PINOT Thibaut
72	BONNET William
73	GAUDU David
74	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
75	REICHENBACH Sébastien
76	ROY Jérémy
77	VINCENT Leo
	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
	DS: Rene Andrle
81	HERMANS Ben
82	GEBREMEDHIN Awet
83	DÍAZ José
84	NEILANDS Krists
85	NIV Guy
86	PLAZA Ruben
87	GOLDSTEIN Omer
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
	DS: Bart Leysen
91	WELLENS Tim
92	BENOOT Tiesj
93	DE GENDT Thomas
94	KEUKELEIRE Jens
95	LAMBRECHT Bjorg
96	MONFORT Maxime
97	SHAW James
	MITCHELTON-SCOTT
	DS: David McPartland
101	YATES Adam
102	ALBASINI Michael
103	HAIG Jack
104	KREUZIGER Roman
105	NIEVE Mikel
106	POWER Robert
107	VERONA Carlos
	MOVISTAR
	DS: Jose Vicente Garcia
111	VALVERDE Alejandro
112	CARRETERO Hector
113	CASTRILLO Jaime
114	OLIVEIRA Nelson
115	PEDRERO Antonio
116	ROJAS Jose
117	SOLER Marc
	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
	DS: Mario Manzoni
121	LOBATO Juan
122	BAGIOLI Nicola
123	BOU Joan
124	PONZI Simone
125	SANTAROMITA Ivan
126	TIZZA Marco
127	ZACCANTI Filippo
	QUICK-STEP FLOORS
	DS: Davide Bramati
131	JUNGELS Bob
132	ASGREEN Kasper
133	CAPECCHI Eros
134	DE PLUS Laurens
135	MAS Enric
136	SENECHAL Florian
137	SERRY Pieter
	DIMENSION DATA
	DS: Bingen Fernandez
141	CUMMINGS Stephen
142	KUDUS Merhawi
143	MORTON Lachlan
144	O'CONNOR Ben
145	PAUWELS Serge
146	VAN ZYL Johann
147	VERMOTE Julien
	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC
	DS: Fabrizio Guidi
151	WOODS Michael
152	BRESCHEL Matti
153	CLARKE Simon
154	DOMBROWSKI Joseph
155	MARTINEZ Daniel
156	MODOLO Sacha
157	URAN Rigoberto
	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC
	DS: Yvon Ledanois
161	BARGUIL Warren
162	BONNAMOUR Franck
163	DELAPLACE Anthony
164	FEILLU Brice
165	GESBERT Elie
166	LE ROUX Romain
167	MAISON Jérémy
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
	DS: Dmitriy Konychev
171	ZAKARIN Ilnur
172	KISERLOVSKI Robert
173	KOCHETKOV Pavel
174	LAMMERTINK Maurits
175	RESTREPO Jhonatan
176	SMIT Willie
177	SPILAK Simon
	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
	DS: Addy Engels
181	ROGLIC Primoz
182	BENNETT George
183	BOUWMAN Koen
184	DE TIER Floris
185	GESINK Robert
186	OLIVIER Daan
187	TOLHOEK Antwan
	SKY
	DS: Matteo Tosatto
191	BERNAL Egan
192	DE LA CRUZ David
193	GOLAS Michal
194	HENAO Sebastian
195	HENAO Sergio
196	MOSCON Gianni
197	ROSA Diego
	TEAM SUNWEB
	DS: Arthur van Dongen
201	KELDERMAN Wilco
202	HAMILTON Chris
203	HINDLEY Jai
204	KÄMNA Lennard
205	MATTHEWS Michael
206	OOMEN Sam
207	STORER Michael
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
	DS: Steven de Jongh
211	MOLLEMA Bauke
212	CONCI Nicola
213	DIDIER Laurent
214	EG Niklas
215	GOGL Michael
216	SKUJINS Toms
217	STETINA Peter
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
	DS: Mario Scirea
221	MARTIN Daniel
222	ARU Fabio
223	FARIA Rui
224	MARCATO Marco
225	MORI Manuele
226	RAVASI Edward
227	SUTHERLAND Rory
	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA
	DS: Luca Scinto
231	BUSATO Matteo
232	FLOREZ Miguel
233	KOSHEVOY Ilia
234	RAGGIO Luca
235	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
236	VELASCO Simone
237	ZARDINI Edoardo