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Bergamo - Como, 243 kilometers

Bauke Mollema takes a brilliant solo win.

Weather at the finish city of Como at 1:40 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 174 riders riders began the race at 10:38. Bardiani-CSF rider Francesco Romano did not start.

Here's the report from second-place Alejandro Valverde's Movistar team.

Full of professionalism and competitive spirit, all the way until the final race of the season. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) came again just short for a victory at Il Lombardia, the last Monument of the international classics calendar, with a 2nd place behind Bauke Mollema (TFS) which did not make justice to the legs the Spanish champion had today, the strongest of the main favourites from a physical standpoint.

The Dutchman took advantage from the lack of cooperation between the main leaders at the penultimate, decisive climb of Civiglio, just under 20km before the end. At the climb and its descent, Mollema opened a gap exceeding half a minute over a group where Valverde had enjoyed support from Jaime Castrillo, keeping the early breaks under control, and a great Rubén Fernández, full of courage with attacks and strong pacing into the main climbs. Valverde caught Primoz Roglic (TJV) into the final ascent to San Fermo and even tried to go solo after Mollema after the summit, yet was unable to make up the 25" that separated the two through the descent towards Como.

Valverde, caught by the pursuit group before the sprint, still had energy left in the tank to hold off Egan Bernal (INS) at the finish and secure the second place. A ‘silver medal’ which doesn’t downplay Alejandro’s impressive effort, which also brings another prize: it’s an almost decisive step forward for Spain to grant themselves a maximum quota, five riders, in the road race of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, overtaking Slovenia, which finished only 7th today with Roglic.

REACTION / Alejandro Valverde:
“I’m satisfied with this second place, but knowing that I had the legs to win, I’m left with a bittersweet taste. This is an important race, a Monument, one that I really love, and hence the feeling I’ve got at the end. There was a lot of everyone looking at each other near the end, and that makes it easier for a solo rider, with less vigilance, to go away and stick at the front until the end. Bauke took advantage to attack, make a big move and use his energy well to succeed. Hats off to him – he’s a deserved winner. I tried to attack again at San Fermo – I had jumped before at Civiglio, but once caught, I didn’t want to keep the pace because there was still one tough climb left – and even gave it a try at the summit, but seeing that they were just behind, I waited for them to push together and see if we could gain some time on Bauke. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, that’s cycling. I’ll be 40 next year and it’ll be hard to aim for a victory again here, but you can see that I’m still here after so, so long, doing even better than in previous seasons, so there might be some room for surprise left!”

Complete Results:

Photos

175 riders signed up, 174 started, 65 abandoned and 109 finished.

243 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.305 km/hr

1	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	5hr 52min 59sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	@ 16sec
3	Egan Bernal	Team INEOS	s.t.
4	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	s.t.
5	Michael Woods	EF Education First	34''
6	Jack Haig	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
7	Primož Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	50''
9	Pierre Latour	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Rafal Majka	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Enric Mas	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
14	Iván Sosa	Team INEOS	s.t.
15	Adam Yates	Mitchelton-Scott	1' 57''
16	Gorka Izagirre	Astana	2' 08''
17	Giovanni Visconti	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
18	Daniel Martin	UAE-Team Emirates	2' 09''
19	Gianni Moscon	Team INEOS	2' 12''
20	Pierre Rolland	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	2' 30''
21	Mathias Frank	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	2' 37''
23	Davide Formolo	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Soudal	2' 46''
25	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Dimension Data	2' 47''
26	Steff Cras	Katusha-Alpecin	3' 28''
27	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	Davide Villella	Astana	3' 41''
29	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	3' 51''
30	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb	s.t.
32	Kilian Frankiny	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	3' 53''
34	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
35	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
36	Mikel Nieve	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	Rubén Fernández	Movistar	s.t.
38	Wilco Kelderman	Team Sunweb	5' 50''
39	Kristian Sbaragli	Israel Cycling Academy	6' 02''
40	Michael Valgren	Dimension Data	s.t.
41	Ivan Rovnyi	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
42	Cyril Gautier	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
43	Toms Skujinš	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	Stéphane Rossetto	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Michael Storer	Team Sunweb	s.t.
46	Nikolay Cherkasov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
47	Víctor de la Parte	CCC Team	s.t.
48	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
49	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
50	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Team INEOS	s.t.
51	Carlos Betancur	Movistar	s.t.
52	Bob Jungels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
53	Simon Clarke	EF Education First	s.t.
54	Philippe Gilbert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
55	Vincenzo Nibali	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
56	Tanel Kangert	EF Education First	s.t.
57	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	6' 58''
58	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	10' 09''
59	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
60	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	10' 44''
61	Dario Cataldo	Astana	10' 48''
62	Neilson Powless	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani-CSF	12' 34''
64	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
65	Simone Petilli	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Sebastian Schönberger	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
67	Nathan Earle	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
68	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
69	Andrea Garosio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
70	Esteban Chaves	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
71	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
72	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
73	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Jesper Hansen	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Sergio Higuita	EF Education First	s.t.
77	Enrico Battaglin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
78	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Jan Polanc	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
80	Francesco Bongiorno	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
81	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Riccardo Zoidl	CCC Team	s.t.
83	Eros Capecchi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
84	Simon Geschke	CCC Team	14' 00''
85	Serge Pauwels	CCC Team	16' 02''
86	Simone Velasco	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	17' 37''
87	Lorenzo Fortunato	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
88	Miguel Flórez	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
89	Fausto Masnada	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
90	Steve Morabito	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	s.t.
92	Joey Rosskopf	CCC Team	s.t.
93	José Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Laurens ten Dam	CCC Team	17' 39''
95	Marco Marcato	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
96	Patrick Müller	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	19' 55''
97	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Josip Rumac	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
99	Louis Meintjes	Dimension Data	s.t.
100	Awet Andemeskel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
101	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
102	Rémi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
103	Umberto Orsini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
104	Rory Sutherland	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
105	Arnaud Courteille	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
106	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	20' 52''
107	Aleksander Vlasov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
108	Sep Vanmarcke	EF Education First	21' 54''
109	Jan Bakelants	Team Sunweb	25' 05''

2019 Il Lombardia map & profile:

2019 Tour of Lombardy map

2019 Tour of Lombardy course profile

2019 Il Lombardia photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Katusha-Alpecin is presented during the starting ceremonies.

Egan Bernal

Alejandro Valverde signs in.

The great Felice Gimondi, who recently passed away, is remebered. That's his daughter Norma.

The peloton climbs the first hill, the Colle del Gallo

Michael Valgren Andersen climbs the Sormano.

Robert Gesink on the Sormano

Tao Geoghegan Hart

Bauke Mollema wins a big one in a big way.

Alejandro Valverde beats Egan Bernal and Jakob Fuglsang for second.

Emanuel Buchmann takes 8th place.

Winner Bauke Mollema

The podium, from left: Alejandro Valverde (2nd), Bauke Mollema & Egan Bernal (3rd)

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Il Lombardia start list, October 11, 2019:

	AG2R LA MONDIALE
1	LATOUR Pierre
2	CHEREL Mickaël
3	DOMONT Axel
4	FRANK Mathias
5	GASTAUER Ben
6	HÄNNINEN Jaakko
7	WARBASSE Larry
	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC
11	MASNADA Fausto
12	FRAPPORTI Mattia
13	FLOREZ Miguel
14	RIVERA Kevin
15	MUÑOZ Daniel
16	RUMAC Josip
17	VENDRAME Andrea
	ASTANA
21	FUGLSANG Jakob
22	BALLERINI Davide
23	CATALDO Dario
24	HOULE Hugo
25	IZAGUIRRE Ion
26	IZAGUIRRE Gorka
27	VILLELLA Davide
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
31	NIBALI Vincenzo
32	CARUSO Damiano
33	GAROSIO Andrea
34	NIBALI Antonio
35	NOVAK Domen
36	PERNSTEINER Hermann
37	TEUNS Dylan
	BARDIANI-CSF
41	BARBIN Enrico
42	CARBONI Giovanni
43	COVILI Luca
44	ORSINI Umberto
45	ROMANO Francesco
46	ROTA Lorenzo
47	SAVINI Daniel
	BORA-HANSGROHE
51	FORMOLO Davide
52	BENEDETTI Cesare
53	BUCHMANN Emanuel
54	KONRAD Patrick
55	MAJKA Rafal
56	MÜHLBERGER Gregor
57	SCHACHMANN Maximilian
	CCC TEAM
61	DE LA PARTE Victor
62	GESCHKE Simon
63	OWSIAN Lukasz
64	PAUWELS Serge
65	ROSSKOPF Joey
66	TEN DAM Laurens
67	ZOIDL Riccardo
	COFIDIS
71	EDET Nicolas
72	BERHANE Natnael
73	HANSEN Jesper
74	HERRADA José
75	MATE Luis
76	PEREZ Anthony
77	ROSSETTO Stéphane
	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
81	GILBERT Philippe
82	CAPECCHI Eros
83	CAVAGNA Rémi
84	JUNGELS Bob
85	KNOX James
86	MAS Enric
87	VAKOC Petr
	EF EDUCATION FIRST
91	CARTHY Hugh
92	BENNETT Sean
93	CLARKE Simon
94	HIGUITA Sergio
95	VANMARCKE Sep
96	KANGERT Tanel
97	WOODS Michael
	GAZPROM-RUSVELO
101	VLASOV Aleksander
102	CHERKASOV Nikolay
103	NYCH Artem
104	RIKUNOV Petr
105	ROVNY Ivan
106	RYBALKIN Aleksey
107	SHALUNOV Evgeny
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
111	GAUDU David
112	BONNET William
113	MADOUAS Valentin
114	MOLARD Rudy
115	MORABITO Steve
116	FRANKINY Kilian
117	ROUX Anthony
	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
121	AVILA Edwin
122	ANDEMESKEK Awet
123	MINALI Riccardo
124	EARLE Nathan
125	GOLDSTEIN Omer
126	PLAZA Ruben
127	SBARAGLI Kristian
	LOTTO SOUDAL
131	WELLENS Tim
132	ARMEE Sander
133	BENOOT Tiesj
134	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
135	MERTZ Rémy
136	VANENDERT Jelle
137	HAGEN Carl Fredrik
	MITCHELTON-SCOTT
141	CHAVES Jhoan
142	GRMAY Tsgabu
143	HAIG Jack
144	HOWSON Damien
145	NIEVE Mikel
146	TRENTIN Matteo
147	YATES Adam
	MOVISTAR
151	VALVERDE Alejandro
152	BETANCUR Carlos
153	CASTRILLO Jaime
154	FERNANDEZ Rubén
155	LANDA Mikel
156	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
157	VERONA Carlos
	NERI SOTTOLI-SELLE ITALIA
161	VISCONTI Giovanni
162	BONGIORNO Francesco
163	FORTUNATO Lorenzo
164	MARENGO Umberto
165	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
166	VELASCO Simone
167	ZARDINI Edoardo
	DIMENSION DATA
171	KREUZIGER Roman
172	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
173	MEINTJES Louis
174	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
175	VALGREN Michael
176	VENTER Jacobus
177	WYSS Danilo
	TEAM INEOS
181	BERNAL Egan
182	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
183	SOSA Ivan
184	GEOGHEGAN Tao
185	MOSCON Gianni
186	PUCCIO Salvatore
187	ROSA Diego
	JUMBO-VISMA
191	ROGLIC Primoz
192	BENNETT George
193	BOUWMAN Koen
194	GESINK Robert
195	KRUIJSWIJK Steven
196	KUSS Sepp
197	POWLESS Neilson
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
201	ZAKARIN Ilnur
202	BATTAGLIN Enrico
203	CRAS Steff
204	FABBRO Matteo
205	GONCALVES Jose
206	KOCHETKOV Pavel
207	NAVARRO Daniel
	TEAM SUNWEB
211	KELDERMAN Wilco
212	BAKELANTS Jan
213	HAMILTON Chris
214	HINDLEY Jai
215	HIRSCHI Marc
216	POWER Robert
217	STORER Michael
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
221	MOLLEMA Bauke
222	STETINA Peter
223	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
224	CICCONE Giulio
225	EG Niklas
226	GOGL Michael
227	SKUJINS Toms
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
231	ULISSI Diego
232	COSTA Rui
233	MARCATO Marco
234	MARTIN Daniel
235	PETILLI Simone
236	POLANC Jan
237	SUTHERLAND Rory
	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS
241	ROLLAND Pierre
242	CAM Maxime
243	COURTEILLE Arnaud
244	GAUTIER Cyril
245	MOTTIER Justin
246	MÜLLER Patrick
247	PACHER Quentin