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Como - Bergamo, 241 kilometers

Esteban Chaves wins the 110th Tour of Lombardy

Weather: At the finish city of Bergamo at 2:20 PM local time, it's 22C (72F) and partly cloudy,with a mild 10 km/hr (6 mph) wind from the WNW. Rain is forecast to begin at 4:30PM.

The Race: 200 starters, 139 abandons, 61 classified finishers

The Colombian rider Esteban Chaves (Orica-BikeExchange) has won the 110th edition of Il Lombardia, the last Classic Monument race of the season, held over a 241km route from Como to Bergamo. He becomes the first non-European rider to win the race.

Speaking seconds after the finish, the winner said: “It was a dream for me to win Il Lombardia. I can’t believe I’ve won this race. This is a monument! When I turned professional, I settled down here in Bergamo. I knew the roads but I wasn’t sure to win today. I want to thank all the people who have helped Esteban to become a winner here. On the final, I tried to make a difference on the cobbles but everybody followed so I had to stay calm and go for the sprint, which is not my forte but I gave everything and I’m so happy that I made it”.

Here's the report from winner Esteban Chaves' Orica-BikeExchange team:

Esteban Chaves concluded his incredible 2016 season with a magnificent victory in the 110th edition of II Lombardia, writing his name into the history books as the first Colombian to ever win a monument. The impressive victory today comes after a strong run of form this year, including two Grand Tour podiums at the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana, and provides ORICA-BikeExchange with their second monument this season following Australian Mathew Hayman's win at Paris-Roubaix.

The 241-kilometre action-packed race saw Chaves dominate on the climbs, attacking at the base of the penultimate climb, the Selvino, to created a leading group of four riders battling it out for victory.

With patience and confidence, Chaves launched out of the wheels in the final moments to take out a three-up sprint. "It was a dream for me to win Il Lombardia,” explained Chaves after his victory. “I can't believe I've won this race. This is a monument. When I turned professional, I settled down here in Bergamo. I knew the roads but I wasn't sure if I could win today.

“In the final, I tried to make a difference on the cobbles but Rigoberto (Uran) followed so I had to stay calm and go for the sprint, which is not my forte but I gave everything and I'm so happy that I made it. Today was a really amazing result for me and I can say that dreams come true, but this is not accidental this is because all of the team worked for this result.

“This team is truly special because they work with the heart and when you work with the heart you can achieve these results. So it is thanks to ORICA-BikeExchange for believing in me."

How it happened: The fifth and final monument of 2016 kicked off in Como today under grey skies and rainy conditions. The star-studded field began at a rapid rate with numerous attacks coming from the very beginning. Despite many attempts, a breakaway wasn’t able to form until after more than 50kilometres into the race.

Four riders, Rudy Molard (Team Cofidis), Stefan Denial (IAM Cycling), Damiano Caruso (BMC Pro Cycling) and Michael Cherel (AG2R-La Mondale), were finally given some freedom and worked together to establish a gap, eventually riding out to a maximum advantage of seven minutes and 30seconds.

On the 6.5kilometre climb, Sant Antonio Abbandonato, the race began to really light up with splits appearing and the bunch continuously reducing in size. ORICA-BikeExchange remained well represented with Chaves, Amets Txurruka, Damien Howson and Carlos Verona. Verona then proceeded to set a rapid pace which created more significant splits as the lead group drew closer to the leaders.

As Verona peeled off, Chaves was quick to respond to a small group which then jumped clear, bridging across to make it an elite group of 14 riders including many of the favourites. It wasn’t long before the remainder of the leaders were drawn back in and with 42kilometres still remaining the front lead group consisted of 16 men.

With 30kilometres left to race, at the base of the penultimate climb, the 6.9kilometre climb the Selvino, Chaves launched a well timed attack to split up the lead group once again. He successfully rode away with Uran (Cannonade-Drapac) and Roman Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale). Diego Rosa (Astana) later joined the trio and the quadruplet increased their lead to over one minute.

On the final climb with just four kilometres remaining, Chaves launched another attack which caused Bardet to dropped back and left the trio ahead to battle for the victory.

Complete Results:

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241 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.403 km/hr

1	Esteban CHAVES	Orica-BikeExchange	6hr 26min 36sec
2	Diego ROSA	Astana	s.t.
3	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
4	Romain BARDET	Ag2r	@ 6sec
5	Davide VILLELLA	Cannondale-Drapac	@ 1min 19sec
6	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	+1:24
7	Robert GESINK	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
8	Warren BARGUIL	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
9	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	s.t.
10	Pierre LATOUR	Ag2r	s.t.
11	Fabio ARU	Astana	+1:26
12	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Etixx-Quick Step	+2:04
13	Rodolfo Andres TORRES	Androni Giocattoli	+2:05
14	Giovanni VISCONTI	Movistar	+2:42
15	Rui Alberto FARIA	Lampre-Merida	+5:02
16	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha	s.t.
17	Rudy MOLARD	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Darwin ATAPUMA	BMC	+5:33
19	Bauke MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	+6:24
20	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	+6:36
21	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r	+7:17
22	Diego ULISSI	Lampre-Merida	+8:10
23	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
24	Kenny ELISSONDE	FDJ	s.t.
25	Alessio TALIANI	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
26	Peter KENNAUGH	Aky	s.t.
27	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
28	Javier MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
29	Frank SCHLECK	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
31	Michael WOODS	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
32	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	+10:30
33	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
34	Ben HERMANS	BMC	s.t.
35	Michael GOGL	Tinkoff	s.t.
36	Manuele MORI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
37	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r	s.t.
38	Sam OOMEN	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
39	Simon GESCHKE	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
40	Sergey LAGUTIN	Katusha	s.t.
41	Simone PETILLI	Lampre-Merida	+15:05
42	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r	+15:51
43	Carlos VERONA	Orica-BikeExchange	s.t.
44	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
45	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha	s.t.
46	Yonder GODOY	Wilier Triestina	+15:54
47	Mattia CATTANEO	Lampre-Merida	+15:57
48	Daniel MARTIN	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
49	Franco PELLIZOTTI	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
50	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+16:01
51	Simone VELASCO	Bardiani-CSF	+18:12
52	Víctor DE LA PARTE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
53	Petr VAKOC	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
54	Davide REBELLIN	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
55	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
56	Andrei SOLOMENNIKOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
57	Daniel MARTÍNEZ	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
58	Romain HARDY	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Stefan DENIFL	IAM Cycling	s.t.
60	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Etixx-Quick Step	+18:16
61	David DE LA CRUZ	Etixx-Quick Step	+20:09

2016 Il Lombardia course map and profile:

2016 Il Lombardia map

Il Lombardia profile

2016 Il Lombardia photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

BMC is presented at the race start

Greg van Avermaet talks with Fabian Cancellara

Damiano Cunego stop to sign autographs

The ascent to the Madonna del Ghisallo church

The peloton ride up to the Madonna del Ghisallo church and cycle museum

A small escape group rides past the church with with Lake Como in the background

Robert Gesink, who finished 7th, on the final Bergamo Alta climb

Esteban Chaves wins the race

And gets to celebrate his victory

Esteban Chaves is the winner of the 100th Tour of Lombardy (Il Lombardia)

The podium, from left: Diego Rosa (2nd), Esteban Chaves and Rigoberto Uran (3rd)

Start list with back numbers, September 20, 2016: 

ASTANA PRO TEAM
1	ARU Fabio
2	CATALDO Dario
3	FUGLSANG Jakob
4	GRIVKO Andriy
5	KANGERT Tanel
6	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
7	ROSA Diego
8	TIRALONGO Paolo
D.S.	ZANINI Stefano
AG2R LA MONDIALE
11	BARDET Romain
12	BAKELANDTS Jan
13	CHEREL Mikael
14	DUPONT Hubert
15	LATOUR Pierre-Roger
16	GAUTIER Cyril
17	POZZOVIVO Domenico
18	VUILLERMOZ Alexis
D.S.	JURDIE Julien
ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC
21	PELLIZOTTI Franco
22	BANDIERA Marco
23	GAVAZZI Francesco
24	NARDIN Alberto
25	RATTO Daniele
26	TALIANI Alessio
27	TORRES AGUDELO Rodolfo A.
28	TVETCOV Serghei
D.S.	ELLENA Giovanni
BARDIANI CSF
31	COLBRELLI Sonny
32	ANDREETTA Simone
33	BARBIN Enrico
34	PIRAZZI Stefano
35	ROTA Lorenzo
36	VELASCO Simone
37	ZARDINI Edoardo
38	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel
D.S.	ZANATTA Stefano
BMC RACING TEAM
41	VAN AVERMAET Greg
42	ATAPUMA HURTADO Darwin
43	CARUSO Damiano
44	DE MARCHI Alessandro
45	GILBERT Philippe
46	HERMANS Ben
47	MOINARD Amael
48	SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel
D.S.	SCIANDRI Maximilian
CANNONDALE-DRAPAC PRO C.T.
51	URAN URAN Rigoberto
52	BETTIOL Alberto
53	CARDOSO Andre Fernando S.M.
54	FORMOLO Davide
55	MOSER Moreno
56	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
57	VILLELLA Davide
58	WOODS Michael
D.S.	GUIDI Fabrizio
CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
61	REBELLIN Davide
62	DE LA PARTE Victor
63	GROSSCHARTNER Felix
64	HIRT Jan
65	OWSIAN Lukasz
66	PATERSKI Maciej
67	PONZI Simone
68	SAMOILAU Branislau
D.S.	MISSAGLIA Gabriele
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
71	PEREZ Anthony
72	EDET Nicolas
73	HARDY Romain
74	JEANNESSON Arnold
75	MATE MARDONES Luis Angel
76	MOLARD Rudy
77	ROSSETTO Stéphane
78	TURGIS Anthony
D.S.	ROUS Didier
ETIXX-QUICKSTEP
81	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
82	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
83	DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David
84	DE PLUS Laurens
85	MARTIN Daniel
86	SERRY Pieter
87	STYBAR Zdenek
88	VAKOC Petr
D.S.	BRAMATI Davide
FDJ
91	GENIEZ Alexandre
92	EIKING Odd Christian
93	ELISSONDE Kenny
94	MAISON Jérémy
95	MORABITO Steve
96	REICHENBACH Sébastien
97	ROUX Anthony
98	ROY Jérémy
D.S.	GAYANT Martial
GAZPROM-RUSVELO
101	KOLOBNEV Alexandr
102	BOEV Igor
103	FIRSANOV Sergey
104	FOLIFOROV Alexander
105	NYCH Artem
106	SHALUNOV Evgeny
107	SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey
108	ZAKARIN Aydar
D.S.	ROSOLA Paolo
IAM CYCLING
111	ZAUGG Oliver
112	CLEMENT Stef
113	DENIFL Stefan
114	FRANK Mathias
115	VEGARD Stake Laengen
116	PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
117	WARBASSE Lawrence
118	WYSS Marcel
D.S.	CHIESA Mario
LAMPRE-MERIDA
121	BONO Matteo
122	CATTANEO Mattia
123	DURASEK Kristijan
124	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto
125	MORI Manuele
126	PETILLI Simone
127	POLANC Jan
128	ULISSI Diego
D.S.	MARZANO Marco
LOTTO SOUDAL
131	GALLOPIN Tony
132	ARMEE Sander
133	DOCKX Gert
134	DE CLERCQ Bart
135	MONFORT Maxime
136	WELLENS Tim
137	VANENDERT Jelle
138	VERVAEKE Louis
D.S.	WILLEMS Frederik
MOVISTAR TEAM
141	VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
142	ANACONA GOMEZ Winner
143	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon
144	MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel
145	MORENO BAZAN Javier
146	QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney
147	VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco
148	VISCONTI Giovanni
D.S.	ARRIETA Jose Luis
NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
151	CUNEGO Damiano
152	BOLE Grega
153	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo
154	FILOSI Iuri
155	GROSU Eduard Michael
156	KOISHI Yuma
157	YAMAMOTO Genki
158	ZILIOLI Gianfranco
D.S.	MANZONI Mario
ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
161	CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban
162	HAIG Jack
163	HOWSON Damien
164	KEUKELEIRE Jens
165	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben
166	TXURRUKA Amets
167	VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos
168	POWER Robert
D.S.	STEPHENS Neil
DIMENSION DATA
171	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
172	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
173	BERHANE Natnael
174	FRAILE MATARRANZA Omar
175	PAUWELS Serge
176	SBARAGLI Kristian
177	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin
178	VENTER Jacobus
D.S.	ZEMKE Jens Peter
TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
181	DUMOULIN Tom
182	BARGUIL Warren
183	GESCHKE Simon
184	LUDVIGSSON Fredrik
185	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
186	OOMEN Sam
187	SKJOESTAD LUNKE Sindre
188	TIMMER Albert
D.S.	VISBEEK Aike
TEAM KATUSHA
191	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin
192	KOCHETKOV Pavel
193	LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto
194	LAGUTIN Sergey
195	MAMYKIN Matvey
196	SILIN Egor
197	TAARAMAE Rein
198	VICIOSO ARCOS Angel
D.S.	KONYSHEV Dmitry
TEAM LOTTO NL-JUMBO
201	GESINK Robert
202	BATTAGLIN Enrico
203	BOUWMAN Koen
204	KELDERMAN Wilco
205	LINDEMAN Bertjan
206	MARTENS Paul
207	TANKINK Bram
208	VERMEULEN Alexey
D.S.	ENGELS Addy
TEAM SKY
211	LANDA MEANA Mikel
212	KENNAUGH Peter
213	KIRYIENKA Vasil
214	KONIG Leopold
215	NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel
216	POELS Wouter
217	ROCHE Nicholas
218	SWIFT Ben
D.S.	ARVESEN ASLE Kurt
TINKOFF
221	BRUTT Pavel
222	GOGL Michael
223	HANSEN Jesper
224	KREUZIGER Roman
225	MAJKA Rafal
226	TOSATTO Matteo
227	PAULINHO MOREIRA Sergio M.
228	POLJANSKI Pawel
D.S.	MICHAELSEN Lars
TREK-SEGAFREDO
231	MOLLEMA Bauke
232	DIDIER Laurent
233	FELLINE Fabio
234	HESJEDAL Ryder
235	BERNARD Julien
236	SCHLECK Frank
237	STUYVEN Jasper
238	ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
D.S.	ANDERSEN Kim
WILIER TRIESTINA-SOUTHEAST
241	POZZATO Filippo
242	AMEZQUETA MORENO Julen
243	ANDRIATO Rafael
244	FEDI Andrea
245	GODOY Yonder
246	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe
247	RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian
248	ZHUPA Eugert