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Como - Bergamo, 239 kilometers

Tadej Pogacar beats Fausto Masnada in Bergamo. RCS photo

Weather at the finish city of Bergamo at 1:40 PM, local time: 16C (60F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: The official start was given to 172 riders at 10:35 AM. There was one non-starter, James Whelan (EF Education-Nippo).

The official start to the Classic of the Falling Leaves (la classica delle foglie morte) is given. RCS photo

Here's the report from second-place Fausto Masnada's Deceuninck-Quick Step team:

Fausto Masnada became the 16th different rider in the history of the team to finish in the top 3 at one of cycling’s Monuments, after producing what was arguably the best race of his career on the revamped and tough course of the 115th Il Lombardia (Como-Bergamo, 239 kilometers).

After doing a phenomenal job on the early climbs of the race, where he controlled the peloton and buried himself for the team in a solid attempt to keep things together, the 27-year-old went clear on the long and technical descent of Passo di Ganda, setting off in pursuit of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) who was alone at the front. More than half a minute was separating the two, but Fausto showcased his descending skills and wiped out the deficit before the road flattened out for the final ten kilometers.

While Masnada was bridging to the Slovenian, World Champion Julian Alaphilippe was shutting down the moves coming from the chasing group, who was desperately trying to reduce the gap to the two men up the road. With four kilometers to go, on the final hurdle of the day – Colle Aperto – Fausto put in a dig but couldn’t distance his opponent, and it soon came down to a two-up sprint, where our rider was outpaced by Pogacar despite giving absolutely everything on the finishing straight.

“I am happy, it’s my first Monument podium, and taking it in my hometown makes everything even more special. I know second is not a victory, but it sure feels as one as I got outsprinted by one of the best riders in the world, who was impossible to beat today”, said Fausto at the finish. “During the race, I talked with Julian and he told me to try something if I felt that I had the legs, so I went full gas after Passo di Ganda, with my confidence boosted by the fact I knew the downhill and those roads. This season hasn’t been one of my best, with several injuries that made me miss a lot of races, so to finish it like this is amazing.”

Masnada, the first Bergamasque in 22 years to conclude in the top 3 of Il Lombardia an edition that ended in Bergamo, dedicated his result to his city and the fantastic supporters that encouraged him Saturday afternoon: “It was the first time that I did the Colle Aperto in a race, and the atmosphere created there by these superb fans is something that will forever stay with me. It gives me goosebumps just to think about it. This place on the podium is for them and for the entire city of Bergamo, which has been hit so hard during the pandemic. I will never forget this incredible day.”

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Complete Results:

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239 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.652 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	6hr 1min 39sec
2	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
3	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 51sec
4	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
6	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
7	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
10	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	2:25
11	Nairo Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
16	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
17	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	2:35
18	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	2:49
19	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:13
20	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	3:23
21	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
22	Davide Villella	Movistar	3:33
23	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Michael Storer	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	4:28
27	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	5:22
28	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
29	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
30	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
31	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	5:36
33	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
34	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
37	Dylan Teuns	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
39	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	5:56
40	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:56
41	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	7:05
42	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:18
43	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	8:23
44	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
46	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	8:37
47	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
48	Andrey Zeits	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
49	Andrea Garosio	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
50	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	11:06
52	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
53	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
54	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
55	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	11:09
56	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
57	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
58	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
59	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
60	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
62	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
65	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	11:44
66	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	14:19
67	Mattia Bais	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	14:36
68	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Andrea Bagioli	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:42
71	Davide Orrico	Vini Zabù	15:33
72	Edoardo Zardini	Vini Zabù	16:24
73	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	17:13
74	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
75	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
76	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
79	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	19:02
80	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	19:06
81	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	19:28
82	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	19:38
83	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	19:58
84	Kevin Colleoni	Team BikeExchange	20:21
85	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	20:47
86	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
87	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	21:38
89	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
90	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
91	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
92	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
95	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
96	Daniel Savini	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
97	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
98	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
100	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	27:59
101	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
103	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	28:37
104	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
105	Alessandro Monaco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
106	William Barta	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
107	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.

2021 Il Lombardia map & profile:

2021 Tour of Lombardy map

2021 Tour of Lombardy course profile

2021 Il Lombardia photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Starting ceremonies and Team Groupama-FDJ is presented.

Vincenzo Nibali before the race start. He won this race in 2015 & 2017.

Chris Froome.

Early in the race, Davide Orrico has escaped and he's descending the Ghisallo.

World champion Julian Alaphilippe heads down the Ghisallo.

Tadej Pogacar wins ahead of Fausto Masnada.

Adam Yates (right) beats Primoz Roglic for third place.

Remco Evenepoel finished 19th.

Fifth place Alejandro Valverde just after the race.

Aleksandr Vlasov shows his crash wounds after the race.

The podium, from left: Fausto Masnada (2nd), Tadej Pogacar (1st) & Adam Yates (3rd)

Winner Tadej Pogacar

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Start list with back numbers, October 8, 2021:

	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
2	ALMEIDA Joao
3	BAGIOLI Andrea
4	MASNADA Fausto
5	DEVENYNS Dries
6	EVENEPOEL Remco
7	SERRY Pieter
	AG2R-CITROEN
11	COSNEFROY Benoit
12	BERTHET Clement
13	BOUCHARD Geoffrey
14	CHAMPOUSSIN Clement
15	HANNINEN Jaakko
16	PARET-PEINTRE Aurelien
17	WARBASSE Larry
	ALPECIN-FENIX
21	MEURISSE Xandro
22	DE TIER Floris
23	JANSSENS Jimmy
24	SBARAGLI Kristian
25	TULETT Ben
26	VAKOC Petr
27	VERVAEKE Louis
	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC
31	BAIS Mattia
32	CEPEDA Jefferson
33	MUNOZ Daniel
34	RAVANELLI Simone
35	SEPULVEDA Eduardo
36	TAGLIANI Filippo
37	VENCHIARUTTI Nicola
	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH
41	VLASOV Aleksander
42	BATTISTELLA Samuele
43	BOARO Manuele
44	CONTRERAS Rodrigo
45	FELLINE Fabio
46	LUTSENKO Alexey
47	SOBRERO Matteo
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
51	TEUNS Dylan
52	BUITRAGO Santiago
53	LANDA Mikel
54	MOHORIC Matej
55	NOVAK Domen
56	PERNSTEINER Hermann
57	WILLIAMS Stephen
	BARDIANI-CSF-FAIZANE'
61	CARBONI Giovanni
62	COVILI Luca
63	FIORELLI Filippo
64	GABBURO Davide
65	GAROSIO Andrea
66	MONACO Alessandro
67	SAVINI Daniel
	BORA-HANSGROHE
71	BENEDETTI Cesare
72	ALEOTTI Giovanni
73	BUCHMANN Emanuel
74	FABBRO Matteo
75	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix
76	KONRAD Patrick
77	SCHELLING Ide
	COFIDIS
81	MARTIN Guillaume
82	BERHANE Natnael
83	CHAMPION Thomas
84	FERNANDEZ Ruben
85	GESCHKE Simon
86	LAFAY Victor
87	ROCHAS Remy
	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO
91	URAN Rigoberto
92	BARTA William
93	CAMARGO Diego
94	ARROYAVE Daniel
95	HIGUITA Sergio
96	POWLESS Neilson
97	WHELAN James
	EOLO-KOMETA
101	FORTUNATO Lorenzo
102	ALBANESE Vincenzo
103	BAIS Davide
104	CHRISTIAN Mark
105	FETTER Erik
106	GAVAZZI Francesco
107	RAVASI Edward
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
111	PINOT Thibaut
112	BADILATTI Matteo
113	GAUDU David
114	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
115	REICHENBACH Sebastien
116	ROUX Anthony
117	VALTER Attila
	INEOS GRENADIERS
121	YATES Adam
122	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
123	DUNBAR Eddie
124	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
125	SWIFT Ben
126	MOSCON Gianni
127	SIVAKOV Pavel
	INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT
131	BAKELANTS Jan
132	HIRT Jan
133	MEINTJES Louis
134	PETILLI Simone
135	ROTA Lorenzo
136	TAARAMAE Rein
137	EIKING Odd Christian
	ISRAEL START-UP NATION
141	MARTIN Daniel
142	FROOME Christopher
143	GOLDSTEIN Omer
144	HERMANS Ben
145	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
146	PICCOLI James
147	WOODS Michael
	JUMBO-VISMA
151	ROGLIC Primoz
152	BENNETT George
153	BOUWMAN Koen
154	HARPER Chris
155	KRUIJSWIJK Steven
156	OOMEN Sam
157	VINGEGAARD Jonas
	LOTTO SOUDAL
161	WELLENS Tim
162	CRAS Steff
163	HOLMES Matthew
164	KRON Andreas
165	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
166	VAN GILS Maxim
167	VANHOUCKE Harm
	MOVISTAR
171	VALVERDE Alejandro
172	CATALDO Dario
173	OLIVEIRA Nelson
174	PEDRERO Antonio
175	ROJAS Jose
176	SOLER Marc
177	VILLELLA Davide
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
181	QUINTANA Nairo
182	ANACONA Winner
183	BOUET Maxime
184	QUINTANA Dayer
185	GESBERT Elie
186	HARDY Romain
187	OWSIAN Lukasz
	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE
191	YATES Simon
192	COLLEONI Kevin
193	HOWSON Damien
194	JUUL JENSEN Christopher
195	NIEVE Mikel
196	SCHULTZ Nicholas
197	ZEITS Andrey
	TEAM DSM
201	BARDET Romain
202	ARENSMAN Thymen
203	BENOOT Tiesj
204	DONOVAN Mark
205	HAMILTON Chris
206	STORER Michael
207	LEKNESSUND Andreas
	QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH
211	POZZOVIVO Domenico
212	BENNETT Sean
213	CAMPENAERTS Victor
214	VACEK Karel
215	STOKBRO Andreas
216	SCHMID Mauro
217	SUNDERLAND Dylan
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
221	NIBALI Vincenzo
222	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
223	EG Niklas
224	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
225	TIBERI Antonio
226	MOLLEMA Bauke
227	SKUJINS Toms
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
231	POGACAR Tadej
232	POLANC Jan
233	FORMOLO Davide
234	HIRSCHI Marc
235	MAJKA Rafal
236	MCNULTY Brandon
237	ULISSI Diego
	VINI ZABU’
241	FRAPPORTI Marco
242	BEVILACQUA Simone
243	ORRICO Davide
244	PEARSON Daniel
245	MARECZKO Jakub
246	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo
247	ZARDINI Edoardo