2022 Il Lombardia (World Tour), Italy
Formerly Giro di Lombardia
116th edition: Saturday, October 8, 2022
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Bergamo - Como, 253 kilometers
Tadej Pogacar beats Enric Mas to the line. RCS Sport photo
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Weather at the finish city of Como at 1:10 PM, local time: 23C (72F), sunny, with wind from the south at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast until 4:00 PM, when it grows to just a 2% chance.
The race: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) have made this race the last of their pro careers.
Mikel Nieve (Caja Rural), also in the last race of his professional career, crashed on the descent of the Forcella di Bura and was taken to the hospital. Domenco Pozzovivo also had to withdraw after a crash on the descent.
Here's the report from winner Tadej Pogacar's USA Team Emirates:
There was a repeat of the masterpiece of UAE Team Emirates from 12 months ago with Tadej Pogačar taking the win in Il Lombardia 2022 (Bergamo-Como, 253 km).
The Slovenian talent has conquered his second consecutive “Falling leaves Classic” beating Enric Mas (Movistar) on the Como lakefront in a two-up sprint.
Throughout the race, the Emirati team showed great confidence , first controlling a breakaway of 10 riders, then leading the group with a steady pace along the ascents of the Madonna del Ghisallo, San Fermo della Battaglia and approaching Civiglio, creating a selection and laying the foundations for the attack of Pogačar at -19 km from the arrival, right on the Civiglio ramps.
Only Enric Mas and Mikkel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) managed to follow the Slovenian, then on the last pass on San Fermo della Battaglia the odds for success was reduced to just Pogačar and Mas, until the final sprint that has given UAE Team Emirates the 46th win of the season.
Pogačar: “It was great to get back to racing Il Lombardia and get another victory, right in the last race of the season.
"I can’t even express how grateful I am to all my teammates for the fantastic support they gave me today: the race developed exactly the way we wanted, I had in mind to attack on the Civiglio and so I did.
"Mas proved to be in great shape and he followed me to the finish line, we tried to cooperate and then play for the win in the sprint. Fortunately, the result of the duel was different from that of the Giro dell’Emilia, and I was able to win.
It’s been a great season for me and it’s ended in the best possible way.”
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Complete results:
253 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.804 km/hr
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 6hr 21min 22sec |
| 2 | Enric Mas | Movistar | s.t. |
| 3 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | @ 10sec |
| 4 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:52 |
| 5 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 1:24 |
| 7 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 8 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 9 | Romain Bardet | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 10 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:26 |
| 11 | Andrea Piccolo | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:58 |
| 12 | Warren Barguil | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 13 | Ilan Van Wilder | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 14 | Clement Berthet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 15 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek-Segafredo | 2:01 |
| 16 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 2:03 |
| 17 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:14 |
| 18 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 19 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 20 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 21 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 22 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 23 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | 2:17 |
| 24 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 25 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 2:41 |
| 26 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 27 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 28 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 3:09 |
| 29 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 3:25 |
| 30 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 31 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 32 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 33 | Jan Bakelants | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 34 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:21 |
| 35 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 4:22 |
| 36 | Mark Padun | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:51 |
| 37 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 5:04 |
| 38 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | 6:11 |
| 39 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 40 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | 6:50 |
| 41 | Andreas Kron | Lotto Soudal | 6:53 |
| 42 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 43 | Xandro Meurisse | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 44 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 45 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 46 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 47 | Sam Oomen | Jumbo-Visma | 6:57 |
| 48 | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis | 7:01 |
| 49 | Louis Barré | Arkéa-Samsic | 7:27 |
| 50 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 7:40 |
| 51 | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 52 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkéa-Samsic | 8:00 |
| 53 | Alessandro De Marchi | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 54 | Lawson Craddock | BikeExchange-Jayco | 8:31 |
| 55 | Alessandro Fancellu | EOLO-Kometa | 8:52 |
| 56 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | 9:51 |
| 57 | Chris Hamilton | Team DSM | 10:13 |
| 58 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | 10:26 |
| 59 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 60 | Wilco Kelderman | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 61 | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 62 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 63 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 64 | Jay Vine | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 65 | Miguel Ángel López | Astana Qazaqstan | 11:09 |
| 66 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-Samsic | 11:26 |
| 67 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 68 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 69 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
| 70 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 11:29 |
| 71 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | 13:37 |
| 72 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 73 | Clément Champoussin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 74 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 75 | Filippo Zana | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 76 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 77 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 14:56 |
| 78 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 79 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 80 | Victor De La Parte | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 81 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 15:41 |
| 82 | Alexandre Balmer | BikeExchange-Jayco | 16:52 |
| 83 | Luca Covili | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 84 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 18:23 |
| 85 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 86 | Mattia Bais | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 87 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 88 | Santiago Umba | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 89 | Reto Hollenstein | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 90 | Kristian Sbaragli | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 91 | Simone Ravanelli | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 92 | Aritz Bagües | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 93 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 94 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | s.t. |
| 95 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
| 96 | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 19:20 |
| 97 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Israel-Premier Tech | 19:27 |
| 98 | Omar El Gouzi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 23:53 |
| 99 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | 26:28 |
| 100 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 101 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 102 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 103 | Samuele Rivi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 104 | Erik Fetter | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 105 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 27:22 |
| 106 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | 28:21 |
| 107 | Paul Lapeira | Ag2r-Citroën | 30:34 |
| 108 | Lars Van Den Berg | Groupama-FDJ | 32:55 |
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2022 Il Lombardia map & profile:
2022 Tour of Lombardy map
2022 Tour of Lombardy course profile
2022 Il Lombardia photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard during the teams presentation ceremony
Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde before they begin their last professional race.
Julian Alaphilippe gets his bike before the race start.
Tadej Pogacar heads to the start line.
Late in the race. The peloton climbs San Fermo Della Battaglia.
Tadej Pogacar makes it two Lombardy Tours in a row.
Mikel Landa finishes third.
Alejandro Valverde finishes sixth, at 1min 24sec
The podium, from the left: Enric Mas (2nd), Tadej Pogacar (1st) & Mikel Landa (3rd)
Winner Tadej Pogacar
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Start list with back numbers, October 7, 2022:
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 1 | POGACAR Tadej |
| 2 | FORMOLO Davide |
| 3 | ALMEIDA João |
| 4 | HIRSCHI Marc |
| 5 | MAJKA Rafal |
| 6 | COVI Alessandro |
| 7 | ULISSI Diego |
| AG2R-CITROEN | |
| 11 | CHAMPOUSSIN Clément |
| 12 | BERTHET Clement |
| 13 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey |
| 14 | GALL Felix |
| 15 | HÄNNINEN Jaakko |
| 16 | PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien |
| 17 | LAPEIRA Paul |
| ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | |
| 21 | VINE Jay |
| 22 | BAYER Tobias |
| 23 | JANSSENS Jimmy |
| 24 | MEURISSE Xandro |
| 25 | OLDANI Stefano |
| 26 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
| 27 | STANNARD Robert |
| ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN | |
| 31 | NIBALI Vincenzo |
| 32 | BATTISTELLA Samuele |
| 33 | DE LA CRUZ David |
| 34 | LÓPEZ Miguel |
| 35 | ROMO Javier |
| 36 | SCARONI Cristian |
| 37 | VELASCO Simone |
| BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | |
| 41 | CARUSO Damiano |
| 42 | LANDA Mikel |
| 43 | MÄDER Gino |
| 44 | MOHORIC Matej |
| 45 | PERNSTEINER Hermann |
| 46 | POELS Wouter |
| 47 | ZAMBANINI Edoardo |
| BARDIANI-CSF-FAIZANE' | |
| 51 | ZANA Filippo |
| 52 | COVILI Luca |
| 53 | EL GOUZI Omar |
| 54 | GABBURO Davide |
| 55 | MULUBERHAN Henok |
| 56 | TOLIO Alex |
| 57 | TONELLI Alessandro |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 61 | KELDERMAN Wilco |
| 62 | ALEOTTI Giovanni |
| 63 | FABBRO Matteo |
| 64 | GROSSSCHARTNER Felix |
| 65 | HIGUITA Sergio |
| 66 | KONRAD Patrick |
| 67 | VLASOV Aleksander |
| CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | |
| 71 | LASTRA Jonathan |
| 72 | BAGUES Aritz |
| 73 | BARCELÓ Fernando |
| 74 | MARTIN Sergio |
| 75 | NIEVE Mikel |
| 76 | PRADES Eduard |
| 77 | SCHLEGEL Michal |
| COFIDIS | |
| 81 | MARTIN Guillaume |
| 82 | BIDARD François |
| 83 | CHAMPION Thomas |
| 84 | GESCHKE Simon |
| 85 | HERRADA Jesús |
| 86 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc |
| 87 | ROCHAS Rémy |
| DRONE HOPPER-ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | |
| 91 | TESFATSION Natnael |
| 92 | BAIS Mattia |
| 93 | MARENGO Umberto |
| 94 | PONOMAR Andrii |
| 95 | RAVANELLI Simone |
| 96 | UMBA Abner |
| 97 | CHIRICO Luca |
| EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | |
| 101 | BETTIOL Alberto |
| 102 | EIKING Odd Christian |
| 103 | PADUN Mark |
| 104 | PICCOLO Andrea |
| 105 | POWLESS Neilson |
| 106 | QUINN Sean |
| 107 | URAN Rigoberto |
| EOLO-KOMETA | |
| 111 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo |
| 112 | BAIS Davide |
| 113 | CHRISTIAN Mark |
| 114 | FANCELLU Alessandro |
| 115 | FETTER Erik |
| 116 | MAESTRI Mirco |
| 117 | RIVI Samuele |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
| 121 | PACHER Quentin |
| 122 | ARMIRAIL Bruno |
| 123 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu |
| 124 | MOLARD Rudy |
| 125 | STORER Michael |
| 126 | VALTER Attila |
| 127 | VAN DEN BERG Lars |
| INEOS GRENADIERS | |
| 131 | YATES Adam |
| 132 | DE PLUS Laurens |
| 133 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao |
| 134 | MARTINEZ Daniel |
| 135 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos |
| 136 | SIVAKOV Pavel |
| 137 | TULETT Ben |
| INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | |
| 141 | ROTA Lorenzo |
| 142 | BAKELANTS Jan |
| 143 | HERMANS Quinten |
| 144 | HUYS Laurens |
| 145 | PETILLI Simone |
| 146 | POZZOVIVO Domenico |
| 147 | TAARAMAE Rein |
| ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | |
| 151 | FUGLSANG Jakob |
| 152 | STRONG Corbin |
| 153 | DE MARCHI Alessandro |
| 154 | HAGEN Carl Fredrik |
| 155 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto |
| 156 | CATAFORD Alexander |
| 157 | WOODS Michael |
| JUMBO-VISMA | |
| 161 | VINGEGAARD Jonas |
| 162 | BOUWMAN Koen |
| 163 | FOSS Tobias |
| 164 | GESINK Robert |
| 165 | HARPER Chris |
| 166 | LEEMREIZE Gijs |
| 167 | OOMEN Sam |
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| 171 | WELLENS Tim |
| 172 | CONCA Filippo |
| 173 | KRON Andreas |
| 174 | MALECKI Kamil |
| 175 | VAN GILS Maxim |
| 176 | VANHOUCKE Harm |
| 177 | VERSCHAEVE Viktor |
| MOVISTAR | |
| 181 | VALVERDE Alejandro |
| 182 | ARCAS Jorge |
| 183 | ERVITI Imanol |
| 184 | GARCIA Ivan |
| 185 | JACOBS Johan |
| 186 | MAS Enric |
| 187 | ROJAS Jose |
| QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | |
| 191 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian |
| 192 | BAGIOLI Andrea |
| 193 | DEVENYNS Dries |
| 194 | HONORÉ Mikkel |
| 195 | VAN WILDER Ilan |
| 196 | VANSEVENANT Mauri |
| 197 | VERVAEKE Louis |
| ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
| 201 | BARGUIL Warren |
| 202 | BARRÉ Louis |
| 203 | EDET Nicolas |
| 204 | GESBERT Elie |
| 205 | GUGLIELMI Simon |
| 206 | RIES Michel |
| 207 | VAUQUELIN Kevin |
| BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO | |
| 211 | SOBRERO Matteo |
| 212 | BALMER Alexandre |
| 213 | COLLEONI Kevin |
| 214 | CRADDOCK Lawson |
| 215 | GRMAY Tsgabu |
| 216 | KANGERT Tanel |
| 217 | SCHULTZ Nicholas |
| TEAM DSM | |
| 221 | BARDET Romain |
| 222 | ARENSMAN Thymen |
| 223 | BRENNER Marco |
| 224 | DONOVAN Mark |
| 225 | HAMILTON Chris |
| 226 | LEKNESSUND Andreas |
| 227 | TUSVELD Martijn |
| TOTALENERGIES | |
| 231 | LATOUR Pierre |
| 232 | BURGAUDEAU Mathieu |
| 233 | DE LA PARTE Victor |
| 234 | GRELLIER Fabien |
| 235 | JOUSSEAUME Alan |
| 236 | OURSELIN Paul |
| 237 | VUILLERMOZ Alexis |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 241 | MOLLEMA Bauke |
| 242 | BERNARD Julien |
| 243 | CICCONE Giulio |
| 244 | ELISSONDE Kenny |
| 245 | GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel |
| 246 | SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias |
| 247 | TOLHOEK Antwan |