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Como - Bergamo, 254 kilometers

Vincenzo Nibali wins Il Lombardia

The race: Joaquin Rodriguez injured his knee training and did not start.

Early on, eleven riders broke away. After 100 kilometers of racing, the group, which included Stefan Schumacher, Simon Geschke, Jan Polanc, Jerome Coppel and Dennis van Winden, had a gap of seven and a half minutes. Astana did most of the work of keeping the gap from getting out of hand.

The eleven were still together at the start of the Madonna del Ghisallo ascent, with roughly 80 kilometers to race. But their lead was half of what it had been, about four minutes. And on the Ghisallo, the break came apart and was caught, with attacks from the peloton flying off.

When a bit of the smoke had cleared, the riders were descending the hill that came after the Ghisallo, the Sormano. Michal Kwiatkowski and Tim Wellens had a small gap over a chase group of about twenty.

On the race's final real climb, the Civiglio, the duo were caught. That left just twenty kilometers to determine the race's winner.

The attacks kept flying, but were managed by a small front group with Thibaut Pinot, Diego Rosa, Esteban Chaves, Mikel Nieve and more importantly, Alejandro Valverde and Vincenzo Nibali.

Bam! Nibali went on the descent of the Civiliglio. The skilled Italian descender took every chance to build a gap and with ten kilometers to go he had a half minute.

Daniel Moreno gave serious chase, but Nibali was on song. This was his day as he crossed the line alone, winning one of racing's most prestigious and ancient races. Well done!

Moreno followed in at 21 seconds.

Complete Results:

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254 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.482 km/hr

1	Vincenzo NIBALI	ASTANA	6:16:28
2	Daniel MORENO	KATUSHA	@ 21sec
3	Thibaut PINOT	FDJ	32
4	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	46
5	Diego ROSA	ASTANA	s.t.
6	Mikel NIEVE	SKY	s.t.
7	Tony GALLOPIN	LOTTO-SOUDAL	56
8	Jhoan Esteban CHAVES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
9	Sergio Luis HENAO	SKY	s.t.
10	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+1:10
11	Robert GESINK	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+3:06
12	Wouter POELS	SKY	+4:10
13	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+4:23
14	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
15	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
16	Carlos VERONA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
17	Romain BARDET	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+4:25
18	Simon YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
19	Domenico POZZOVIVO	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+4:58
20	Warren BARGUIL	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
21	Jan BAKELANTS	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+5:25
22	Edoardo ZARDINI	BARDIANI-CSF	+5:44
23	Damiano CUNEGO	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
24	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
25	Yury TROFIMOV	KATUSHA	s.t.
26	Maxime BOUET	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
27	Leopold KONIG	SKY	+5:50
28	Darwin ATAPUMA	BMC	+6:01
29	Mikel LANDA	ASTANA	+6:21
30	Davide REBELLIN	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	+6:26
31	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	+7:02
32	Matteo BUSATO	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
33	Philippe GILBERT	BMC	s.t.
34	Francesco GAVAZZI	SOUTHEAST	+8:37
35	George BENNETT	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+8:55
36	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
37	Jan POLANC	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
38	Frank SCHLECK	TREK	s.t.
39	Simone PONZI	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
40	Bart DE CLERCQ	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
41	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
42	Miguel Angel RUBIANO	COLOMBIA	+9:35
43	Haimar ZUBELDIA	TREK	s.t.
44	Davide VILLELLA	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
45	Matteo MONTAGUTI	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
46	Rui Alberto FARIA	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
47	Andre Fernando CARDOSO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
48	Patrick KONRAD	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
49	Franco PELLIZOTTI	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
50	Fabio FELLINE	TREK	s.t.
51	Marco FRAPPORTI	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+9:36
52	Daniel MARTIN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
53	Petr VAKOC	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+9:41
54	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
55	Marcel WYSS	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
56	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+11:58
57	Eduard VORGANOV	KATUSHA	+14:59
58	Wilco KELDERMAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+15:01
59	Dennis VAN WINDEN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
60	Sebastian HENAO	SKY	s.t.
61	Carlos Julian QUINTERO	COLOMBIA	s.t.
62	Kenny ELISSONDE	FDJ	s.t.
63	Javier MORENO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
64	Mauro FINETTO	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
65	Giovanni VISCONTI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
66	Alessandro TONELLI	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
67	Enrico BARBIN	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
68	Maciej PATERSKI	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
69	Rafal MAJKA	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
70	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
71	Tim WELLENS	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
72	Peter KENNAUGH	SKY	s.t.
73	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+15:06
74	Diego ULISSI	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+17:22
75	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	s.t.
76	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+19:49
77	Stefan SCHUMACHER	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
78	Pierre-Roger LATOUR	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
79	Stef CLEMENT	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
80	Sylwester SZMYD	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
81	Valerio CONTI	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
82	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
83	Chris Anker SÖRENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
84	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
85	Gert DOCKX	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
86	Adrian HONKISZ	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
87	Ilia KOSHEVOY	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
88	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
89	Alberto BETTIOL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+19:51
90	Timo ROOSEN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
91	Gianfranco ZILIOLI	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
92	Manuel SENNI	BMC	s.t.
93	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
94	Rodolfo Andres TORRES	COLOMBIA	s.t.
95	Alessandro VANOTTI	ASTANA	s.t.
96	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
97	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
98	Simon GESCHKE	GIANT-ALPECIN	+19:52
99	Bram TANKINK	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+23:12
DNF	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR
DNF	Didier Alonso CHAPARRO	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
DNF	Eduard Michael GROSU	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
DNF	Genki YAMAMOTO	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
DNF	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	GIANT-ALPECIN
DNF	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN
DNF	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN
DNF	Luka MEZGEC	GIANT-ALPECIN
DNF	Bertjan LINDEMAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
DNF	Bruno PIRES	TINKOFF-SAXO
DNF	Daniele RATTO	UNITED HEALTHCARE
DNF	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	CANNONDALE-GARMIN
DNF	Sonny COLBRELLI	BARDIANI-CSF
DNF	Alan MARANGONI	CANNONDALE-GARMIN
DNF	Damiano CARUSO	BMC
DNF	Peter VELITS	BMC
DNF	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18
DNF	Cristiano SALERNO	BORA-ARGON 18
DNF	Jorge Camilo CASTIBLANCO	COLOMBIA
DNF	Daniel MARTÍNEZ	COLOMBIA
DNF	Michele SCARPONI	ASTANA
DNF	Tom DUMOULIN	GIANT-ALPECIN
DNF	Moreno MOSER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN
DNF	Alessandro MALAGUTI	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
DNF	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC
DNF	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE-MERIDA
DNF	Kristijan DURASEK	LAMPRE-MERIDA
DNF	Manuele MORI	LAMPRE-MERIDA
DNF	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR
DNF	Samuele CONTI	SOUTHEAST
DNF	Kiel REIJNEN	UNITED HEALTHCARE
DNF	Jesper HANSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO
DNF	Jesus HERNANDEZ	TINKOFF-SAXO
DNF	Robert KISERLOVSKI	TINKOFF-SAXO
DNF	Pawel POLJANSKI	TINKOFF-SAXO
DNF	Giacomo NIZZOLO	TREK
DNF	Julian David ARREDONDO	TREK
DNF	Laurent DIDIER	TREK
DNF	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK
DNF	Alessandro BAZZANA	UNITED HEALTHCARE
DNF	Janez BRAJKOVIC	UNITED HEALTHCARE
DNF	Marco CANOLA	UNITED HEALTHCARE
DNF	Lucas EUSER	UNITED HEALTHCARE
DNF	Tanner PUTT	UNITED HEALTHCARE
DNF	Federico ZURLO	UNITED HEALTHCARE
DNF	Hubert DUPONT	AG2R-LA MONDIALE
DNF	Guillaume BONNAFOND	AG2R-LA MONDIALE
DNF	Marco BANDIERA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
DNF	Oscar GATTO	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
DNF	Simone STORTONI	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
DNF	Alberto NARDIN	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
DNF	Valerio AGNOLI	ASTANA
DNF	Dario CATALDO	ASTANA
DNF	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	ASTANA
DNF	Francesco BONGIORNO	BARDIANI-CSF
DNF	Luca CHIRICO	BARDIANI-CSF
DNF	Stefano PIRAZZI	BARDIANI-CSF
DNF	Simone STERBINI	BARDIANI-CSF
DNF	José Joao PIMENTA	BORA-ARGON 18
DNF	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18
DNF	Jan HIRT	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
DNF	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
DNF	Alex CANO ARDILA	COLOMBIA
DNF	Fabio Andres DUARTE	COLOMBIA
DNF	Ramirez Chacon BRAYAN	COLOMBIA
DNF	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP
DNF	Zdenek STYBAR	ETIXX-QUICK STEP
DNF	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	ETIXX-QUICK STEP
DNF	Alexandre GENIEZ	FDJ
DNF	Arnold JEANNESSON	FDJ
DNF	Anthony ROUX	FDJ
DNF	Jérémy ROY	FDJ
DNF	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ
DNF	Tiesj BENOOT	LOTTO-SOUDAL
DNF	Louis VERVAEKE	LOTTO-SOUDAL
DNF	Jon IZAGUIRRE	MOVISTAR
DNF	Marc SOLER	MOVISTAR
DNF	Giacomo BERLATO	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
DNF	Alessandro BISOLTI	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
DNF	Simon GERRANS	ORICA-GREENEDGE
DNF	Michael ALBASINI	ORICA-GREENEDGE
DNF	Damien HOWSON	ORICA-GREENEDGE
DNF	Manuel BELLETTI	SOUTHEAST
DNF	Luca WACKERMANN	SOUTHEAST
DNF	Lawson CRADDOCK	GIANT-ALPECIN
DNF	Jacopo GUARNIERI	KATUSHA
DNF	Alberto LOSADA	KATUSHA
DNF	Angel VICIOSO	KATUSHA
DNF	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA
DNF	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
DNF	Ian BOSWELL	SKY
DNF	Vasil KIRYIENKA	SKY
DNF	Daniele BENNATI	TINKOFF-SAXO
DNF	Jerome COPPEL	IAM CYCLING
DNF	Stefan DENIFL	IAM CYCLING
DNF	Clement CHEVRIER	IAM CYCLING
DNF	Mathias FRANK	IAM CYCLING
DNF	Jarlinson PANTANO	IAM CYCLING
DNF	Lawrence WARBASSE	IAM CYCLING
DNS	Serghei TVETCOV	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
DNS	Andrea FEDI	SOUTHEAST

2015 IL Lombardia course map and profile:

2015 Il Lombardia map

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YouTube video of the final 15 minutes. It's in Italian, but the action is easy to understand.

2015 Il Lombardia photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The peloton ascends the Ghisallo

Michal Kwiatkowski is off the front on the Surmano

Time Wellens is giving chase and will catch Kwiatkowski

Robert Gesink

Thibaut Pinot

Damiano Cunego

Philippe Gilbert

Vincenzo Nibali blasts down the Civiglio

Thibaut Pinot and Daniel Moreno do their best to follow Nibali

Vincenzo Nibali wins Il Lombardia

Nibali just after finishing.

Nibali and teammate Diego Rosa

To the victor go the spoils. Vincenzo Nibali enjoys his win.

Nibali holds his daughter on the podium

The day's podium, from left: Daniel Moreno (2nd), Vincenzo Nibali, and Thibaut Pinot (3rd)

Start list with back numbers, October 3, 2015:

	CANNONDALE-GARMIN
1	MARTIN Daniel
2	BETTIOL Alberto
3	CARDOSO Andre Fernando
4	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
5	MARANGONI Alan
6	MOSER Moreno
7	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
8	VILLELLA Davide
	AG2R-LA MONDIALE
11	POZZOVIVO Domenico
12	BAKELANTS Jan
13	BARDET Romain
14	BONNAFOND Guillaume
15	LATOUR Pierre-Roger
16	MONTAGUTI Matteo
17	DUPONT Hubert
18	VUILLERMOZ Alexis
	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
21	PELLIZOTTI Franco
22	BANDIERA Marco
23	FRAPPORTI Marco
24	GATTO Oscar
25	STORTONI Simone
26	TALIANI Alessio
27	TVETCOV Serghei
28	ZILIOLI Gianfranco
	ASTANA
31	NIBALI Vincenzo
32	AGNOLI Valerio
33	CATALDO Dario
34	LANDA Mikel
35	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
36	VANOTTI Alessandro
37	ROSA Diego
38	SCARPONI Michele
	BARDIANI-CSF
41	COLBRELLI Sonny
42	BARBIN Enrico
43	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel
44	CHIRICO Luca
45	PIRAZZI Stefano
46	STERBINI Simone
47	TONELLI Alessandro
48	ZARDINI Edoardo
	BMC
51	GILBERT Philippe
52	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin
53	CARUSO Damiano
54	DE MARCHI Alessandro
55	SANCHEZ Samuel
56	SENNI Manuel
57	TEUNS Dylan
58	VELITS Peter
	BORA-ARGON 18
61	BENEDETTI Cesare
62	BARTA Jan
63	BUCHMANN Emanuel
64	KONRAD Patrick
65	NERZ Dominik
66	PIMENTA José Joao
67	SALERNO Cristiano
68	VOSS Paul
	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
71	REBELLIN Davide
72	HIRT Jan
73	HONKISZ Adrian
74	OWSIAN Lukasz
75	PATERSKI Maciej
76	PLUCINSKI Leszek
77	SCHUMACHER Stefan
78	SZMYD Sylvester
	COLOMBIA
81	CANO Alex Norberto
82	CASTIBLANCO Jorge Camilo
83	DUARTE Fabio Andres
84	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe
85	QUINTERO Carlos Julian
86	RAMIREZ Brayan Stiven
87	RUBIANO Miguel Angel
88	TORRES Rodolfo Andres
	ETIXX-QUICK STEP
91	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
92	BOUET Maxime
93	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
94	GOLAS Michal
95	STYBAR Zdenek
96	VAKOC Petr
97	VERONA Carlos
98	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
	FDJ
101	PINOT Thibaut
102	ELISSONDE Kenny
103	GENIEZ Alexandre
104	MORABITO Steve
105	JEANNESSON Arnold
106	ROY Jérémy
107	ROUX Anthony
108	VICHOT Arthur
	IAM CYCLING
111	CLEMENT Stef
112	COPPEL Jerome
113	DENIFL Stefan
114	ELMIGER Martin
115	FRANK Mathias
116	PANTANO Jarlinson
117	WARBASSE Larry
118	WYSS Marcel
	LAMPRE-MERIDA
121	ULISSI Diego
122	BONO Matteo
123	CATTANEO Mattia
124	CONTI Valerio
125	DURASEK Kristijan
126	FARIA Rui Alberto
127	KOSHEVOY Ilia
128	POLANC Jan
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
131	GALLOPIN Tony
132	ARMEE Sander
133	BENOOT Tiesj
134	DE CLERCQ Bart
135	MONFORT Maxime
136	DOCKX Gert
137	VERVAEKE Louis
138	WELLENS Tim
	MOVISTAR
141	VALVERDE Alejandro
142	AMADOR Andrey
143	IZAGUIRRE Jon
144	MORENO Javier
145	ROJAS Jose Joaquin
146	SOLER Marc
147	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
148	VISCONTI Giovanni
	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
151	CUNEGO Damiano
152	BERLATO Giacomo
153	BISOLTI Alessandro
154	CHAPARRO Didier Alonso
155	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo
156	FILOSI Iuri
157	GROSU Eduard Michael
158	YAMAMOTO Genki
	ORICA-GREENEDGE
161	GERRANS Simon
162	ALBASINI Michael
163	CHAVES Johan Esteban
164	HOWSON Damien
165	KEUKELEIRE Jens
166	MEIER Christian
167	YATES Adam
168	YATES Simon
	SOUTHEAST
171	BELLETTI Manuel
172	BUSATO Matteo
173	CONTI Samuele
174	FEDI Andrea
175	FINETTO Mauro
176	GAVAZZI Francesco
177	PONZI Simone
178	WACKERMANN Luca
	GIANT-ALPECIN
181	DUMOULIN Tom
182	BARGUIL Warren
183	CRADDOCK Lawson
184	FROHLINGER Johannes
185	GESCHKE Simon
186	HAGA Chad
187	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
188	PREIDLER Georg
	KATUSHA
191	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin Jacopo Guarnieri
192	LAGUTIN Sergey
193	LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto
194	MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel
195	TROFIMOV Yury
196	VICIOSO ARCOS Angel
197	VORGANOV Eduard
198	MACHADO Tiago
	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
201	KELDERMAN Wilco
202	BENNETT George
203	GESINK Robert
204	KRUIJSWIJK Steven
205	LINDEMAN Bertjan
206	ROOSEN Timo
207	TANKINK Bram
208	VAN WINDEN Dennis
	SKY
211	KONIG Leopold
212	BOSWELL Ian
213	HENAO Sebastian
214	HENAO Sergio
215	KENNAUGH Peter
216	KIRYIENKA Vasil
217	NIEVE Mikel
	TINKOFF-SAXO
221	MAJKA Rafal
222	BENNATI Daniele
223	HANSEN Jesper
224	HERNANDEZ Jesus
225	KISERLOVSKI Robert
226	PIRES Bruno
227	POLJANSKI Pawel
228	SØRENSEN Chris Anker
	TREK
231	SCHLECK Frank
232	NIZZOLO Giacomo
233	ARREDONDO Julian
234	DIDIER Laurent
235	FELLINE Fabio
236	MOLLEMA Bauke
237	POPOVYCH Yaroslav
238	ZUBELDIA Haimar
	UNITED HEALTHCARE
241	REIJNEN Kiel
242	BAZZANA Alessandro
243	BRAJKOVIC Janez
244	CANOLA Marco
245	EUSER Lucas
246	PUTT Tanner
247	RATTO Daniele
248	ZURLO Federico