2021 Il Lombardia (World Tour), Italy
Formerly Giro di Lombardia
115th edition: Saturday, October 9, 2021
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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:
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
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 |