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Il Lombardia 2026

Saturday, October 10 · Bergamo → Como

  1. 1 Paul Seixas 5h49’28”
  2. 2 Enric Mas +48”
  3. 3 Giulio Ciccone +1’05”
KM
239
ELEVATION
4,600 m

Our articles on this race

2 more articles, further down
Il profilo del percorsoIl profilo con la quota di ogni località della cronotabella ufficiale; piene le salite principali, con lunghezza e pendenza media; in giallo le cime.250500750100012501500m04080120160200239km dalla partenzaValpiana10,1 km al 6,2%Selvino10,1 km al 5,9%Ghisallo8,6 km al 6,2%Civiglio4,2 km al 9,7%Giovenzana3,6 km al 9,2%San Fermo2,7 km al 7,2%
Main climbs filled, summits in yellow.

The climbs

ROUTE SCHEDULE · 66 PLACES
Climb To the finish Length Average Max Time VAM W/kg Fastest
Selvino 207.1 10.1 km 5.9% 9% about 26′46″23′52″–29′41″ about 1,340 about 5.24.5–6.0 the head of the race
Valpiana 153.5 10.1 km 6.2% 10% about 25′58″24′37″–28′00″ about 1,460 about 5.65.1–6.0 the head of the race
Giovenzana 102.9 3.6 km 9.2% 16% about 13′00″12′00″–14′00″ about 1,540 about 5.34.9–5.8 the head of the race
Madonna del Ghisallo 60.6 8.6 km 6.2% 14% 19′19″ 1,650 6.6 Simmons, Jorgenson, McNulty, Scaroni
San Fermo della Battaglia1st ascent 27.1 2.7 km 7.2% 10% 6′10″ 1,900 7.3 Pellizzari
Civiglio 16.7 4.2 km 9.7% 14% about 12′16″11′15″–13′17″ about 1,990 about 7.06.4–7.7 the head of the race
San Fermo della Battaglia2nd ascent 5.2 2.7 km 7.2% 10% 6′17″ 1,860 7.2 Seixas
  1. Selvino about 26′46″ · 5.2 W/kg at 207.1 to go · 10.1 km at 5.9% 4.5–6.0 W/kg range
  2. Valpiana about 25′58″ · 5.6 W/kg at 153.5 to go · 10.1 km at 6.2% 5.1–6.0 W/kg range
  3. Giovenzana about 13′00″ · 5.3 W/kg at 102.9 to go · 3.6 km at 9.2% 4.9–5.8 W/kg range
  4. Madonna del Ghisallo 19′19″ · 6.6 W/kg at 60.6 to go · 8.6 km at 6.2% Simmons, Jorgenson
  5. San Fermo della Battaglia 6′10″ · 7.3 W/kg 1st ascent · at 27.1 to go · 2.7 km at 7.2% Pellizzari
  6. Civiglio about 12′16″ · 7.0 W/kg at 16.7 to go · 4.2 km at 9.7% 6.4–7.7 W/kg range
  7. San Fermo della Battaglia 6′17″ · 7.2 W/kg 2nd ascent · at 5.2 to go · 2.7 km at 7.2% Seixas

In bold the fastest rider’s time, as timed by the organizer. With «about»: our estimate for the head of the race from the live reports, with the range below. Watts per kilo for a 65 kg rider, alone and with no wind; with the weight of the rider at the head of the race when their team declares it. On yellow, the highest watts per kilo of the day.

The finishing order

174 starters, 114 finishers
Pos.RiderTime and gap
1Paul SeixasDecathlon CMA CGM Team5h49’28”
2Enric MasMovistar Team+48”
3Giulio CicconeLidl-⁠Trek · the best Italian+1’05”
4Remco EvenepoelRed Bull-⁠Bora-⁠Hansgrohe+1’20”
5Brandon McNultyUAE Team Emirates XRG+1’20”
6Thomas PidcockPinarello-⁠Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team+1’20”
7Peio BilbaoBahrain Victorious+1’20”
8Christian ScaroniXDS Astana Team+1’20”
9Filippo ZanaSoudal Quick-⁠Step+1’20”
10Mathys RondelTudor Pro Cycling Team+1’20”
The full result: 114 riders
Pos.RiderTime and gap
11Ramses DebruyneAlpecin-⁠Premier Tech+1’20”
12Ben HealyEF Education-⁠EasyPost+1’20”
13Jarno WidarLotto-⁠Intermarché+2’06”
14Oscar OnleyNetcompany INEOS+2’06”
15Clément BerthetGroupama-⁠FDJ United+2’06”
16Davide PiganzoliTeam Visma | Lease a Bike+2’06”
17Mikel LandaSoudal Quick-⁠Step+2’29”
18Ben TulettTeam Visma | Lease a Bike+2’51”
19Alessandro FancelluMBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort+2’51”
20Sam MaisonobeCofidis+2’51”
21Michael StorerTudor Pro Cycling Team+3’52”
22Michael LeonardEF Education-⁠EasyPost+3’53”
23Matteo JorgensonTeam Visma | Lease a Bike+4’23”
24Sylvain MoniquetCofidis+4’27”
25Ben O’ConnorTeam Jayco AlUla+4’33”
26George BennettNSN Cycling Team+4’52”
27Lennert Van EetveltLotto-⁠Intermarché+4’52”
28Isaac Del ToroUAE Team Emirates XRG+4’59”
29Adam YatesUAE Team Emirates XRG+4’59”
30Simone VelascoXDS Astana Team+5’29”
31Lenny MartinezBahrain Victorious+6’19”
32Simone GualdiLotto-⁠Intermarché+6’58”
33Emiel VerstryngeAlpecin-⁠Premier Tech+6’58”
34Louis VervaekeSoudal Quick-⁠Step+6’58”
35Juan Felipe RodríguezEF Education-⁠EasyPost+6’58”
36Julien BernardLidl-⁠Trek+6’58”
37Giulio PellizzariRed Bull-⁠Bora-⁠Hansgrohe+7’05”
38Thymen ArensmanNetcompany INEOS+7’43”
39Gianmarco GarofoliSoudal Quick-⁠Step+7’51”
40Louis BarréTeam Visma | Lease a Bike+7’51”
41Filippo TurconiBardiani CSF 7 Saber+7’54”
42Francesco BusattoAlpecin-⁠Premier Tech+8’06”
43Nicola ConciXDS Astana Team+8’06”
44Carlos CanalMovistar Team+8’06”
45Ludovico CrescioliTeam Polti VisitMalta+8’06”
46Larry WarbasseTudor Pro Cycling Team+8’06”
47Sergio SamitierCofidis+8’06”
48Valentin MadouasGroupama-⁠FDJ United+8’06”
49Rudy PorterTeam Jayco AlUla+8’06”
50Maximilian SchachmannSoudal Quick-⁠Step+8’06”
51Alex TolioBardiani CSF 7 Saber+8’06”
52Lennart JaschTudor Pro Cycling Team+8’06”
53Pau MartíNSN Cycling Team+8’06”
54Roger AdriàMovistar Team+8’06”
55Louis RoulandCofidis+8’06”
56Simon DalbyUno-⁠X Mobility+8’06”
57Lorenzo GermaniGroupama-⁠FDJ United+8’06”
58Georg ZimmermannLotto-⁠Intermarché+8’06”
59Santiago BuitragoBahrain Victorious+8’06”
60Quentin PacherGroupama-⁠FDJ United+8’06”
61Nicolas ProdhommeDecathlon CMA CGM Team+8’06”
62Rudy MolardGroupama-⁠FDJ United+8’06”
63Axel LauranceNetcompany INEOS+8’52”
64Jack HaigNetcompany INEOS+8’52”
65Fausto MasnadaMBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort+8’52”
66Einer RubioMovistar Team+8’52”
67Jakob OmrzelBahrain Victorious+8’52”
68Primož RogličRed Bull-⁠Bora-⁠Hansgrohe+9’08”
69Alessandro CoviTeam Jayco AlUla+9’38”
70Juan Pedro LópezMovistar Team+9’38”
71Edoardo ZambaniniBahrain Victorious+9’38”
72Sam OomenLidl-⁠Trek+9’47”
73Juan AyusoLidl-⁠Trek+10’33”
74Gijs LeemreizeTeam Picnic-⁠PostNL+12’14”
75Jan HirtNSN Cycling Team+12’14”
76Tiesj BenootDecathlon CMA CGM Team+12’14”
77Walter CalzoniPinarello-⁠Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team+13’03”
78Luca VergallitoAlpecin-⁠Premier Tech+13’30”
79Lorenzo FortunatoXDS Astana Team+13’30”
80Felix GroßschartnerUAE Team Emirates XRG+13’30”
81Andrea MifsudTeam Polti VisitMalta+13’44”
82Pavel SivakovUAE Team Emirates XRG+13’44”
83Giovanni AleottiRed Bull-⁠Bora-⁠Hansgrohe+13’44”
84Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-⁠X Mobility+13’47”
85Johannes KulsetUno-⁠X Mobility+13’47”
86Jon IzagirreCofidis+13’47”
87Lars CrapsLotto-⁠Intermarché+14’21”
88Roland ThalmannTudor Pro Cycling Team+15’42”
89Diego UlissiXDS Astana Team+15’42”
90Tijmen GraatTeam Visma | Lease a Bike+15’42”
91Victor CampenaertsTeam Visma | Lease a Bike+15’42”
92Anthon CharmigUno-⁠X Mobility+16’30”
93Maxime DecombleGroupama-⁠FDJ United+16’30”
94Odd Christian EikingUnibet Rose Rockets+16’56”
95Xandro MeurissePinarello-⁠Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team+16’56”
96Asbjørn HellemoseTeam Jayco AlUla+18’30”
97Florian KajaminiMBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort+18’30”
98Killian VerschurenUnibet Rose Rockets+18’30”
99Hannes WilkschTudor Pro Cycling Team+18’30”
100Jannis PeterUnibet Rose Rockets+18’30”
101Moritz KretschyNSN Cycling Team+18’30”
102Edoardo ZamperiniCofidis+18’33”
103Quinn SimmonsLidl-⁠Trek+18’33”
104Magnus SheffieldNetcompany INEOS+18’33”
105Sean QuinnEF Education-⁠EasyPost+18’33”
106Cedrik Bakke ChristophersenUnibet Rose Rockets+18’33”
107Alessandro VerreMBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort+18’33”
108Dylan TeunsCofidis+18’33”
109Mauri VansevenantSoudal Quick-⁠Step+18’33”
110Christopher Juul JensenTeam Jayco AlUla+18’33”
111Anders SkaarsethUno-⁠X Mobility+18’33”
112Warren BarguilTeam Picnic-⁠PostNL+18’33”
113Sergio MerisUnibet Rose Rockets+21’03”
114Bauke MollemaLidl-⁠Trek+21’16”

Result: official UCI results.

Planned and lived

The times printed by the organizer, and the times the head of the race actually passed.

Altitude Place To go 38 km/h 40 km/h 42 km/h Passed at vs 40
255 Bergamo 239 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:17 +17′
947 Selvino 207.1 11:59 11:55 11:52 about 12:09 +14′
989 Valpiana 153.5 13:28 13:19 13:11 about 13:31 +12′
670 Giovenzana 102.9 14:40 14:28 14:16 about 14:40 +12′
758 Madonna del Ghisallo 60.6 15:46 15:30 15:16 about 15:41 +11′
397 San Fermo della Battaglia 27.1 16:32 16:14 15:58 about 16:24 +10′
613 Civiglio 16.7 16:56 16:36 16:18 about 16:44 +8′
397 San Fermo della Battaglia 5.2 17:14 16:52 16:34 about 17:03 +11′
201 Como 0 17:20 16:59 16:40 17:06 +7′

The start from the live coverage, the finish from the winner’s time. The summits, with «about», from the live reports and the distances given live, which arrive a few minutes late.

The fagIAno · No. 001 · frozen 10/09 22:53

Paul Seixas won: we had two riders ahead on our list.

We had given the winner 11.3%.

Our favourite
Remco Evenepoel (39%): finished 4th.
How it ended
Solo, a scenario we had given 70%.
The full receipt
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The fagIAno’s receipt · No. 001

Il Lombardia 2026Bergamo → Como · 239 km · 4,600 m

Frozen
10/09/2026 22:53:03
Start
10/10/2026 10:55
Model
v0.3 · 3,171 head-to-heads
Data up to
10/09/2026
Our list before the start: win probability and finishing place
Place on our listForecastWinFin.
1Evenepoel39%4th
2Del Toro Romero19.8%28th
3Seixas (won)11.3%1st
4Ciccone2.7%3rd
5Pidcock2.3%6th
170 others25%
How it ends
ScenarioProbabilityIntervalHow it ended
Solo70%45–90%it ended like this
Sprint20%4.1–43%
Small group10%0.6–28%
To the winner
11.3%
Over 174 starters
11.7%
Log loss
2.15
The experts
3.15

Against the experts · 41 races of 2026

The fagIAno
2.85
The experts
3.28

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The sums, line by line

We had given the winner 11.3%.

Paul Seixas won: we had two riders ahead on our list. Of our top ten, six finished in the top ten. How it ended: the winner finished alone, a scenario we had given 70%.

The podium, with the probabilities we had given
FinishWinPodiumOn our list
1st Paul SeixasDecathlon CMA CGM Team 11.3% 32% 3rd
2nd Enric Mas NicolauMovistar Team 0.3% 1.5% 30th
3rd Giulio CicconeLidl-⁠Trek 2.7% 11.1% 4th
The numbers: what each forecast gave the winner
ForecastTo the winnerLog loss
The fagIAno, recomputed over the startersfrozen 11.3% → 11.7% over the 174 starters 11.7% 2.15
The experts 4.3% 3.15
UCI one-day race ranking (October 6) 5.8% 2.85
Form 2.9% 3.53
Everyone equal 0.6% 5.16

Log loss is minus the logarithm of the probability given to the winner: the lower, the better. All predictions are compared on the 174 starters, from the official UCI results: whatever the fagIAno gave to riders who then didn’t start is shared out among those who did. Form counts how many times a rider finished in the top ten over the last year (World Tour, ProSeries, Worlds and Europeans). One race says little: we judge the model on the races it hadn’t seen, in the fagIAno’s record.

What we forecast before the start

What we do

  • done: The 11 editions since 2015, 7 of them finishing in Como
  • done: Route, climbs and timings: 66 locations
  • done: The entry list: 175 riders from 25 teams
  • done: Hour-by-hour weather at the key points
  • done: Our model: how the race can end
  • done: Riders' model: passed the test on races it had not seen
  • in progress: Starters confirmed on the eve of the race

Our predictions

  1. How it ends: the winner arrives alone, at 70% (between 45% and 90%).
  2. The margin: without a dominant rider, between 16" and 32" over second place.
  3. Who: according to the rider model, the most likely winners are Remco Evenepoel (39%), Isaac Del Toro Romero (19.8%), Paul Seixas (11.3%).

Two scenarios

1 · 70%

An attack on the hardest climb of the finale, Civiglio, and a solo finish: that is how the race has been won most often.

2 · 20%

Nobody makes the difference on Civiglio, the best regroup on the descent and two or three of them sprint for the win.

Where it is decided

The favourites will probably attack on the Civiglio: 4.2 km at 9.7%, peaks of 14%, summit 16.7 km from the finish. It is the hardest climb of the finale. The last chance is the San Fermo della Battaglia, which crests 5.2 km from the line.

This is a reading of the route: length and gradient of the climbs in the finale.

How it can end

The winner arrives alone 70% (between 45% and 90%)
A two- or three-up sprint 20% (between 4.1% and 43%)
A larger group 10% (between 0.6% and 28%)

How big a gap? In the years without a dominant rider (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) the solo winner had between 16" and 32" on second place. Every year between 30% and 70% of the starters finish.

The favourites

RiderWinPodiumTop 10s
Remco EvenepoelRed Bull-⁠Bora-⁠Hansgrohe 39% (34%–44%) 65% 75%
Isaac Del Toro RomeroUAE Team Emirates XRG 19.8% (17.3%–23%) 45% 65%
Paul SeixasDecathlon CMA CGM Team 11.3% (9.2%–13.7%) 32% 57%
Giulio CicconeLidl-⁠Trek 2.7% (2.3%–3.1%) 11.1% 34%
Tom PidcockPinarello-⁠Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2.3% (1.8%–3%) 9.8% 32%
Matteo JorgensonTeam Visma | Lease A Bike 1.8% (1.6%–2.2%) 7.9% 28%
Primož RogličRed Bull-⁠Bora-⁠Hansgrohe 1.8% (1.4%–2.4%) 7.5% 28%
Brandon McNultyUAE Team Emirates XRG 1.7% (1.4%–2%) 7.8% 27%
Christian ScaroniXDS Astana Team 1.4% (1.2%–1.6%) 6.3% 24%
Giulio PellizzariRed Bull-⁠Bora-⁠Hansgrohe 1.1% (0.9%–1.4%) 5.7% 22%

The test: on the 51 races it had not seen, the model has a log loss of 2.85, against 3.41 for the UCI ranking (lower is better).

The weather

At the expected passing times between 14 and 21 degrees, wind up to 8 km/h with gusts up to 22, rain at most 18% likely. The weather should not change the race.

The models we use

How it can end la fagIAnata’s model
From the 7 editions finishing in Como, the probability of each outcome with its 90% interval: with few editions the interval is wide, as it should be.
Who is strongest The riders model
Each starter’s chance of winning, frozen before the start. We publish it because the model passed the test: on the 2026 races it hadn’t seen, it predicted better than the UCI ranking.
The benchmark UCI one-day race ranking
The riders model has to predict the races it has not seen better than the UCI ranking does: we measure it with the log loss. If it fails, we do not publish its probabilities.
How big a margin, how many finishers Statistics on the times
Gaps and finishers in past editions, from the UCI times: the minimum and the maximum, no model involved.
Where it is decided Climb difficulty index
The climbs of the last 30 km ranked by hardness, from length and gradient. A simple rule, not a statistical model.
The weather Numerical forecast
Hour-by-hour temperature, wind and rain from the weather models, at the altitude of each point on the route and at the time the bunch passes.

Our method → The record of every race →

The wind forecast for the finale

PointPassing timeWind°CRain
San Fermo della Battaglia (1st ascent) 27 km from the finish 16:14 6 km/h from WNW headwind gusts 16 19 0.0 mm
Civiglio 17 km from the finish 16:36 8 km/h from W tailwind gusts 17 17 0.0 mm
San Fermo della Battaglia (2nd ascent) 5 km from the finish 16:52 7 km/h from WNW headwind gusts 15 18 0.0 mm
Como 16:59 6 km/h from W tailwind gusts 13 20 0.0 mm
Along the route
PointPassing timeWind°CRain
Bergamo 239 km from the finish 11:00 3 km/h from WNW gusts 10 17 0.0 mm
Bocche del Gavarno (Colle dei Pasta) 225 km from the finish 11:21 3 km/h from WSW crosswind from the left gusts 7 16 0.0 mm
Selvino 207 km from the finish 11:55 5 km/h from NW headwind gusts 12 13 0.0 mm
Colle di Berbenno 173 km from the finish 12:43 4 km/h from SE crosswind from the left gusts 9 15 0.0 mm
Valpiana 154 km from the finish 13:19 4 km/h from SW tailwind gusts 9 14 0.0 mm
Colle Brianza (Giovenzana) 103 km from the finish 14:28 5 km/h from NW crosswind from the left gusts 16 16 0.0 mm
Madonna del Ghisallo 61 km from the finish 15:30 6 km/h from N tailwind gusts 25 15 0.0 mm
Forecast Open-⁠Meteo (CC BY 4.0), updated on October 10 at 5:03 pm. Passing times at an average of 40 km/h.

The entry list

175 riders from 25 teams, entered as of October 7. 174 started, 114 finished (official UCI results).

The full entry list, team by team

UAE Team Emirates XRG

  1. 1 Brandon McNulty USA
  2. 2 Jan Christen SUI
  3. 3 Isaac Del Toro MEX
  4. 4 Felix Großschartner AUT
  5. 5 Domen Novak SLO
  6. 6 Pavel Sivakov FRA
  7. 7 Adam Yates GBR

Alpecin-⁠Premier Tech

  1. 11 Ramses Debruyne BEL
  2. 12 Francesco Busatto ITA
  3. 13 Aaron Dockx BEL
  4. 14 Michael Gogl AUT
  5. 15 Hugo Houle CAN
  6. 16 Luca Vergallito ITA
  7. 17 Emiel Verstrynge BEL

Bahrain Victorious

  1. 21 Lenny Martinez FRA
  2. 22 Peio Bilbao ESP
  3. 23 Santiago Buitrago COL
  4. 24 Fran Miholjević CRO
  5. 25 Jakob Omrzel SLO
  6. 26 Antonio Tiberi ITA
  7. 27 Edoardo Zambanini ITA

Bardiani CSF 7 Saber

  1. 31 Manuele Tarozzi ITA
  2. 32 Luca Covili ITA
  3. 33 Martin Marcellusi ITA
  4. 34 Alessio Martinelli ITA
  5. 35 Luca Paletti ITA
  6. 36 Vicente Rojas CHI
  7. 37 Filippo Turconi ITA

Cofidis

  1. 41 Ion Izaguirre Insausti ESP
  2. 42 Valentin Ferron FRA
  3. 43 Sam Maisonobe FRA
  4. 44 Sylvain Moniquet BEL
  5. 45 Sergio Samitier ESP
  6. 46 Dylan Teuns BEL
  7. 47 Edoardo Zamperini ITA

Decathlon CMA CGM Team

  1. 51 Paul Seixas FRA
  2. 52 Tiesj Benoot BEL
  3. 53 Léo Bisiaux FRA
  4. 54 Noa Isidore FRA
  5. 55 Jordan Labrosse FRA
  6. 56 Aurélien Paret-⁠Peintre FRA
  7. 57 Nicolas Prodhomme FRA

EF Education-⁠EasyPost

  1. 61 Richard Carapaz ECU
  2. 62 Alex Baudin FRA
  3. 63 Ben Healy IRL
  4. 64 Lukas Nerurkar GBR
  5. 65 Neilson Powless USA
  6. 66 Sean Quinn USA
  7. 67 Jardi van der Lee NED

Groupama-⁠FDJ United

  1. 71 Rudy Molard FRA
  2. 72 Clément Berthet FRA
  3. 73 Tom Donnenwirth FRA
  4. 74 Valentin Madouas FRA
  5. 75 Guillaume Martin FRA
  6. 76 Quentin Pacher FRA
  7. 77 Brieuc Rolland FRA

Lidl-⁠Trek

  1. 81 Giulio Ciccone ITA
  2. 82 Juan Ayuso ESP
  3. 83 Andrea Bagioli ITA
  4. 84 Patrick Konrad AUT
  5. 85 Bauke Mollema NED
  6. 86 Sam Oomen NED
  7. 87 Quinn Simmons USA

Lotto-⁠Intermarché

  1. 91 Lennert Van Eetvelt BEL
  2. 92 Lars Craps BEL
  3. 93 Simone Gualdi ITA
  4. 94 Lorenzo Rota ITA
  5. 95 Reuben Thompson NZL
  6. 96 Jarno Widar BEL
  7. 97 Georg Zimmermann GER

MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort

  1. 101 Luca Cretti ITA
  2. 102 Márton Dina HUN
  3. 103 Alessandro Fancellu ITA
  4. 104 Florian Kajamini ITA
  5. 105 Lorenzo Masciarelli ITA
  6. 106 Fausto Masnada ITA
  7. 107 Alessandro Verre ITA

Movistar Team

  1. 111 Enric Mas ESP
  2. 112 Roger Adrià ESP
  3. 113 Carlos Canal ESP
  4. 114 Jefferson Cepeda ECU
  5. 115 Juan Pedro López ESP
  6. 116 Diego Pescador COL
  7. 117 Einer Rubio COL

Netcompany INEOS

  1. 121 Egan Bernal COL
  2. 122 Thymen Arensman NED
  3. 123 Jack Haig AUS
  4. 124 Lucas Hamilton AUS
  5. 125 Michał Kwiatkowski POL
  6. 126 Oscar Onley GBR
  7. 127 Carlos Rodriguez Cano ESP

NSN Cycling Team

  1. 131 George Bennett NZL
  2. 132 Pier-⁠André Côté CAN
  3. 133 Jan Hirt CZE
  4. 134 Pau Martí ESP
  5. 135 Nick Schultz AUS
  6. 136 Dion Smith NZL
  7. 137 Floris Van Tricht BEL

Pinarello-⁠Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

  1. 141 Thomas Pidcock GBR
  2. 142 Xabier Azparren ESP
  3. 143 Marcel Camprubí ESP
  4. 144 Mark Donovan GBR
  5. 145 Quinten Hermans BEL
  6. 146 Damien Howson AUS
  7. 147 Xandro Meurisse BEL

Red Bull-⁠Bora-⁠Hansgrohe

  1. 151 Remco Evenepoel BEL
  2. 152 Giovanni Aleotti ITA
  3. 153 Mattia Cattaneo ITA
  4. 154 Jai Hindley AUS
  5. 155 Florian Lipowitz GER
  6. 156 Giulio Pellizzari ITA
  7. 157 Primož Roglič SLO

Soudal Quick-⁠Step

  1. 161 Mikel Landa ESP
  2. 162 Gianmarco Garofoli ITA
  3. 163 Andrea Raccagni ITA
  4. 164 Maximilian Schachmann GER
  5. 165 Mauri Vansevenant BEL
  6. 166 Louis Vervaeke BEL
  7. 167 Filippo Zana ITA

Team Jayco AlUla

  1. 171 Michael Matthews AUS
  2. 172 Koen Bouwman NED
  3. 173 Alessandro Covi ITA
  4. 174 Davide De Pretto ITA
  5. 175 Felix Engelhardt GER
  6. 176 Anders Foldager DEN
  7. 177 Alan Hatherly RSA

Team Picnic-⁠PostNL

  1. 181 Mattia Gaffuri ITA
  2. 182 Warren Barguil FRA
  3. 183 Alexy Faure Prost FRA
  4. 184 Chris Hamilton AUS
  5. 185 Gijs Leemreize NED
  6. 186 Oliver Peace GBR
  7. 187 Frank van den Broek NED

Team Polti VisitMalta

  1. 191 Diego Sevilla ESP
  2. 192 Davide Bais ITA
  3. 193 Mattia Bais ITA
  4. 194 Ludovico Crescioli ITA
  5. 195 Francisco Muñoz ESP
  6. 196 Andrea Pietrobon ITA
  7. 197 Alessandro Tonelli ITA

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

  1. 201 Davide Piganzoli ITA
  2. 202 Bruno Armirail FRA
  3. 203 Louis Barré FRA
  4. 204 Tijmen Graat NED
  5. 205 Matteo Jorgenson USA
  6. 206 Tim Rex BEL
  7. 207 Ben Tulett GBR

Tudor Pro Cycling Team

  1. 211 Michael Storer AUS
  2. 212 Marc Hirschi SUI
  3. 213 Mathys Rondel FRA
  4. 214 Florian Stork GER
  5. 215 Yannis Voisard SUI
  6. 216 Larry Warbasse USA
  7. 217 Fabian Weiss SUI

Unibet Rose Rockets

  1. 221 Wout Poels NED
  2. 222 Cedrik Bakke Christophersen NOR
  3. 223 Odd Christian Eiking NOR
  4. 224 Eivind Broholt Fougner NOR
  5. 225 Owen Geleijn NED
  6. 226 Sergio Meris ITA
  7. 227 Jannis Peter GER

Uno-⁠X Mobility

  1. 231 Tobias Halland Johannessen NOR
  2. 232 Anthon Charmig DEN
  3. 233 Simon Dalby DEN
  4. 234 Andreas Kron DEN
  5. 235 Johannes Kulset NOR
  6. 236 Andreas Leknessund NOR
  7. 237 Anders Skaarseth NOR

XDS Astana Team

  1. 241 Christian Scaroni ITA
  2. 242 Nicola Conci ITA
  3. 243 Lorenzo Fortunato ITA
  4. 244 Sergio Higuita COL
  5. 245 Harold Tejada COL
  6. 246 Diego Ulissi ITA
  7. 247 Simone Velasco ITA

The route

The full itinerary: 66 places
PlacekmTo goAltitude38 km/h40 km/h42 km/h
BergamoVillaggio di Partenza——202 m10:5510:5510:55
Bergamokm 0 – ss.420.0239.0255 m11:0011:0011:00
San Paolo d’Argonv.Nazionale-v.Mazzini8.6230.4236 m11:1111:1011:10
Cenate Sottosp.6911.1227.9262 m11:1411:1311:13
Bocche del Gavarno14.2224.8413 m11:2211:2111:20
Nembrov.Vittoria-sp.3620.6218.4324 m11:3011:2811:27
Selvinov.Milano31.9207.1947 m11:5911:5511:52
Cantulsp.3133.9205.11,012 m12:0211:5811:55
Costa Serinasp.30-sp.2740.0199.0891 m12:1012:0512:02
galleria20m47.0192.0440 m12:1812:1412:10
Ambriav.Tiolo51.1187.9327 m12:2312:1912:14
Zognov.24 Maggio-v.Locatelli53.9185.1305 m12:2712:2212:18
n.2 gallerie85m, 50m55.7183.3302 m12:2912:2412:20
Pontisp.2456.3182.7291 m12:3012:2512:20
Brembillasp.3261.1177.9418 m12:3712:3212:27
Colle di Berbennosp.1765.7173.3697 m12:4912:4312:37
Berbennosp.1767.4171.6677 m12:5112:4512:39
Ponte Giurinosp.1473.7165.3375 m12:5912:5212:46
Medegav.4 Novembre-sp.1675.2163.8355 m13:0112:5412:48
Bedulitasp.1679.1159.9604 m13:1113:0412:57
Valpianasp.17285.5153.5989 m13:2813:1913:11
Roncolasp.17290.2148.8858 m13:3413:2513:16
Almenno San Salvatoresp.14-sp.17598.7140.3298 m13:4413:3513:26
Almenno San Bartolomeosp.175101.5137.5285 m13:4813:3813:30
San Sosimosp.175-dir. Mapello104.0135.0268 m13:5113:4113:32
P.l.v.Marconi104.9134.1271 m13:5213:4213:34
Ambiverev.Dante Alighieri105.2133.8261 m13:5313:4313:34
Mapellov.Lazzarino106.7132.3246 m13:5513:4413:36
Terno d’Isolasp.166110.7128.3228 m14:0013:4913:40
Calusco d’Addasp.166116.4122.6273 m14:0713:5713:47
Paderno d’Addasp.54-sp.56118.8120.2256 m14:1013:5913:50
Arlatev.Lecco125.9113.1235 m14:1914:0813:58
Beveratev.C.Cantù128.5110.5231 m14:2214:1114:01
Olgiate Molgorav.S.Picenardi130.7108.3309 m14:2614:1414:04
Santa Maria Hoèv.Risorgimento132.3106.7336 m14:2814:1614:06
Giovenzanav.Manzoni-v.Europa136.1102.9670 m14:4014:2814:16
Colle Brianzasp.58138.1100.9536 m14:4314:3014:19
Galbiatesp.60145.493.6371 m14:5214:3914:27
Pescatesp.72-sp.583148.490.6203 m14:5614:4214:31
Malgrate(incr. P.te Kennedy)150.588.5202 m14:5814:4514:33
Parèsp.583152.886.2215 m15:0114:4814:36
galleria1590m153.185.9201 m15:0214:4814:36
galleria2200m154.884.2201 m15:0414:5014:38
Onnoss.583161.577.5206 m15:1314:5914:46
Bellagio (Regatola)sp.41169.769.3275 m15:2415:0914:57
Civennasp.41176.262.8627 m15:4115:2515:11
Madonna del Ghisallosp.41178.460.6758 m15:4615:3015:16
Magliosp.41184.754.3495 m15:5415:3715:23
galleria70m186.053.0490 m15:5515:3915:24
Assosp.41187.052.0416 m15:5715:4015:25
Canzosp.40188.150.9386 m15:5815:4115:27
galleria200m192.746.3360 m16:0415:4715:32
Albese con Cassanov.Roma199.739.3411 m16:1315:5615:40
Taverneriov.Zampiero203.235.8429 m16:1816:0015:45
Borgo Vicov.27 maggio208.930.1202 m16:2516:0715:51
San Fermo della Battagliasp.17211.927.1397 m16:3216:1415:58
n.2 galleriev. per San Fermo212.226.8385 m16:3316:1415:58
Monte Olimpinov.Bellinzona214.025.0306 m16:3516:1616:00
ComoLungolario Trento217.022.0201 m16:3916:2016:03
Civigliosp.37222.316.7613 m16:5616:3616:18
Taverneriov.Zampiero225.113.9429 m16:5916:3916:21
Borgo Vicov.27 maggio230.98.1202 m17:0716:4616:27
San Fermo della Battagliasp.17233.85.2397 m17:1416:5216:34
n.2 galleriev. per San Fermo234.14.9386 m17:1416:5316:34
Monte Olimpinov.Bellinzona236.03.0306 m17:1616:5516:36
ComoLungolario Trento239.00.0201 m17:2016:5916:40

The rules, in short

Class
1.UWT
Teams
sette riders per team
Time limit
riders finishing more than 8% behind the winner’s time are outside the limit
Feeding
from team cars, and on foot in fixed zones every 30/40 km
Neutral service
Shimano, tre auto e una moto
Race radio
149,850 MHz
Prize money
€20.000 to the winner, €50.000 in total
UCI points
800 to the winner, points down to 60th place
Team presentation
venerdì 9 ottobre dalle 17:00, il Podio Firma allestito al Sentierone a Bergamo

Official website ↗

The race minute by minute, 284 entries

The race minute by minute

updated at 17:14

  1. Third podium in a Monument for Ciccone: third at Lombardy in 2024 and 2026, second at Liège in 2025.

  2. The finishing order of the 2026 Giro di Lombardia is out.

  3. Evenepoel wins the sprint of the beaten group and finishes fourth.

  4. Paul Seixas wins Il Lombardia: the first Monument of his career for the Frenchman of Decathlon CMA CGM, in Como. Enric Mas (Movistar) second, Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) third.

  5. Seixas alone, with no rivals: he accelerated on the Civiglio and left everyone behind.

  6. Final kilometre: the stage belongs to Seixas.

  7. The podium looks set: Mas second, Ciccone third. Evenepoel's group should fight for fourth place.

  8. At 20 years and 16 days, Seixas is the youngest Lombardy winner ever, beating the record of Gerbi, who was over 20 years and 5 months old in 1905.

  9. -2 km

    Seixas with 2 km to go: at 20, he is on the verge of winning his first Monument.

  10. -2 km

    Two kilometres to go: Ciccone should be able to hold on to the podium.

  11. -2.5 km

    With 2.5 km to go, Seixas is alone out front.

  12. -4 km

    The descent to Como begins: last 4 km.

  13. Ciccone has only 6″ left over the chasing group, where Healy has been reabsorbed.

  14. Ciccone is giving everything to hold third place; from behind, Pidcock is raising the pace.

  15. 500 meters of climbing left: Seixas pulls away, with Mas, Ciccone and Healy behind; Healy has launched a counterattack.

  16. Mas attacks and drops Ciccone: the Italian's podium is in danger, after the toll of the European Championships.

  17. Seixas keeps extending his lead and is the strongest of all on the climbs. Behind, Ciccone and Mas seem focused on defending the podium, while Ben Healy is very active.

  18. Still 1,300 metres of climbing to go. Seixas shows no sign of fading.

  19. Seixas gains again: 35″ ahead of Ciccone and Mas, 57″ on Evenepoel's group.

    • Ciccone and Mas 35″
    • Evenepoel's group 57″

  20. Seixas is about to become the youngest winner in Lombardia history.

  21. The climb of San Fermo della Battaglia begins.

  22. Pidcock and Zana are caught by Evenepoel's group.

  23. Descent over: Ciccone and Mas can now take regular turns, but Seixas is now out of reach. He could extend his lead again on the San Fermo.

  24. Ciccone and Mas win back a few seconds on the descent, now 23″ behind the leader. Rondel, Bilbao and Scaroni join Evenepoel's group; it is Bilbao's last race of his career.

    • Ciccone and Mas 23″

  25. Ciccone is taking big risks on the descent, but Seixas is an excellent specialist.

  26. Ciccone is on course for yet another podium in a Monument, but still without a win.

  27. -12 km

    12 km to go: only the final climb toward San Fermo della Battaglia remains.

  28. Italians in the thick of it, but no win today: they keep meeting someone stronger.

  29. Seixas in front, with Ciccone and Mas behind him, then Pidcock and Zana, then Evenepoel and Scaroni.

  30. Now a very technical descent, then another crossing of the San Fermo della Battaglia.

  31. On top of the Civiglio, Seixas leads by 30″ from Ciccone and Mas. Zana and Pidcock are 46″ back; Evenepoel, Healy, Onley, Storer, Widar and McNulty 1’10” back.

    • Ciccone 30″
    • Mas 30″
    • Zana 46″
    • Pidcock 46″

  32. Del Toro is losing more ground, now even behind Evenepoel. Piganzoli has also been dropped.

  33. Seixas leads by 25″ on Ciccone, who has been reached by Mas. Pidcock has lost ground; Zana is going well.

    • Ciccone 25″

  34. Del Toro in trouble: the Mexican is having a bad day. Evenepoel is with McNulty, Widar, Onley and Healy.

  35. France has not won the Giro di Lombardia since 2018, when Pinot triumphed.

  36. Seixas is alone out front: he has dropped everyone, the last being Ciccone, who now seems to have lost his rhythm.

  37. Seixas, Pidcock and Ciccone are still in front: Mas just behind, then everyone else.

  38. Seixas is dropping his rivals one by one: Pidcock is off the back, and Ciccone is trying to hold on.

  39. Seixas keeps pushing. Evenepoel is dropped, and now Del Toro and McNulty jump too.

  40. Ciccone grimaces with the effort: he has to hold on.

  41. Three left: Seixas, Pidcock and Ciccone. Mas is trying to get back to the front.

  42. Seixas isn't attacking but pushing a steady progression, with McNulty, Del Toro, Pidcock, Ciccone and Mas on his wheel. Evenepoel is suffering.

  43. Attackers reeled in: Seixas keeps setting the pace. Evenepoel drops back.

  44. Seixas accelerates seated, without even getting out of the saddle.

  45. McNulty, Del Toro, Pidcock and Ciccone respond. Evenepoel drops back.

  46. The favourites are all up front, poised to attack.

  47. Leaders in order: Adam Yates, McNulty, Del Toro, Seixas, Evenepoel and Ciccone.

  48. Widar and Pidcock are moving back up.

  49. Piganzoli has dropped back and doesn't look at his best.

  50. Ciccone is sitting on Evenepoel's wheel.

  51. Seixas sits on Del Toro's wheel, with Ciccone behind the Frenchman. Pellizzari drops back after a long spell of work for Evenepoel.

  52. Ciccone tucks in behind Seixas.

  53. The Civiglio climb begins.

  54. UAE lead the way with Adam Yates, then McNulty and Del Toro.

  55. The big group crosses the finish line with about 25 riders left. Next up is the Civiglio.

  56. The bunch is 45" behind the leaders, with Pellizzari doing the pacemaking.

    • the bunch 45"

  57. The breakaway riders start their final lap.

  58. -23 km

    Six up the road: Moniquet, Leonard, Bernard, Bennett, Vervaeke and O'Connor. The bunch is 43" back with 23 km to go.

    • the bunch 43"

  59. Pellizzari is the fastest over the first San Fermo passage, 6’10” for him, cresting with the whole bunch on his wheel.

  60. Huge crowds on the San Fermo: the breakaway crests with a 55″ lead over the bunch.

    • the bunch 55″

  61. After a short descent, straight onto the Civiglio: 4.2 km at 9.7% average, with peaks of 14%. It all gets decided here.

  62. Widar is in the leading group: if they bring him to the sprint, he's a bolt.

  63. The first pass over San Fermo della Battaglia is complete.

  64. Roglič and Jorgenson are also dropping back.

  65. Piganzoli nearly came down after contact with another rider. He is now Visma's captain, as Jorgenson has dropped back.

  66. Pellizzari keeps setting the tempo: the bunch is 1'10" behind the escapees. Among others, Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) and Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) have been dropped.

    • the bunch 1'10"

  67. McNulty is on Evenepoel's wheel; Ciccone is eighth.

  68. Ayuso is dropped for good; Ciccone has to move back up.

  69. Pellizzari accelerates decisively.

  70. Fancellu is also among the front runners.

  71. Bernard sets the pace in the breakaway. Velasco fires off a hard attack, then drops back. Pellizzari is back at the front.

  72. Decathlon lead the bunch, and Seixas is raring to go.

  73. Velasco (Astana) is now setting the pace at the front of the main bunch.

  74. It's the moment of San Fermo della Battaglia: there's no longer anywhere to hide.

  75. The climb of San Fermo is starting, at km 209.

  76. We're on the roads of Como, 2 km from San Fermo della Battaglia.

  77. Mechanical problem for Simmons: a puncture.

  78. The race has entered the circuit, heading toward the start of the first climb of San Fermo della Battaglia.

  79. The bunch's deficit is growing again: 1'05" behind the leaders.

    • the bunch 1'05"

  80. The seven up front came from the early break. Tiberi was the first to drop off that group.

  81. Now a descent of about ten kilometres toward Como, down to the entrance of San Fermo della Battaglia.

  82. On the Ghisallo the fastest was Simmons, in 19'19"; like him, Jorgenson, McNulty and Scaroni.

  83. The race is in Erba (CO).

  84. Pellizzari, without captaincy duties, seems to have a big engine, and his domestiques bring out the best in him, per OA Sport.

  85. Entering Albese con Cassano, 199 km raced: the bunch is awaited.

  86. Some 30-35 riders are left in the big-names group.

  87. Ayuso, who had looked to be in trouble, has moved back up to the front.

  88. -42 km

    Chased down: seven remain up the road. Pellizzari keeps pushing, with 42 km to go.

  89. San Fermo della Battaglia: 2.7 km at an average gradient of 7.2%, peaking at 10%. Two ascents, with the Civiglio in between.

  90. Pellizzari keeps pulling the main bunch, for Evenepoel.

  91. Ciccone is alert, near the front.

  92. The counterattackers are losing their punch: Pellizzari closed the gap almost alone.

  93. The attack by Simmons, McNulty, Scaroni and Jorgenson has been brought back; Decathlon moves to the front of the bunch to help Red Bull.

  94. The chasers are about to be caught by the bunch.

  95. The race is now on a rolling stretch.

  96. After a gray, chilly day, the sun has broken through in Como.

  97. Jorgenson moved early: per OA Sport, Piganzoli could be Visma's leader for the finale.

  98. The five chasers are 43″ behind the seven leaders; the bunch is at 1′04″.

    • the chasers 43"
    • the bunch 1'04"

  99. Scaroni's group leads the main bunch: the attack did not achieve the hoped-for result.

  100. Masnada drops off the front and is reeled in by the group with McNulty, Jorgenson, Simmons and Scaroni.

  101. -53 km

    Over the Ghisallo, the chasers have gained about a dozen seconds on the bunch and sit 45″ behind the leaders, seven strong after Masnada's trouble.

    • the chasers 45″

  102. Roglič joins Pellizzari to help him. Evenepoel doesn't want to give the counterattackers any room.

  103. The race enters Asso at km 185, still on the descent.

  104. The race is closing in on Asso.

  105. About 15 km of descent, then a run of rolling ups and downs to Como: two climbs of San Fermo della Battaglia, with the Civiglio in between.

  106. The seven leaders hold 42" on the first four chasers. The bunch is in their sights.

    • the chasers 42"

  107. Red Bull caught napping: Pellizzari is pushing hard to close the gap on the 4. At the back, Roglič looks to be suffering.

  108. Ayuso and Roglic are near the back of the main group, which Pellizzari is still pulling.

  109. Jorgenson reaches Campenaerts, who gives him a hand but must move off at once: the pace is too high. Simmons, Scaroni and McNulty are with him. Ghisallo in sight.

  110. -60 km

    The race is at the Santuario della Madonna del Ghisallo, with 60 km to the finish.

  111. Campenaerts, from the early break, is caught but has nothing left and drops back at once: he won't be able to support Jorgenson.

  112. Simmons, Scaroni and McNulty answer Jorgenson: three Americans and one Italian.

  113. Visma attack: Louis Barrè launches Jorgenson, the American, who jumps away.

  114. Masnada loses contact with the leaders.

  115. Final kilometre of the climb: gradient back up to 8.6%.

  116. Evenepoel is second and staying alert. The chasing group is starting to break up too.

  117. The breakaway splits too: eight riders remain up front, Moniquet, Leonard, Bernard, Masnada, Bennett, Vervaeke, O'Connor and Leemreize. The bunch is 1'25" back.

    • the bunch 1'25"

  118. Three km to the summit: false flat for now, but in 1500 metres the climb gets hard again.

  119. Leemreize, bib 185, is trying to bridge back to the seven leaders.

  120. Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe takes over from UAE at the front of the bunch, with Pellizzari pulling for Evenepoel.

  121. The leaders regroup: Moniquet, Leonard, Bernard, Masnada, Vervaeke, Bennett and O'Connor. The main chase group, led by Pellizzari, has about thirty riders left.

  122. The bunch is 158 seconds behind the race leaders.

    • the bunch 158 secondi

  123. Pellizzari is now pulling at the front of the bunch.

  124. Now also in trouble: bib number 185, Leemreize, among the immediate chasers of the two leaders.

  125. Peloton badly strung out, the race is getting serious.

  126. Rodriguez moves in the main group; Pellizzari, Evenepoel's domestique, goes straight to close it down.

  127. Leonard and O'Connor lead by a few metres over Moniquet, Bernard, Masnada, Bennett, Vervaeke and Leemreize, with the rest strung out.

    • Moniquet, Bernard, Masnada, Bennett, Vervaeke and Leemreize pochi metri

  128. Leonard reels in O'Connor at the front while Leemreize loses ground.

  129. The IF riders are setting the pace at the head of the bunch.

  130. At the head of the race, Leonard and O'Connor are picking up the pace.

  131. UAE is forcing the pace with Christen.

  132. The pace set by UAE is not ferocious.

  133. Only Leemreize can hold O'Connor's wheel.

  134. Tiberi, Decomble, Marti Soriano, Mifsud and Kulset lose touch with the leading group.

  135. O'Connor tries to go solo off the front.

  136. The leading group is breaking apart, with Tiberi among the first to drop off.

  137. Ciccone is moving up the order, and so is Piganzoli.

  138. UAE and Decathlon are elbowing each other to stay at the front of the main bunch.

  139. O'Connor ups the pace again among the leaders.

  140. Fourteen riders up front, Tiberi, Bennett and O’Connor among them.

    • the bunch 2'34"

  141. New time check: the bunch is 2'28" behind. Meanwhile, the breakaway riders start the Ghisallo climb.

    • the bunch 2'28"
  142. -70 km

    The Ghisallo climb begins, with 70 km to the finish.

  143. On the Ghisallo, the final 1,600 metres have an average gradient of 8.6%.

  144. At km 169 the breakaway riders enter Bellagio, and the Ghisallo climb begins shortly.

  145. Decathlon, with Seixas, moves to the front of the bunch.

  146. Mas is also in the last positions.

  147. Ciccone and Widar are towards the back of the bunch.

  148. Almost all the riders concede the race will probably only explode on the final circuit. The teams' intentions should become clearer on the Ghisallo.

  149. At the front of the peloton, Netcompany INEOS, under Onley, now sits alongside UAE Emirates.

  150. The bunch picks up the pace and the gap to the breakaway shrinks to 2'12”.

    • the bunch 2'12"

  151. The Lombardy race has entered the province of Como.

  152. Air temperature: 17 degrees.

  153. The breakaway riders have come out of the second long tunnel; the time gap is due shortly.

  154. The breakaway's lead over the bunch rises to 2'42".

    • the bunch 2'42"

  155. A few more kilometres of flat road, then the climb towards the Madonna del Ghisallo begins.

  156. Puncture for Ciccone: he has to stop and change bikes.

  157. The breakaway riders are in a long tunnel.

  158. Fourteen riders up front, including Tiberi, Masnada, Bennett and O'Connor. The main bunch is 2'45" back.

    • the bunch 2'30"

  159. The descent is over: the leading group had splintered a little, but the 14 breakaway riders have now regrouped.

  160. The race is at Pescate, in the Lecco province.

  161. Tiberi is among the most active in the turns between the breakaway riders.

  162. Entering Galbiate: the bunch is 2'15" behind the leaders.

    • the bunch 2'15"

  163. UAE still lead the main group.

  164. Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) is aiming to win: patience will be needed, the race will be long and hard. He regrets Tadej's absence; Tadej beat him in the last two editions.

  165. The Ghisallo climb: 8.6 km at an average gradient of 6.2%, with peaks of 14%. The first section, 4 km averaging 9.3%, is the hardest.

  166. Fausto Masnada is in the breakaway. Five years ago he was second at the Giro di Lombardia, beaten only in the sprint by Tadej Pogacar.

  167. -100 km

    One hundred kilometres to go: the race is at the top of the Giovenzana climb.

  168. Now a descent toward Galbiate, then 20 flat kilometres to the Madonna del Ghisallo.

  169. Nobody has been dropped: 14 riders remain at the front, Tiberi, Bennett and O'Connor among them.

  170. The riders have left the Giovenzana climb behind.

  171. The bunch is closing in: the breakaway's lead is down to 2'10".

    • the bunch 2'10"

  172. UAE are setting the pace and McNulty is second. Up front, O'Connor is raising the tempo.

  173. Sivakov (UAE) is setting the pace at the front of the main bunch.

  174. Ciccone is moving up a few places.

  175. Piganzoli is well placed at the front of the main bunch.

  176. Just 1,200 metres to the mountain prize point.

  177. Ciccone is well back in the bunch.

  178. The UAE pace set by Del Toro cuts the breakaway's lead to 2'30".

    • the bunch 2'30"

  179. At the head of the bunch they are setting the chase pace: new time check, 2'46" back.

    • the bunch 2'46"

  180. UAE push the pace at the front of the bunch. For now Ciccone sits tucked in the middle of the peloton.

  181. The bunch is slowly picking up the pace; the break had reached a 2'40" lead.

    • the bunch 2'40"

  182. UAE lead the main group, with world champion McNulty in second place.

  183. The breakaway's lead drops to 2'50".

    • the bunch 2'50"

  184. New this year: the Giovenzana climb, from Santa Maria Hoè via Paù and Cagliano up to Colle Brianza. 3.6 km at 9.2% average, peaking at 16%.

  185. O'Connor is setting the tempo in the small group of breakaway riders.

  186. The race is climbing towards Giovenzana.

  187. Canadian Coté goes down in a crash.

  188. Km 132.5: the climb is about to start.

  189. The first skirmishes flare up between UAE and Red Bull for the front of the bunch.

  190. Out front, the leaders have a 3'02" advantage.

    • the leaders 3'02"

  191. Up front, the breakaway has started the Giovenzana climb.

  192. Fourteen riders up front, including Tiberi, Masnada and Campenaerts. The bunch trails by 3'11".

    • the bunch 3'11"

  193. The race is approaching Santa Maria Oe.

  194. Giovenzana climb: the first 2,850 metres average a 10.5% gradient, with a maximum peak of 16%. In the final stretch it eases to 4.5%.

  195. The bunch picks up the pace: riders fight for the front positions before the climb, with many lead-out trains trying to move up as if for a bunch sprint.

  196. In ten kilometres the climb of Giovenzana begins: 3.6 km at 9.2%.

  197. At the front of the bunch, UAE, Red Bull Bora, Decathlon and Pinarello Q 36.5 share the work, while the favourites' teams keep the breakaway under control.

  198. Three hours into the race, a new figure on the average: 40.6.

  199. New time check at km 121: the bunch is 3'13" behind.

    • the bunch 3'13"

  200. The bunch crosses for the first time from Bergamo province into Lecco's.

  201. Km 118: tension in the race, the bunch falls back and the gap grows to 3'10".

    • the bunch 3'10"

  202. The breakaway's lead grows to 3′. On the flat, the bunch is not pushing hard.

    • the bunch 3′

  203. Eyes on Jarno Widar, Belgian climber for Lotto Intermarchè and winner of the Tre Valli Varesine a few days ago. He has an Italian teammate in Simone Gualdi.

  204. In 20 km the Giovenzana climb begins.

  205. The leaders' advantage grows to 2'45" over the bunch.

    • the bunch 2'45"

  206. The leaders hold a 5" advantage as they exit Mapello.

    • the chasers 5"

  207. The breakaway riders have already covered 110 kilometres.

  208. McNulty: life is the same, but more fans stop him to say hello. The Worlds were already a dream; a Monument in this jersey would be a double one.

  209. Remco Evenepoel is the favourite, and his team includes Pellizzari, Hindley and Roglic; for Roglic it is his last race with Red Bull.

  210. After the long valley road comes Giovenzana, a new climb this year: 3.6 km at a 9.2% average, with peaks of 16%.

  211. Going down, the bunch loses several seconds: at the bottom it trails by 2'30". The favorites' teams tackle the tricky Valpiana descent with caution.

    • the bunch 2'30"

  212. The long descent is over: now comes a rolling stretch of some thirty kilometres.

  213. At km 100 the leaders are 2'34" ahead of the bunch.

    • the bunch 2'34"

  214. Right now the race is rolling through Barzana.

  215. Since Nibali’s win in 2017 Italy has finished second three times: Nibali in 2018, Masnada in 2021, Bagioli in 2023. Ciccone was third in 2024 and is racing today.

  216. At km 97 the bunch is 2'10" down.

    • the bunch 2'10"

  217. Masnada is in the breakaway. He finished second behind Pogacar at the 2021 Lombardia, perhaps the best result of his career.

  218. Ciccone: the Lombardia is his favourite race. After the narrow loss at the European Championships, he says he is in good form and motivated. It will be his last race with Lidl-Trek.

  219. Out front are Tiberi, Moniquet, Leonard, Decomble, Bernard, Masnada, Bennett, Martí, Vervaeke, O'Connor, Leemreize, Mifsud, Campenaerts and Kulset.

  220. The race keeps running downhill, at a fast pace.

  221. Km 93: the bunch is two minutes down.

    • the bunch 2'

  222. Still fourteen out front. Campenaerts is struggling to hold the pace of his breakaway companions.

  223. Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5): another second place would be annoying after so many runner-up finishes. He wants to win, and says the finale suits him.

  224. The breakaway's lead dips slightly on the final stretch of the climb and settles around 1'40".

    • the chasers 1'40"

  225. Over the top of Valpiana, 90 km in the legs: the bunch is 1’40” back.

    • the bunch 1’40”

  226. Downhill over, the riders hit one of the rare easy stretches of the Lombardia: 30 km of valley road with rolling ups and downs, leading to the Giovenzana climb.

  227. Valpiana climb is over: the bunch now drops into a long, technical descent.

  228. Low clouds and wet asphalt on the final stretch of the Valpiana climb. The technical descent will be tricky on the damp road surface.

  229. The riders have tackled the first 2000 metres of climbing. In total, in this race, the climbing comes to 4600 metres.

  230. We're nearing the top of the Valpiana climb; after that, they start leaving the Bergamo province.

  231. At the front of the bunch, riders from Decathlon, Red Bull Bora, Pinarello Q 36.5 and UAE take turns.

  232. Five kilometres to go to the summit of the Valpiana climb.

  233. The bunch leaves little room, but up front are Masnada, Bennett, O'Connor, Tiberi and Decomble.

  234. The bunch has covered 80 km in the first two hours, averaging 40 km/h.

  235. Seixas warns: watch out for Del Toro, but not only him.

  236. The bunch is losing ground again early on the climb: the breakaway stretches its lead to 2'20".

    • the bunch 2'20"

  237. Bauke Mollema is the only Lombardy winner in the race: he triumphed in 2019. Today is his 18th Lombardy, and his last day as a pro with Lidl-Trek.

  238. The breakaway lineup: Tiberi, Moniquet, Leonard, Decomble, Bernard, Masnada, Bennett, Martí, Vervaeke, O'Connor, Leemreize, Mifsud, Campenaerts and Kulset.

  239. Downhill now, then Valpiana is next on the menu: the bunch is 2 minutes down after almost 80 km of racing.

    • the bunch 2 minuti

  240. The ascent of Valpiana gets underway now.

  241. Dark, threatening sky over the riders, but the forecast points to better weather as the race goes on.

  242. The Valpiana climb: 10.1 km long, average gradient 6.2%, with maximum peaks at 10%.

  243. A short descent for the riders, then the climb of the Passo di Valpiana begins.

  244. Campenaerts is still on the breakaway's wheels, but it is a huge effort for the Belgian.

  245. The Colle di Berbenno is over: the climb is behind them.

  246. On the climb the pace is much slower than on the Selvino, and the race is nearing the top.

  247. Campenaerts (Visma Lease a Bike) is struggling to hold the pace of his breakaway companions.

  248. Brandon McNulty makes it back: the world champion is once again in the main bunch.

  249. The bunch is riding at a gentle pace now. Out front, the breakaway riders keep stretching their advantage.

  250. The Colle di Berbenno has started: the race is now climbing.

  251. The climb of the Colle di Berbenno begins: 4.5 km at 6.3%, the third climb of the day. Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, Pinarello Q36.5 and Decathlon CMA CGM are near the front.

  252. At the head of the bunch the favourites take turns: Red Bull-Bora for Evenepoel, Pinarello Q36.5 for Pidcock, Decathlon for Seixas and UAE for del Toro.

  253. The bunch is 1’25” behind the leaders. After his bike change, McNulty is 2′ down on the leaders and more than thirty seconds behind the bunch.

    • the bunch 1’25”
    • McNulty 2′

  254. World champion McNulty has dropped back after a mechanical problem and now trails the bunch by more than a minute.

    • McNulty più di un minuto
  255. -180 km

    There are 180 kilometres still to race.

  256. The escapees stretch their lead: they now have 50" in hand.

    • the breakaway 50"

  257. Bernard (Lidl-Trek) and Campenaerts (Visma | Lease a Bike) rejoin the front: 14 up the road, the bunch 25″ back. Downhill for now; when the road climbs again, we'll see how UAE takes it.

    • the bunch 25″

  258. Twelve up the road, including Leonard, O'Connor and Tiberi. The bunch is about twenty seconds back, with movement still going on.

    • the bunch una ventina di secondi

  259. Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step) goes clear too: at the top of the Selvino, they're riding flat out.

  260. Six riders give chase to the leaders: Tiberi, Moniquet, Masnada, Bennett, Martí and Leemreize.

  261. Five riders are going for it: Leonard, O'Connor, Decomble, Mifsud and Kulset are trying to get clear.

  262. Several teams would like to get one rider into the breakaway, WorldTour outfits included. For UAE, keeping the race closed won't be easy.

  263. UAE Team Emirates-XRG are trying to keep the race under control, but the bunch is splitting into several pieces as attacks fly on the climb.

  264. The Lombardia starts up the climb to Selvino: from here on, the race begins to go uphill.

  265. 20 km gone: the pace is high, but the bunch is still together.

  266. Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla) is also trying to get into the break: so far nobody has got clear, and the Australian is trying to go early.

  267. Last race ever for 5 riders: Bilbao, Molard, Eiking, Mollema and Izagirre, who is racing with a broken wrist. All receive The Last Dance award.

  268. After 10 km nobody has broken clear yet, and the road tilts up toward Bocche del Gavardo (3.1 km at 4.7%). Alessandro Covi (Jayco AlUla) is having a go.

  269. First move from Martin Marcellusi (Bardiani CSF 7 Saber). Plenty are trying to get away; the picture will clear once the climb starts.

  270. Lombardia 2026 is underway! Just 8 km of flat, then straight uphill: Bocche del Gavardo first, then Selvino.

  271. Riders delay the start by 5 minutes to push for safety. Evenepoel: no more risking colleagues, after the Tre Valli Varesine crash involving a couple of riders and a motorbike.

  272. McNulty and Del Toro line up to win and make everyone forget Pogačar, the world champion against the young gun.

  273. Evenepoel debuts in the European champion's jersey: second the last two years, always beaten by Pogačar, now he has a go.

  274. Paul Seixas, bruised by a heavy beating at the Worlds, arrives in Bergamo more fired up: this year he has finished at the front in every race he's entered.

  275. Eight climbs of varying difficulty, plus the harmless opening rise of Bocche del Gavarino: one after another, and the race will grind riders down.

  276. Jarno Widar (Lotto Intermarché): Giro Next Gen winner three years ago, the Tre Valli Varesine his first win as a pro. All eyes on him.

  277. Pidcock back at Lombardia for a second time: last year he finished 6th. MTB world champion, but on the road the decisive punch has been missing, apart from Milano-Torino.

  278. Start scheduled for 10:45: after 7 km of transfer, the official flag will drop.

  279. Yesterday in Bergamo, on the Sentierone, team presentation: all the riders paraded to the fans' applause.

  280. Pogačar has won the last 5 editions; the last one without him was in 2020, won by Jakob Fuglsang. The throne is empty.

  281. -239 km

    A 239 km course with 4600 metres of climbing: today it's going to hurt.

  282. Start city Bergamo: the upper town on the hills, the busy lower town, the Venetian Walls, a UNESCO site, and Bergamasque climbs that have hosted the Lombardia more than once.

  283. Born in 1905, the Lombardia stopped only for the wars: over a century of history, every champion has passed through, and the course rewards the strongest riders.

  284. -239 km

    Good morning from Bergamo: the 120th Il Lombardia, the last Monument of the year, from Bergamo to Como over 239 km.