Il Lombardia (Italy) 251kms
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It's a goodbye to him - Marco Pinotti waves to the crowds as he sign-on for his last-ever race...
And it's a big hello to the new World Champion, Alberto Rui Costa...
There have been a dozen attempts to escape in the first 20 minutes, but nothing has worked so far...
Longo-Borghini leads the day's first escape on to the Valcava ascent - the six-man escape has almost three minutes lead...
The peloton appears to be asleep as it rides the Valcava as one big group, but in fact they're already closing the gap...
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Reto Hollenstein leads what is now a five-man escape, but their lead is only two minutes...
Nicholas Roche leads Saxo-Tnkoff down from the Valcava, they're the ones really doing the chasing...
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On his fancy new bike, Rui Costa cruises through a corner - is he up for another win today..?
Ag2R is chasing too, they have Domenica Pozzovivo as their favourite today...
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Oooh, Alberto Contador is starting to hurt as the race climbs into the hills again...
Jan Bakelandts is trying to keep the escape away, but the Saxo-led peloton is right on their heels...
Greg Van Avermaet pulls too, the escape is still away but with just five riders now...
Roche continues to pull the peloton along, he's hurting his cousin Dan Martin at the same time..!
Michael Rogers leads the race on to the Colma di Sormano, there are no more escapers...
Valverde and Quintana have got away on the Sormano and begin the descent to Lake Como...
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Dan Martin begins the plunge as well, but they'll re-group on the slippery descent to Bellagio...
A damaged race-bike frames Damiano Cunego through a turn, but who's bike is this..?!
Thomas Voeckler has attacked on the lake-road and starts the Madonna del Ghisallo in a very optimistic escape with 50-kilometres to go..!
Matti Breschel is now Saxo's workhorse - Voeckler is almost three minutes ahead and suddenly looking dangerous...
Katusha start to chase harder, with Vicioso and Trofimov showing Breschel how to climb..!
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The small peloton climbs the Madonna del Ghisallo, but their are no lake views today...
Voeckler is starting to pull his famous faces as the Ghisallo summit nears - he's still almost three minutes clear...
Ben Hermans takes a turn near the front, could this be the Belgian's big day..?
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Rui Costa is now in work mode as he takes a mighty turn alongside Lake Como again...
Voeckler is starting to blow big-time, but he's made a big impression on the race today..!
Caruso pulls the chasers along in the pouring rain - barely a minute separates Voeckler from this chase...
Vockler has somehow made it to the foot of the last climb, but he's puffing hard as the chasers close-in..
Pozzovivo leads the way on to the steepest sections...
Rodriguez nears the summit of the Vergano climb...
Robert Gesink will take 10th-place today, but right now he just wants it to all be over...
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Philippe Gilbert will take 20th today, but he's a long way from the form that won him Lombardy in 2009 and 2010..!
