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Il Lombardia, 241kms

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    Il Lombardia

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    Il Lombardia

    So it's goodbye from Ryder Hesjedal and goodbye from Frank Schleck - two great careers end in Lombardia today..!

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    Il Lombardia

    The peloton slips away from the historical centre of Como...

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    Il Lombardia

    Vegard Laengen is one of many cyclists trying to escape in the first kilometres...

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    Il Lombardia

    Sonny Colbrelli has made a big attack 40-kilometres into the race...

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    Il Lombardia

    Colbrelli has been joined by Zdenek Stybar, but the peloton will pull them back...

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    Il Lombardia

    The peloton is all together as it climbs the Madonna del Ghisallo...

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    Il Lombardia

    Stefan Denifl has started a new escape on the Ghisallo - and it seems to have succeeded..!

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    Il Lombardia

    Denifl leads the escape past the Ghisallo chapel with a one-minute lead...

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    Il Lombardia

    Fabio Aru is Italy's favourite for Lombardia, but a few foreigners might yet spoil his plans...

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    Il Lombardia

    Greg Van Avermaet and Jasper Stuyven have the time to do a pre-worlds chat as the peloton sits up for a while...

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    Il Lombardia

    "Last rice cake of my career" - Hesjedal eats a snack while chatting with ex-teamate Tom-Jelte Slagter...

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    Il Lombardia

    The peloton squeezes its way up the Colle Brianza, almost 100-kilometres into the stage...

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    Il Lombardia

    Damiano Caruso is leading the escape with a six-minute lead as it climbs the Valico di Valcava...

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    Il Lombardia

    Moreno Moser has been chasing for a while now, and the gap is coming slowly down...

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    Il Lombardia

    FDJ has suddenly started to chase hard up the Valcava, reducing the gap some more...

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    Il Lombardia

    Nicholas Roche is looking a little un-comfortable with the pace..!

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    Il Lombardia

    Steve Morabito is the FDJ man doing the hard turns, but for who..?

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    Il Lombardia

    Philippe Gilbert is ahead of the peloton on the Valcava descent, trying to get a counter-attack going...

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    Il Lombardia

    Dayer Quintana is working away for Movistar on the new Sant' Antonio Abbandonato ascent...

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    Il Lombardia

    Jan Bakelandts is the man they're chasing - the Belgian has attacked earlier and is going after the four-man escape...

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    Il Lombardia

    Mikel Cherel has dropped out of the escape and now paces Bakelants away from the chasers...

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    Il Lombardia

    Caruso is still four minutes in front with Rudy Molard, but he's about to drop the Cofidis rider...

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    Il Lombardia

    Bakelants has caught Molard on the Abbandonato, but they'll soon be re-caught by the chasers...

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    Il Lombardia

    Green Edge's Carlos Verona surges to the front on the Miraglo San Salvatore, but Caruso is still clear...

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    Il Lombardia

    Matvey Mamykin makes an atatck on the San Salvatore climb...

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    Il Lombardia

    Robert Gesink leads the subsequent escape with Caruso now in his sights...

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    Il Lombardia

    Esteban Chaves is attacking the descent to get across to Gesink's lead-group...

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    Il Lombardia

    Rigoberto Uran is joining Chaves - and both men will join the leaders soon..!

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    Il Lombardia

    Peter Kennaugh is the sole Sky rider in contention as he chases the new lead group...

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    Il Lombardia

    Diego Rosa is dragging an elite group along between climbs - teamate Aru is somewhere close-by...

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    Il Lombardia

    David de la Cruz is the man leading Pierre Latour and Molard as they chase Caruso and try to stay away from Aru's chasers...

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    Il Lombardia

    Caruso is about to be caught, but it's been a great day out for the BMC Italian...

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    Il Lombardia

    It's a fourteen-man group that will fight out today's finale into Bergamo...

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    Il Lombardia

    Rigoberto Uran has joined Chaves in a new attack on the slopes of Mont Selvino - Romain Bardet has also got with them...

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    Il Lombardia

    Uran is in full flow, not asking for help and not getting much either..!

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    Il Lombardia

    Diego Rosa is chasing hard for Aru at 35-seconds...

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    Il Lombardia

    Rosa has suddenly attacked and is trying to bridge across on the Selvino...

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    Il Lombardia

    Now there are four leaders - Bardet, Chaves, Uran and Rosa...

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  • Il Lombardia

    Il Lombardia

    Giovanni Visconti is doing all the work for Valverde as the chasers try to close a 45-seconds gap with 15-kilometres to go...

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    Il Lombardia

    Rosa is on the attack as Bergamo approaches - and its nasty cobbled hill..!

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    Il Lombardia

    Rosa has run out of steam as Chaves closes in on him with three-kilometres to go.!

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    Il Lombardia

    Chaves attacks near the summit of the final hill, but it's still a quartet that heads down into the city...

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    Il Lombardia

    Chaves attacks again before sitting up for the inevitable sprint-finish...

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  • Il Lombardia

    Il Lombardia

    Diego Rosa and Esteban Chaves are side-by-side like true sprinters - except that they're climbers!

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    Il Lombardia

    Esteban Chaves wins Il Lombardia..!

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    Il Lombardia

    Alejandro Valverde sprints to 6th place, 1' 24" behind Chaves...

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    Il Lombardia

    Esteban Chaves celebrates becoming the first non-European winner of a 'monument' Classic...

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