There's an autumnal look to the day as the peloton speeds away from Bergamo...
Philippe Gilbert is already needing a mechanic in the first five-kilometres...
Simon Geschke leads the 'morning escape' away after 20 fast kilometres...
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Leopold Konig is also in need of repair...
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Gilbert looks hungry for a third Lombardy win, but will it be today..?
Jani Brajkovic is making a rare entry into a European race as part of UHC's team...
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The peloton is in gentle pursuit on the Colle di Gallo...and eight minutes down!
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A sudden shower has claimed an Androni rider as a victim along with many others...
Simon Gerrans has fallen too, but it's his bike that needs fixing for a change...
No worries - Gerrans finds humour in his stress as Neil Stephens pushes him back...
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Marco Canola is in the escape for UHC and helping them keep an eight-minute lead...
Androni is chasing for Astana with Sky in-line to help...
Canola leads the escape towards the Madonna del Ghisallo...
The whole Etixx team has created a counter-attack as the road starts to rise...
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Astana leads the peloton up the Ghisallo with the sun and cloud over Lake Como fighting for attention...
Michal Kwiatkowski has pulled away with Tim Wellens, but he needs radio assistance to know what to do next..!
Slagter and Gesink form a six-man counter-attack with the other Etixx riders dropped...
Alessando Vanotti leads the Astana train about four-minutes back...
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Canola and Benedetti approach the summit of the Ghisallo with a full minute over their nearest chasers...
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Gesink leads the counter-attack towards the Muro di Sormano - they are one-minute behind the leaders and one-minute ahead of Astana...
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Astana pile on the pressure as the Muro di Sormano begins...
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Steam rises from the backs of Gesink and Slagter as the steepness of the Muro starts to dig deep...
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Kwiatkowski and Wellens are starting to pass dropped riders, including Benedetti...
Vincenzo Nibali and Esteban Chaves cling to Astana's pace as the Sormano ends...
Gilbert is fighting to stay in touch, but he's already lost one-minute..!
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Wellens and Kwiatkowski are still one-minute away after a harrowing descent to Lake Como...
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Alejandro Valverde is doing all the pulling behind the Nibali-led counter-attack...
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Nibali attacks on the Civiglia climb - only Chaves can follow him...
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Nibali is caught but Miguel Angel Lopez now attacks for his team-leader...
Chaves is the one chasing Lopez down, and he'll succeed..!
Thibaut Pinot attacks with one-kilometre of climbing left...
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Nibali has attacked over the summit of the Civiglia and now makes a terrifying descent to Como...
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Nibali passes through Como 45-seconds in front with one climb to go...
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Pinot makes another attack on the San Fermo della Bataglia, but he's not catching Nibali yet..!
Daniel Moreno attacks Pinot and goes after Nibali - this could be dangerous..!
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Il Lombardia 2015
Nibali is 15-seconds ahead of Moreno as the summit approaches - with another sheer descent to help his advantage..
Vincenzo Nibali wins the 2015 Il Lombardia..!
Alejandro Valverde takes 4th-place from Diego Rosa to keep him and Movistar at the top of the World rankings..
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Vincenzo Nibali shares the podium with runner-up Moreno and 3rd-placed Pinot...
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