2024 Il Lombardia (World Tour), Italy

Formerly Giro di Lombardia
118th edition: Saturday, October 12, 2024

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Bergamo - Como, 255 kilometers

Tadej Pogacar sails into Como alone.

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Weather at the finish city of Como at 1:50 PM, local time: 18C (65F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 4 mph (6 km/hr). There is a 4% chance of rain.

The Route: The route was changed on Friday, October 11. The race organizer posted this notice:

Due to heavy rains in recent days, which have caused landslides and flooding, the route and the finish in Como have undergone the following changes.

At km 37.5 the race, having passed the town of Cene, will turn towards Albino, and not Gazzaniga as per the original route, to tackle the Selvino climb from Nembro, which will replace the Passo di Ganda. The originally planned route will be resumed at km 57, after the climb of Selvino.

Due to the risk of flooding of Lake Como, the final part of the race will also be modified. The finish line will not be located on Lungo Lario Trento, but in Viale Felice Cavallotti, where the race will turn inside the last km.

The total distance of Il Lombardia will be 255 km.

The starting times remain unchanged, with the start meeting point and signature check from 9.00 to 10.30, lining up and city parade at 10.35, and the race start at 10.40.

The Race: Riders not starting: Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease a Bike), Romain Bardet (Team dsm-Firmenich PostNL) & Stefan De Bod (EF Education-EasyPost). Bardet's team said he was ill.

This was the last race for Domenico Pozzovivo (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè). This was his 16th time to race Il Lombardia, tying Davide Rebellin's record.

Here's the report from second-place Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Remco Evenepoel capped off an unforgettable season by finishing in the top three at Il Lombardia for the first time in his career. Soudal Quick-Step’s Belgian – who concluded third overall and won the white jersey at his Tour de France debut before going on to win two gold medals in Paris and another one at the Worlds in Zurich – put in a great ride Saturday afternoon, on the roads around Lake Como.

The podium, from left: Remco Evenepoel (2nd), Tadej Pogacar (1st) & Giulio Ciccone (3rd)

Despite coming at the start of the 255km Italian event without too much expectations after what has been a wearing season that has seen him rack up almost 60 days since February, Evenepoel produced a gutsy display from the moment the race was ignited on the brutal slopes of Colma di Sormano, with almost 50 kilometers to go. As Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) opened a gap on the peloton, Evenepoel remained calm and rode his own pace together with two other riders, who he then quickly dispatched as soon as the descent began.

The 24-year-old continued to extend his gap on the undulating roads left until the finish, which included one more climb – San Fermo della Battaglia – and concluded a solid and impressive second, more than a minute ahead of the first chasers, a result that felt like a victory for Evenepoel, given his complicated history with Il Lombardia.

“I am happy to be on the podium today, it feels a bit like a personal victory. I didn’t have nice memories from the last time I raced Lombardia on the parcours from Bergamo to Como, back in 2020, but now to be the best of the rest makes me really proud. When the attacks came on the Sormano I just did my own pace, then on the descent I opened a gap and then embarked on a long time trial until the finish and made sure of giving my best. I am delighted I could do this race without any problems or bad luck, which is something that gives me confidence to come back and try to win it. It’s a nice way to end my season”, said Remco after signing off Soudal Quick-Step’s 50th podium in a Monument.

Complete results:

Photos

255 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.922 km/hr

Pogacar is the 8th rider to win Il Lombardia in the rainbow jersey, the first since 2006 (Paolo Bettini).

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	6hr 4min 58sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 3min 16sec
3	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	4:31
4	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	4:34
5	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
6	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
8	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	4:58
9	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:45
15	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	7:06
16	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	7:28
17	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
19	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	7:56
20	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
21	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	7:58
22	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	8:20
23	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
24	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Clément Berthet	Decathlon Ag2r Mondiale	8:39
28	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	8:56
29	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
31	Warren Barguil	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	8:59
32	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	11:13
33	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	11:23
34	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r Mondiale	s.t.
35	Davide De Pretto	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
37	Odd Christian Eiking	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
38	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
39	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
40	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
42	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r Mondiale	s.t.
43	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	12:18
46	Attila Valter	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
47	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
48	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
49	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	12:21
50	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	12:44
51	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r Mondiale	s.t.
52	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	13:57
53	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	14:40
56	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	15:14
57	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	16:03
58	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
59	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
61	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Davide Formolo	Movistar	18:12
65	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
66	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
68	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
70	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
71	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
72	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
73	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
74	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
75	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
76	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
77	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
78	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon Ag2r Mondiale	s.t.
80	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
82	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Idar Andersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
84	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
85	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
87	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
88	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	20:01
89	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	20:23
90	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	21:00
91	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	21:22
92	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
93	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	21:25
94	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
95	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
96	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	23:05
97	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
98	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	23:29
99	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	23:36
100	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
101	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	23:47
102	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	24:41
103	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
104	Valentin Darbellay	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
105	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
106	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
107	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
108	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
109	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
110	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
111	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
113	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
114	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
115	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
116	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
118	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
119	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.

 

2024 Il Lombardia map & profile (revised route):

2024 Tour of Lombardy map

2024 Tour of Lombardy course profile

2024 Il Lombardia photos by Fotorepoter Sirotti: Oct 12, 2024

Tadej Pogacar heads to the start. It looks like he has security riding right behind him.

Warren Barguil

Remco Evenepoel signs in

Jacob Fuglsang

Starting ceremonies: Team Groupama-FDJ is presented

Lennert Van Eetvelt

American racer Neilson Powless

Steven Kruijswijk

Domenmico Pozzovivo about to start his last race, his 16th Il Lombardia.

The peloton rides along Lake Como

The peloton steaming along the Lombard countryside

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL rider Kevin Vermaerke

Pogacar has again left everyone else behind.

Pogacar grabs his bike

Tadej Pogacar enjoys his win.

Remco Evenepoel finishes second

Giulio Ciccone finishes third.

Fourth place Ion Izagirre

Lennert Van Eetvelt is 7th.

Neilson Powless is 8th and on his left is 9th-place David Gaudu

The podium, from left: Remco Evenepoel (2nd), Tadej Poigacar (1st) & Giulio Ciccone (3rd)

Race winner Tadej Pogacar

2024 Il Lombardia photos from RCS Sport and Video: Oct 12, 2024

Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar on the start line

The race has been filled with aggression. Here is the scene on the Selvino climb.

22 riders away on the Valpiana climb at km 106

Next up in this scene, the Ghisallo climb. Tadej Pogacar instructs his teammates.

Autumn in Italy. You can see why Il Lombardia is called "La Classica delle Foglie Morte" (The Classic of the Falling Leaves).

Racing in beautiful Italy. The riders climb by Lake Como.

The moment everyone knew was coming. Pogacar attacks on the Sormano climb, 50 kms from the finish. The most immediate chasers are Evenepoel, Mas and Van Eetvelt The Belgian Olympic champion’s face has an expression somewhere between nervous and resigned. The feeling is that everyone has already figured out the race is practically over.

Pogacar on his way to a solo finish in Como. As the organizer wrote: "Feast your eyes, for we are admiring one of the greatest in the history of the sport". With 10 kms to go he has a 2min 15sec lead.

Tadej Pogacar on his way to a stunning solo finish, his fourth Il Lombardia win.

Tadej Pogacar wins.

Tadej Pogacar celebrates his fourth Il Lombardia win.

Start list with back numbers, October 11, 2024:

	UAE Team Emirates
1	Tadej Pogacar
2	Jan Christen
3	Finn Fisher-Black
4	Marc Hirschi
5	Rafal Majka
6	Pavel Sivakov
7	Adam Yates
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
11	Luca Vergallito
12	Tobias Bayer
13	Nicola Conci
14	Michael Gogl
15	Juri Hollmann
16	Axel Laurance
17	Xandro Meurisse
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
21	Clément Champoussin
22	Anthony Delaplace
23	Simon Guglielmi
24	Laurens Huys
25	Lukasz Owsian
26	Michel Ries
27	Alessandro Verre
	Astana Qazaqstan
31	Lorenzo Fortunato
32	Samuele Battistella
33	Gianmarco Garofoli
34	Simone Velasco
35	Martin López
36	Cristian Scaroni
37	Santiago Umba
	Bahrain Victorious
41	Antonio Tiberi
42	Santiago Buitrago
43	Damiano Caruso
44	Matej Mohoric
45	Andrea Pasqualon
46	Wout Poels
47	Edoardo Zambanini
	Cofidis
51	Guillaume Martin
52	Harrison Wood
53	Benjamin Thomas
54	Ben Hermans
55	Ion Izagirre
56	Hugo Toumire
57	Stefano Oldani
	Corratec-Vini Fantini
61	Andrii Ponomar
62	Matteo Amella
63	Davide Baldaccini
64	Valentin Darbellay
65	Alessandro Iacchi
66	Giulio Masotto
67	Simone Olivero
	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale
71	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
72	Clément Berthet
73	Paul Lapeira
74	Nicolas Prodhomme
75	Bastien Tronchon
76	Andrea Vendrame
77	Lawrence Warbasse
	EF Education-EasyPost
81	Rui Costa
82	Stefan de Bod
83	Ben Healy
84	Neilson Powless
85	Archie Ryan
86	James Shaw
87	Georg Steinhauser
	Groupama-FDJ
91	David Gaudu
92	Enzo Paleni
93	Lorenzo Germani
94	Romain Grégoire
95	Valentin Madouas
96	Rudy Molard
97	Rémy Rochas
	INEOS Grenadiers
101	Ethan Hayter
102	Thymen Arensman
103	Jonathan Castroviejo
104	Brandon Rivera
105	Ben Swift
106	Connor Swift
107	Ben Turner
	Intermarché-Wanty
111	Georg Zimmermann
112	Francesco Busatto
113	Vito Braet
114	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk
115	Louis Meintjes
116	Simone Petilli
117	Lorenzo Rota
	Israel-Premier Tech
121	Jakob Fuglsang
122	George Bennett
123	Marco Frigo
124	Krists Neilands
125	Nick Schultz
126	Dylan Teuns
127	Michael Woods
	Lidl-Trek
131	Bauke Mollema
132	Simone Consonni
133	Julien Bernard
134	Dario Cataldo
135	Giulio Ciccone
136	Jacopo Mosca
137	Toms Skujins
	Lotto Dstny
141	Johannes Adamietz
142	Andreas Kron
143	Sylvain Moniquet
144	Lennert Van Eetvelt
145	Henri Vandenabeele
146	Harm Vanhoucke
147	Jacopo Guarnieri
	Movistar
151	Enric Mas
152	William Barta
153	Davide Formolo
154	Gregor Mühlberger
155	Nairo Quintana
156	Einer Rubio
157	Pelayo Sanchez
	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
161	Jai Hindley
162	Roger Adrià
163	Sergio Higuita
164	Bob Jungels
165	Florian Lipowitz
166	Daniel Martinez
167	Aleksandr Vlasov
	Soudal Quick-Step
171	Remco Evenepoel
172	Mattia Cattaneo
173	William Junior Lecerf
174	Fausto Masnada
175	Pieter Serry
176	Gil Gelders
177	Mauri Vansevenant
	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
181	Romain Bardet
182	Warren Barguil
183	Romain Combaud
184	Chris Hamilton
185	Gijs Leemreize
186	Martijn Tusveld
187	Kevin Vermaerke
	Jayco-AlUla
191	Simon Yates
192	Alessandro De Marchi
193	Davide De Pretto
194	Edward Dunbar
195	Christopher Juul-Jensen
196	David Peña Jesus
197	Filippo Zana
	Team Polti Kometa
201	Davide Piganzoli
202	Mattia Bais
203	Davide De Cassan
204	Matteo Fabbro
205	Andrea Garosio
206	Germán Dario Gómez
207	Fernando Tercero
	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
211	Matteo Jorgenson
212	Tiesj Benoot
213	Wilco Kelderman
214	Steven Kruijswijk
215	Bart Lemmen
216	Jan Tratnik
217	Attila Valter
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
221	Michael Storer
222	Marco Brenner
223	Roland Thalmann
224	Florian Stork
225	Yannis Voisard
226	Hannes Wilksch
227	Luc Wirtgen
	Uno-X Mobility
231	Tobias Halland Johannessen
232	Idar Andersen
233	Odd Christian Eiking
234	Ådne Holter
235	Anders Halland Johannessen
236	Johannes Kulset
237	Andreas Leknessund
	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
241	Domenico Pozzovivo
242	Luca Covili
243	Alessio Martinelli
244	Giulio Pellizzari
245	Alessandro Pinarello
246	Matteo Scalco
247	Alessandro Tonelli