Now the World Championships in Richmond in the United States are over, the Italian classics made their comeback with the Tre Valli Varesini which was won by Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team) on Wednesday, Milan-Turin won by Diego Rosa (Astana Pro Team) yesterdag, the GranPiemonte won by Jan Bakelants (AG2R La Mondiale) today and the UCI WorldTour race, Il Lombardia or the Tour of Lombardy 2015, this Sunday, the day before the official presentation of the Giro d'Italia 2016 race route.
Il Lombardia, the 109th edition of the race, will have a modified race route, which keeps the start and finish cities of last year, but the other way around with start in Bergamo and finish in Como. Hereunder you'll find the ...
Now the World Championships in Italy are over, the UCI WorldTour comes back in sight tomorrow (Sunday), with Il Lombardia or the Tour of Lombardy 2013, the day before the presentation of the Giro d'Italia 2014 race route.
Il Lombardia, 107th edition, will -like last year- follow a new race route this year, but conserves the start from Bergamo and the finish in Lecco. Hereunder you'll discover the new race route on Google Maps/Google Earth, the time- and route schedule and the profile.
The race of the falling leaves will take place tomorrow, awaiting its little brother Paris-Tours in France next week.
Now the World Championships in The Netherlands are done, the UCI WorldTour will be back this weekend, with Il Lombardia or the Tour of Lombardy 2012 this Saturday, the day before the presentation of the Giro d'Italia 2013 race route.
Il Lombardia, 106th edition of the race, will -just like last year- have a new race route this year, this time no longer starting in Milan but in Bergamo and just like last year with Lecco as its destination and without a lap around the Como Lake. Hereunder you'll find this new race route on Google Maps/Google Earth and the time- and route schedule and the profile.
Will this race route again be the right one for the brand new World Champion, Philippe Gilber ...
Il Lombardia 2011 was won by Oliver Zaugg of the Leopard-Trek Team. The Swiss rider, who was in a solo attack from the last climb of the race, thus took his very first pro victory!
The summary of the Tour of Lombardy 2011
The 105th edition of the Tour of Lombardy, or Il Lombardia according to its new name, started this morning at 11AM in front of the Palazzo Lombardia in Milan under a slightly cloudy sky but with the sun showing up regularly to announce a beautiful autumn day.
After several unsuccessful attempts, including one in which we already saw Yukiya Arashiro (Team Europcar) in front, the Japanese rider of the French time was again the one who initiated a 6 men strong breakaway once they were 45 kilometers in the race. This group, including Johan Vansummeren (Team Garmin-Cervélo), Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Omar Bertazzo (Androni Giocattoli-C.I.P.I.), Claudio Corioni (Acqua & Sapone) and Andrea Pasqualon ...> Read the whole story | no comments | shown 3385x
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This Saturday, the 15th of October 2011, one of the very last races of the 2011 season of the UCI cycling calendar, the Tour of Lombardy 2011, will take place.
Il Lombardia will have a new race route this year, still starting in Milan but this time going towards Lecco and without doing the tour around the Como Lake. I think it was therefore about time to present you the Google Maps/Google Earth map of this race course, together with the time and route schedule and the race profile.
Will this race route still please a rider like Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) who won the 2 previous editions?
The description of the Tour of Lombardy 2011 race route
After the start from Milan, the riders will go north to the real start in Cormano. From there, they'll continue north towards Como up to Copreno where they'll continue their road eastwards to do a loop including the climb of Va ...> Read the whole story | no comments | shown 6737x