Il Lombardia

'He deserves a bit of calm', but no rest for a hungry bike racer: Pogačar to take aim at rainbow jersey and considers future runs at Giro and Vuelta.

Our editors debate where the men's 'monuments' rank as the all-time favorite.

We play hypothetical team manager and argue who we'd sign if we had the checkbook to take our pick among the peloton's biggest stars.

'Finishing second in the Tour is going to give me motivation for next year,' Pogačar says to close out season with a win.

Basque veteran suffers heavy fall in retirement ride at Il Lombardia: 'I would have liked to finish in a different way.'

Because of course he did.

Spanish veteran wins sprint for sixth in final race of career after making his Lombardia debut in 2003.

Pogačar and Mas go to finish line together after lighting up final with series of attacks on Civiglio and Battaglia climbs.

The Italian monument marks a new chapter in the pair's growing rivalry that now extends to one-day classics and monuments.

Valverde on his legacy: 'I gave everything so the fans could enjoy cycling.'

Matteo Jorgenson on the march in his final race of the 2022 season in Europe. 

From defending champions to dark-horse contenders, here are the five riders to watch out for in the final monument of the season.

The Slovenian star fended off Sergio Higuita and Alejandro Valverde to win just days before Il Lombardia.

Yates posted one of his best seasons despite a crash and a case of COVID-19 knocking him out at the grand tours.

Reigning Tour de France champion hoping to add first 'monument' to cap a breakout 2022 campaign.

Pogačar 'very happy' with his form ahead of title defense at Il Lombardia next weekend.

Nibali: 'Valverde and I approach Lombardia with the desire to leave a mark.' Can the two old dogs deliver one final victory?

Race officials confirmed Thursday that retiring star Gilbert will be part of a deep start list for the autumn French classic on October 9.

Slovenian to close out another spectacular season with a pair of one-day races in Italy.

Giro boss: 'The last monument of the season is a bit more special than usual.'

Spanish veteran to finally call time on long and sometimes controversial career with four races in Italy.

'Two events of international level and of great importance for professional cycling should not take place on the same date.'

Pogačar relishing high stakes of one-day racing at GP Québec and Montréal: 'It's a bit like gambling.'

Belgian star on mission to follow Tour de France toppers on 'Pantani climb' at Tirreno-Adriatico.

Ranking the spring’s biggest classics: Tuscany’s dirt-road throwdown sits second only to the cobblestone carnage of Paris-Roubaix.

Woods believes that Canadian pro racing is in as good a place as ever but is worried about the impact of COVID-19 on the local scene in his home country.

Two-time Tour champ talks Merckx, the classics, and pushes back at doubters in wide-ranging interview with Spanish media.

We dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar and Fausto Masnada at the ‘Race of the Falling Leaves.’

Pogačar punched into the record books with storming win at Il Lombardia – but as far as he's concerned, he's just riding his bike.

Remco Evenepoel's pre-race shakes, Fausto Masnada's dream homecoming, Valverde's ageless consistency and more: What the stars said after Il Lombardia.

Pogačar outsprints Fausto Masnada after attacking solo at 35km to go, scores second monument of the year after also winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

It's not often Roglič and Evenepoel have raced each other. Both are on red-hot form, so who will come out top at Il Lombardia on Saturday?

European and world championships and debut at Il Lombardia are targets in second half of 2021.

Pogačar to race through autumn in bid to win Il Lombardia as UAE-Team Emirates looks to keep things fresh for young superstar.

We rank cycling's monuments according to our personal favorites, and then argue our choices for the sake of... fun!

It guarantees dramatic racing and is stacked with spectacle. So why not make Strade Bianche one of the five monuments? We argue either side.

Belgian phenom's comeback takes U-turn as nagging issues force him to take a break from training.

Belgian star put in more than 700km in his first week of training in Spain since his crash at Il Lombardia.

Belgian star will decamp in Calpe for two weeks as recovery continues for 2021.

Young Belgian making good progress after breaking hip in horror crash, is yet to sketch out 2021 race schedule.

Belgian star reacts with distress amid growing rumors over object removed from his pocket in moments after crash.

Footage emerges of sport director removing mystery item from rider's pocket before being stretchered from ravine.

Following an impressive COVID return, WorldTour rookie set to make grand tour debut at Giro d’Italia.

Belgian veteran reacts to wave of incidents and dangerous race courses in the restarted cycling season.

Doctors say Belgian star will remain bed-ridden for six weeks, putting an end to his 2020 season, but might not need surgery.

With the Tour de France now 12 days away, what are the key takes from last week's wild and wacky edition of the key tuneup race?

Team officials still don’t know how long he will be sidelined for.

Max Schachmann collided with private car on course of Italian monument Saturday, leaving German with fractured collarbone.

Deceuninck-Quick-Step boss reacts to second major crash involving one of his riders in under two weeks.

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20-year-old star was in the lead break at the time of the crash. He is now in stable condition in Como.

Danish rider picks up second monument after Liège-Bastogne-Liège victory in 2019; Evenepoel hospitalized but conscious after dramatic crash.

The Alpecin-Fenix rider looks to help his teammates in the season's second monument, and build his own form in doing so.

Nibali, van der Poel, Woods and Bennett among those looking to shut down Evenepoel at Saturday's Italian monument.

The parcours will be shortened by 15km to 231 km, omitting the section in Lecco which then doubles back to Oggiono.

This week's calendar is packed with action, with the Critérium du Dauphiné and Il Lombardia on the calendar.

Tour de Pologne rolls out Wednesday, but Evenepoel isn't making continuing his unbeaten stage-race streak a priority.

Strade Bianche, Milano-Sanremo, Il Lombardia, Tirreno-Adriatico highlight Sicilian's pre-Giro schedule.

Health concerns in Romania put question mark over Dutchman's planned season restart at Sibiu Tour.

Texan speaks of hopes and expectations for the season, family life, and testing his time trial on Zwift.

RCS Sport offers wildcard slots to Alpecin-Fenix at all its one-day races.

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Officials juggling new dates for San Remo and Lombardia in August in effort to keep everyone happy.

Colombian star hopes to win all three grand tours in his career with a Giro debut possibly in the cards for 2021.

Van der Poel remains 'open to everything' in 2020, with Liège and Il Lombardia now becoming possibilities.

Italian federation calls for Il Lombardia to be moved from October to mid-August and Milano-Sanremo to be delayed two weeks.

On this week's episode, the guys break down Bauke Mollema's career-defining win at Il Lombardia.

Dutchman attacked on the penultimate climb of the day and capitalized on the chase group's indecision to win last monument of the year.

A showdown between Roglic and Bernal highlights what should be a thrilling finale to cycling's monument season

Dutch rider Edo Maas sustained serious injuries after crashing into a car that had driven onto the course of the Under-23 version of Il Lombardia.

Due to their length, the five monuments of cycling are in a class of their own when it comes to the physical demands. Paris-Roubaix may be the hardest of all.

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The 28-year-old raced to victory in the season's final monument over the weekend.

Frenchman caps a rollercoaster season with his "most beautiful victory"

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Canadian Michael Woods hopes to cap off his breakthrough 2018 season with a maiden monument victory at Il Lombardia.

The new world champion has twice finished second at Il Lombardia. Will this be the year that Alejandro Valverde wins the hilly monument?

Despite showing strong late-season form, Colombian climber Miguel Ángel López won't start the season's final monument race.