Tour of Lombardy 2017
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| General | |||
| output | 111th Tour of Lombardy | ||
| Racing series | UCI WorldTour 2017 1st UWT | ||
| date | October 7, 2017 | ||
| overall length | 247 km | ||
| Host country |
 Italy |
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| begin | Bergamo | ||
| target | Como | ||
| Teams | 25th | ||
| Driver at the start | 199 | ||
| Driver at the finish | 100 | ||
| Average speed | 39.469 km / h | ||
| Result | |||
| winner |
Vincenzo Nibali ( Bahrain-Merida ) |
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| Second |
 Julian Alaphilippe ( Quick-Step Floors ) |
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| Third |
Gianni Moscon ( Sky ) |
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| ◀ 2016 | 2018 ▶ | ||
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The 111th Tour of Lombardy 2017 was an Italian road bike race in Lombardy . The one-day race took place on Saturday , October 7, 2017 . This bike race started in Bergamo and ended in Como with a length of 247 km . In addition, it was part of the UCI WorldTour 2017 and was there in race 36 a total of 38 of this series.
The winner of the race was Vincenzo Nibali from Italy from Bahrain-Merida with about half a minute ahead of Julian Alaphilippe from France from Quick-Step Floors .
Participating teams
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route
After the start in Bergamo, the route runs flat up to km 56. There, the first climb of the day, the Colle Gallo (763 meters above sea level ), came up to the riders. Colle Brianza (533 m above sea level) followed at kilometer 116 . From kilometer 166 it went up to the Madonna del Ghisallo (754 m above sea level). Shortly thereafter, the Muro del Sormano (1124 m above sea level) followed and the last two of the seven kilometers of the gradient were up to 15 percent steep on average. At 230 km the Civiglio followed (673 m above sea level / 4 km long / on average 9.7 percent steep) and at 241 km went up to San Fermo della Battaglia (397 m above sea level / 2.7 km long / im Average 7.2 percent steep). In one descent, the last two kilometers were flat in Como .
Race course
After a few kilometers, six drivers pull away from the field: Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (South Africa / Dimension Data), Mathias Le Tournament (France / Cofidis), Davide Ballerini (Italy / Androni), Pierpaolo De Negri (Italy / Nippo), Lennard Hofstede (Netherlands / Sunweb) and Lorenzo Rota (Italy / Bardiani). As a result, the group got a maximum of 12 minutes ahead.
In the climb to Madonna del Ghisallo , more riders joined the top group with Laurens De Plus (Belgium / Quick Step), Mickaël Chérel (France / AG2R) and Primož Roglič (Slovenia / LottoNL). After the trio caught up to the front, Cherel attacked at the front of the Muro del Sormano and drove on alone. At the end of the descent from the Muro del Sormano , Philippe Gilbert (Belgium / Quick Step), Pello Bilbao (Spain / Astana) and Alessandro De Marchi went to Cherel. The group was caught up to Civiglio .
In the Civiglio there were attacks by Gianni Moscon (Italy / Sky) and Sam Oomen (Netherlands / Sunweb). But the two came away with me. Thibaut Pinot (France / FDJ) then attacked and pulled away. Behind Pinot followed a group with Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Bahrain-Merida), Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy / AG2R) and Rigoberto Urán (Colombia / Cannondale Drapac). Nibali caught up with Pinot a few kilometers on the descent and drove away from Pinot. Up to San Fermo della Battaglia the group could not catch up with Nibali with Moscon, Oomen, Egan Bernal (Colombia / Androni) and Nairo Quintana , but they caught up with Pinot on the climb. In the last descent, Julian Alaphilippe (France / Quick Step) pulled away from the chasing group and was unable to close the gap to Nibali.
Nibali won the race for the second time after 2015, which, like 2017, led from Bergamo to Como. Alaphilippe followed with about half a minute behind and the two sprinted for third place. Moscon went third.
The triumph of Nibali was overshadowed by a serious fall on the descent from Muro del Sormano , about 35 kilometers from the finish, by several riders. Simone Petilli (Italy / UAE Team Emirates), Jan Bakelants (Belgium / AG2R), Daniel Martinez (Colombia / Wilier Triestina) and De Plus had crashed and had to give up the race and some of them had to be hospitalized. While De Plus and Martinez injured themselves only slightly, Bakelants broke several ribs and lumbar vertebrae and Petilli suffered a concussion, an eye injury and a neck fracture.
Race result
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Top-class field in the hunt for the last monument. radsport-news.com, October 7, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Nibali's leaf falls the fastest on Lake Como near Il Lombardia. radsport-news.com, October 7, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Bakelants breaks seven ribs and two lumbar vertebrae. radsport-news.com, October 8, 2017, accessed October 8, 2017 .
Web links
- Official website
- Tour of Lombardy 2017 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
