New look Il Lombardia includes 4500 metres of climbing in Bergamo hills

The peloton begins the picturesque ascent of Madonna del Ghisallo from Bellagio Village on the shores of Lake Como
The peloton begins the picturesque ascent of Madonna del Ghisallo from Bellagio Village on the shores of Lake Como (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

This year’s Il Lombardia will bring down the curtain on the men’s WorldTour calendar, with a new route from Como to Bergamo that avoids the steep Muro di Sormano climb and the testing descent where Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) crashed into a ravine, but still includes 4,500 metres of climbing to make the one-day hardest Classic of the season.   

According to race director Mauro Vegnu of RCS Sport, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers), Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo), Chris Froome (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Evenepoel are amongst those expected to ride. 

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