The grand finale of the Italian classics will go tomorrow with the final monument of the season with the race of the falling leaves - Il Lombardia!
Israel Premier Tech has former winner Jakob Fuglsang (2020), George Bennett (2nd/2020), Dylan Teuns (3rd/2018) and top-five finisher Michael Woods (5th/2019).
1974 Lombardy: De Vlaeminck vs Merckx
"This is the most beautiful and toughest race in the world. But man, the Tour of Lombardy... That is the real race. In my time, one-day cyclists had to compete against climbers. I have ridden there against Thevenet, Poulidor, Zotemelk, Panizza... But also against top riders from the classics. If you could stay in Italy that you have Milan-San Remo and Lombardy on your list of achievements, you are in the gallery of the very best. It is not without reason that Lombardy is in the group of five monuments. You can't do anything in Lombardy if you don't like climbing. But if you can and want to do that, Lombardy is really the best."
-Roger De Vlaeminck, 1974 and 1976 Lombardy winner.
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