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2016 Il Lombardia

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Dates
  
1 October 2016

Distance
  
241 km (149.8 mi)

Winner
  
Esteban Chaves (COL)

Stages
  
1

Winning time
  
6h 26' 36"

Second
  
Diego Rosa (ITA)

The 2016 Il Lombardia (also known as the Giro di Lombardia or the Tour of Lombardy) took place in Lombardy in Northern Italy on 1 October 2016. It was the 110th edition of the Il Lombardia road bicycle race and the closing event of the 2016 UCI World Tour.

Colombian rider Esteban Chaves won the race in a three-man sprint in Bergamo with Italian Diego Rosa and his countryman Rigoberto UrĂ¡n.

Teams

The 18 UCI World Tour teams were automatically invited and obliged to line up. The race organisation invited seven further UCI Professional Continental teams with wildcards.

References

2016 Il Lombardia Wikipedia