LIVE Il Lombardia 2026 - Evenepoel, Del Toro, McNulty, Pidcock, Seixas, Healy & Co. battle for glory in the final Monument of the year
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Follow Il Lombardia 2026 live as the peloton tackles a gruelling 239-kilometre route from Bergamo to Como. Taking place on 10 October, the fifth and final Monument of the season brings the Italian autumn classics to a spectacular conclusion, with more than 4,600 metres of climbing creating a race designed for the world’s strongest climbers. Isaac del Toro, Paul Seixas and Remco Evenepoel are among the leading contenders, while Giulio Ciccone, Tom Pidcock, Matteo Jorgenson, Oscar Onley and Michael Storer will also be hoping to fight for victory. Lenny Martínez, Quinn Simmons, Ben Healy, Lennert Van Eetvelt, Jarno Widar, Davide Piganzoli, Enric Mas, Ben Tulett and Brandon McNulty add further depth to an exceptionally strong field. With relentless climbing, dangerous descents and little opportunity to recover, only the very best are likely to remain in contention when the race reaches its decisive finale around Como. Follow all the attacks, key developments and decisive moments from Il Lombardia 2026 live below.
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Carlos Silva is a writer for CyclingUpToDate.com, where he contributes race reports, interviews, analysis pieces, and live coverage of the international cycling calendar. Holding a degree in Sports from the Jean Piaget Institute, he combines academic knowledge of performance, training, and competition with hands-on journalism experience in professional cycling.
Throughout his career, Carlos has conducted interviews with leading figures in the sport, including Alberto Contador, Joaquim Rodríguez, Óscar Pereiro, João Almeida, Isaac del Toro, Derek Gee, John Degenkolb and Geraint Thomas. These conversations reflect direct engagement with Grand Tour winners, Classics specialists, and emerging talents.
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- They are equal in my opinion, which doesn’t make it easier for anyone.Jumpyjohn10-10-2026
- Ok, thanks for replying to that. Seems to have passed very quietly in an environment always trying to make big news out of small details. Am a little surprised as he really wouldn’t have had to exert himself enormously, he had enough time after and it was not exactly miles away so wouldn’t be surprised if there was more to it, which seems to be the case behind everything these days, like the media have discovered the best way to stay relevant is to reveal details as if it was a series, always holding enough back to create more, as if they feared running out of news ;-)Jumpyjohn10-10-2026
- Now that all the top guys are here, Remco has to win this to prove Euro was not a fluke.abstractengineer10-10-2026
- great dudemij10-10-2026
- they gotta get this fixed. it is atrocious.mij10-10-2026
- this team is stackedmij10-10-2026
- I would not put Paul Seixas as a fave over Remco.mij10-10-2026
- Skelly will be next. If the leader is far above, its simple like Pogi and ALmeida/Del Toro. But we saw Skelly beat Ayuso in the TDF where Ayuso was leader.abstractengineer10-10-2026
- Yes man that would draw a crowdwrsty10-10-2026
- That is what is called "dreaming". "The victory was quite close" . minutes is not close for a GT. anything above 2 minutes is a comfortable victory, above 5 minutes a overwhelming victory and Remco did not even tryabstractengineer10-10-2026
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