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Tour of Lombardy 2014

Tour of Lombardy 2014: Sweet revenge Daniel Martin

With crashes in Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Giro d'Italia, Daniel Martin's 2014 season was marked by disaster, but all is forgotten after a brilliant attack in the final kilometre of Il Lombardia. Unseen by his fellow attackers he escapes and powers to victory. Alejandro Valverde comes in second and Rui Costa third after a race of 254 kilometres.

Tour of Lombardy 2014: Favourites

Attacks on the last climb often tear apart the breakaway and then tension is raised in a spectacular descent. Edition 2013 saw Joaquim Rodríguez outpowering and outsmarting his opponents. The 2014 route saw some drastic revisions, yet attacking on the closing climb is still the way to go. Will Purito succeed in winning the race three times in a row? Or will Alejandro Valverde,after San Sebastian, also win this classic?

Tour of Lombardy 2014: Riders

The Giro di Lombardia is the last Monument in the cycling season. Both (hilly) classics specialists and climbers are eyeing up the win in the race teeming with steep climbs. Cyclingstage.com brings you all riders in edition 2014.

Tour of Lombardy 2014: The Route

Tour of Lombardy 2014: The Route

Sunday, October 5 - For the 108th time in history, Il Lombardia! The penultimate race of the cycling season is still a bit in the hands of five fold winner Fausto Coppi, yet at the same time Joaquim Rodríguez is closing in. Last two editions were his, both in appalling conditions. Purito has got the climbers race in nothern Italy written all over his tough body.

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