Il Lombardia 2015 - **SPOILERS**

imatfaal
imatfaal Posts: 2,716
edited October 2015 in Pro race
The Titan of the Fall is upon us - Eccolo, il gigante d'autunno.

245km from Bergamo to Como on Sunday 4th October 2015. Not sure if we normally have a spoiler thread for Il Lombardia - but as I was reading about it during my breaks today I thought I might as well create one.

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245km of beautiful scenery and history - sorry about the crap map but it is the best road book has.

And the designer seemed to think that a 3d effect made the profile easier to read - there are probably better available but this is the official one

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And you gotta love climbs like this
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At under 2km long you understand its punch when you realise Purito Rodriguez's record is 9 mins 2 seconds and it is just after the pretty nasty Madonna del Ghisallo. It might be a flat finish but I cannot see there being any sprinters left as the last 75km is pretty much entirely very up or very down.

The teams have been confirmed but I cannot find a starters roster yet

ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)
AND ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - SIDERMEC (ITA)
AST ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ)
BAR BARDIANI CSF (ITA)
BMC BMC RACING TEAM (USA)
BOA BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)
CCC CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE (POL)
COL COLOMBIA (COL)
EQS ETIXX - QUICK STEP (BEL)
FDJ FDJ (FRA)
IAM IAM CYCLING (SUI)
LAM LAMPRE - MERIDA (ITA)
LTS LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)
MOV MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)
NIP NIPPO - VINI FANTINI (ITA)
OGE ORICA GreenEDGE (AUS)
STH SOUTHEAST (ITA)
TCG TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN (USA)
TGA TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN (GER)
KAT TEAM KATUSHA (RUS)
TLJ TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO (NED)
SKY TEAM SKY (GBR)
TCS TINKOFF - SAXO (RUS)
TFR TREK FACTORY RACING (USA)
UHC UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM (USA
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