2016 Il Lombardia | |
Series: | 2016 UCI World Tour |
Race No: | 27 |
Season No: | 27 |
Date: | 1 October 2016 |
Stages: | 1 |
Distance: | 241 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 6h 26' 36" |
Speed: | 37.248 |
First: | Esteban Chaves |
First Nat: | COL |
Second: | Diego Rosa |
Second Nat: | ITA |
Third: | Rigoberto Urán |
Third Nat: | COL |
Organiser: | RCS Sport |
Previous: | 2015 |
Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Il Lombardia (also known as the Giro di Lombardia or the Tour of Lombardy[1]) 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.[2]
Colombian rider Esteban Chaves won the race in a three-man sprint in Bergamo with Italian Diego Rosa and his countryman Rigoberto Urán.[3]
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. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:[4]