2016 Il Lombardia Explained

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]

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. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tour of Lombardy. Cycling Weekly. 1 October 2016. The Tour of Lombardy, or the Giro di Lombardia, or just Il Lombardia. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006000551/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/tag/tour-of-lombardy. 6 October 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Home.
  3. Web site: Chaves win WorldTour finale Il Lombardia. cyclingnews.com. October 2016. 1 October 2016.
  4. Web site: 2016 Il Lombardia. FirstCycling. 3 March 2019.