Il Lombardia 2021 start list: Evenepoel, Alaphilippe, Pogačar and Roglič set to battle for the last Monument of the season
The list of riders down to take part in the 115th edition of Il Lombardia in Italy on Saturday, October 9
Il Lombardia on Saturday, October 9, is the final Monument of five in the professional cycling calendar.
After having a year held in August due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 'the race of the falling leaves' has returned to the Autumn season for the 115th edition.
Some of the biggest names of the sport are down to attend the final major race of the cycling season for the climbers and punchers with the sprinters and baroudeurs final main race being the following day at Paris-Tours.
Il Lombardia is eight kilometres longer than last year with the distance of 239km between Como and Bergamo over very tough climbs.
Defending champion and first Dane to win the race, Jokab Fuglsang (Astana-Premier Tech) will not be racing with Russian rider, Aleksandr Vlasov, who finished third last year, leading the Astana-Premier Tech line.
Up against him are recent Giro di Sicilia winner Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) who will be looking win for a third time, along with 2019 winner Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo).
Deceuninck - Quick-Step haven't held back either with world champion Julian Alaphilippe being joined by young stars Remco Evenepoel and João Almeida.
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Slovenian superstars Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) are down to race.
Other big names currently down to race are Mikel Landa, Jack Haig, Mark Padun (all Bahrain Victorious), Benoît Cosnefroy (Ag2r-Citroën), Neilson Powless, Rigoberto Uran, Sergio Higuita (all EF Education-Nippo), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation), Simon Yates (BikeExchange) and many more besides in a brilliant start list.
Here is the complete start list of all riders taking part in the final monument of the 2021 season.
Il Lombardia 2020 start list
Astana-Premier Tech
Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus)
Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz)
Manuele Boaro (Ita)
Samuele Battistella (Ita)
Fabio Felline (Ita)
Matteo Sobrero (Ita)
Rodrigo Contreras (Col)
AG2R-Citroën Team
Benoît Cosnefroy (Fra)
Jaako Hänninen (Fin)
Clément Champoussin (Fra)
Larry Warbasse (USA)
Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra)
Clément Berthet (Fra)
Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra)
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
Mattia Bais (Ita)
Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita)
Alexander Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu)
Filippo Tagliani (Ita)
Simone Ravanelli (Ita)
Daniel Muñoz (Col)
Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg)
Bahrain Victorious
Mikel Landa (Esp)
Stevie Williams (GBr)
Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut)
Domen Novak (Slo)
Santiago Buitrago (Col)
Dylan Teuns (Bel)
Matej Mohorič (Slo)
Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè
Giovanni Carboni (Ita)
Filippo Fiorelli (Ita)
Luca Covili (Ita)
Davide Gabburo (Ita)
Daniel Savini (Ita)
Andrea Garosio (Ita)
Alessandro Monaco (Ita)
Bora-Hansgrohe
Emanuel Buchmann (Ger)
Felix Großschartner (Aut)
Fabio Fabbro (Ita)
Giovanni Aleotti (Ita)
Ide Schelling (Ned)
Patrick Konrad (Aut)
Cesare Benedetti (Pol)
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
Rein Taaramäe (Est)
Odd Christian Eiking (Nor)
Jan Bakelants (Bel)
Lorenzo Rota (Ita)
Louis Meintjes (RSA)
Jan Hirt (Cze)
Simone Petilli (Ita)
Alpecin-Fenix
Ben Tulett (GBr)
Kriatian Sbaragli (Ita)
Floris De Tier (Bel)
Louis Vervaeke (Bel)
Xandro Meurisse (Bel)
Jimmy Janssens (Bel)
Petr Vakoč (Cze)
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Guillaume Martin (Fra)
Victor Lafay (Fra)
Tom Champion (Fra)
Simon Geschke (Ger)
Natnael Berhane (Eri)
Rubén Fernández (Esp)
Rémy Rochas (Fra)
Deceuninck - Quick-Step
Julian Alaphilippe (Fra)
Remco Evenepoel (Bel)
João Almeida (Por)
Fausto Masnada (Ita)
Andrea Bagioli (Ita)
Pieter Serry (Bel)
Dries Devenyns (Bel)
EF Education-Nippo
Neilson Powless (USA)
Rigoberto Uran (Col)
Sergio Higuita (Col)
Daniel Arroyave (Col)
James Whelan (Aus)
Diego Camargo (Col)
Will Barta (USA)
EOLO-Kometa
Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita)
Erik Fetter (Hun)
Vincenzo Albanese (Ita)
Mark Christian (GBr)
Davide Bais (Ita)
Edward Ravasi (Ita)
Francesco Gavazzi (Ita)
Groupama-FDJ
Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
Attila Valter (Hun)
David Gaudu (Fra)
Anthony Roux (Fra)
Matteo Badilatti (Sui)
Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)
Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui)
Israel Start-Up Nation
Michael Woods (Can)
Dan Martin (Irl)
Chris Froome (GBr)
Ben Hermans (Bel)
James Piccoli (Can)
Reto Hollenstein (Sui)
Omer Goldstein (Isr)
Lotto-Soudal
Tim Wellens (Bel)
Matt Holmes (GBr)
Andreas Kron (Den)
Harm Vanhoucke (Bel)
Maxim Van Gils (Bel)
Steff Cras (Bel)
Tomasz Marczyński (Pol)
Team BikeExchange
Simon Yates (GBr)
Damien Howson (Aus)
Chris Juul-Jensen (Den)
Nick Schultz (Aus)
Kevin Colleoni (Ita)
Andrey Zeits (Kaz)
Mikel Nieve (Esp)
Movistar Team
Alejandro Valverde (Esp)
Antonio Pedrero (Esp)
Nelson Oliveira (Por)
Davide Villella (Ita)
Dario Cataldo (Ita)
José Joaquín Rojas (Esp)
Marc Soler (Esp)
Vini Zabù
Dan Pearson (GBr)
Jakub Mareczko (Ita)
Edoardo Zardini (Ita)
Simone Bevilacqua (Ita)
Marco Frapporti (Ita)
Davide Orrico (Ita)
Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita)
Team Qhubeka-NextHash
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita)
Victor Campenaerts (Bel)
Karel Vacek (Cze)
Mauro Schmid (Sui)
Dylan Sunderland (Aus)
Sean Bennett (USA)
Andreas Stokbro (Den)
Ineos Grenadiers
Adam Yates (GBr)
Tao Geoghegan-Hart (GBr)
Eddie Dunbar (Irl)
Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp)
Pavel Sivakov (Rus)
Gianni Moscon (Ita)
Ben Swift (GBr)
Team Jumbo-Visma
Primož Roglič (Slo)
Jonas Vingegaard (Den)
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned)
George Bennett (NZl)
Sam Oomen (Ned)
Koen Bouwman (Ned)
Chris Harper (Aus)
Team DSM
Romain Bardet (Fra)
Andreas Leknessund (Nor)
Michael Storer (Aus)
Chris Hamilton (Aus)
Thymen Arensman (Ned)
Tiesj Benoot (Bel)
Mark Donovan (GBr)
Trek-Segafredo
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
Bauke Mollema (Ned)
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri)
Gianluca Brambilla (Ita)
Niklas Eg (Den)
Toms Skujiņš (Lat)
Antonio Tiberi (Ita)
UAE Team Emirates
Tadej Pogačar (Slo)
Marc Hirschi (Sui)
Jan Polanc (Slo)
Davide Formolo (Ita)
Brandon McNulty (USA)
Diego Ulissi (Ita)
Rafał Majka (Pol)
Team Arkéa-Samsic
Nairo Quintana (Col)
Winner Anacona (Col)
Dayer Quintana (Col)
Romain Hardy (Fra)
Łukasz Owsian (Pol)
Maxime Bouet (Fra)
Élie Gesbert (Fra)
Tim Bonville-Ginn is a freelance writer who has worked with Cycling Weekly since 2020 and has also written for many of the biggest publications in cycling media including Cyclingnews, Rouleur, Cyclist and Velo.