Mikel Landa at the Tour de France 2019 (Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images)
Mikel Landa has abandoned Il Lombardia in what was his last race for Movistar.
The Spaniard climbed off with 62km remaining as he began the climb to Muro di Sormano, with Bob Jungels (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) simultaneously launching an attack to bridge the gap to team-mate Remi Cavagna, Fausto Masnada (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) and Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) up the road.
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