Team Sky announce squad for Il Lombardia
Wout Poels and Mikel Landa lead Team Sky at Il Lombardia as the British squad look for their second Monument win of the season

Team Sky, stage nine of the 2016 Vuelta a España
Wout Poels and Mikel Landa will lead Team Sky in the year's final Monument at Il Lombardia on Saturday as the British team looks to add to its collection of Classics wins.
Poels will become the first rider since Eddy Merckx in 1972 to win both Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Lombardia in the same season, should he win this weekend, while Landa will be looking to finish his season on a high.
Riders will be expecting significantly warmer and drier weather than they experienced when Sky won their first Monument in Liège this spring and have named a host of climbing talent to support the leaders on the route from Como to Bergamo.
Peter Kennaugh and Ben Swift are the two Brits in the lineup, with Nicolas Roche riding what could be his final race for Sky before joining BMC next season.
Leopold Konig, 12th in Milano-Torino on Wednesday, and Spain's Mikel Nieve add to the climbing firepower, while Vasil Kiryienka provides the diesel engine to power the Sky train.
Team Sky for Il Lombardia
Mikel Landa, Wout Poels, Peter Kennaugh, Leopold Konig, Vasil Kiryienka, Mikel Nieve, Nicolas Roche, Ben Swift
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription
Join now for unlimited access
Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.
-
Reusser wins Tour de Suisse Women final stage to take overall victory
Swiss rider leads the four day race from start to finish, taking GC and her second stage win with a tactically perfect attack
-
“I feel proud racing guys I used to watch on TV” says French teenage sensation Paul Seixas after climbing to 6th in Critérium du Dauphiné GC
As Romain Bardet prepares to bow out, 18-year-old Paul Seixas looks well prepared to take up his stage racing baton
-
Would Dave Brailsford returning to Ineos Grenadiers be a good idea?
Reportedly on his way out of Manchester United back to a wider role at Ineos Sport, the old Team Sky boss might be back in the world of cycling
-
Geraint Thomas to move into management role at Ineos Grenadiers after retirement - reports
Welshman due to retire at end of 2025 but expected to stay with team
-
'I only found out I was coming to this race yesterday' - Sam Watson claims first WorldTour win in 3.4km Tour de Romandie prologue
Brit wins by just three tenths of a second to take leader's jersey
-
'It can really push me along' - How a velodrome comeback is making Caleb Ewan faster on the road
Australian says he'll "definitely" continue track work after rekindling passion
-
Could Caleb Ewan be Ineos Grenadiers' first Tour de France sprinter since Mark Cavendish? 'That's my goal'
"All I can do is try to win as much as possible and prove that I deserve to be there," says Australian
-
'An unprecedented opportunity for brands to be part of the evolution' - Ineos Grenadiers sponsor hunt steps up with sales agency partnership
Sportfive have been employed to find "non-endemic global partners for the team"
-
'We've all got a little bit extra in us this year' - Ineos Grenadiers recapture 'fighting spirit' with aggressive Paris-Nice display
British team continue to put tumultuous 2024 behind them with momentum and a new found mentality
-
Could a TotalEnergies deal be the end of Ineos Grenadiers as we know them?
Reports suggested this week that Ineos could be close to signing a deal with the French petrochemical firm