The Friday Cycling Quiz: How well do you know ... Il Lombardia?
The final monument of the season has a rich history dating back over 100 years, but how much do you know about this Italian one-day classic?


Tadej Pogačar heads to Il Lombardia this weekend aiming to win his fifth consecutive title at the final Monument of the season. If he does, and who would bet against him, he'll step up to the top of the stats table and share the honour of being a five-time winner with a true Italian legend.
Fausto Coppi is the only rider to have won the race of the falling leaves five times, just one reason Il Campionissimo (the champion of champions) is still thought of as the greatest Italian cyclist of all time.
For all the info you need for the one-day race that winds it's way around the picturesque Lombardy region in northern Italy, taking in the roads around Lake Como, check out our preview.
To test your knowledge of the race that brings the curtain down on the European road race scene, take our quiz below and find out if you're a monumental cycling know-it-all or a Lombardia luddite.
The questions for this quiz were compiled from various sources, including The Monuments, by Pete Cossins, Wikipedia and Procyclingstats.com
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Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He first fell in love with cycling in 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 134-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015 and can still be seen riding bikes around the lanes of Surrey, Sussex and Kent. Albeit a bit slower than before.
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