PROS – 2021 Tour of Lombardy: the route, the start list, and TV broadcast

The 5th Monument of the cycling season, Il Lombardia, which is the last “big” race of the season, will take place this Saturday, October 9. The event will thus conclude the campaign of late-season Italian classics including Coppa Bernocchi, Tre Valli Varesine, and Gran Piemonte. It is, of course, the most prestigious of these races. As in previous editions, the course will favor a complete rider, more of a “climber-puncheur”.

Find the course, profile, TV broadcast options, and start list for Il Lombardia 2021.

Images: RCS, Dario Belingheri

In the prediction game, many can win. The very recent World Champion Julian Alaphilippe hopes to add this classic to his palmarès after his 2nd place in 2017. But he is not the only one to claim victory. Within his Deceuninck Quick-Step team, Remco Evenepoel or Joao Almeida have recently shown that they will certainly be present in the final. Primoz Roglic is also in form, as evidenced by his undisputed victory in the Giro dell’Emilia a few days ago and in Milan-Turin today.

Among the other riders to watch, let’s mention Tadej Pogacar who seems to be gaining momentum in recent days after a more complicated September. Veterans Alejandro Valverde and Vincenzo Nibali showed in the Tour of Sicily that they should always be counted on for this classic tailor-made for their qualities (2 victories for Nibali in 2015 and 2017).

A surprise could also come from Michael Woods, often very well placed in this type of race, or Thibaut Pinot, whose return to form coincides with the motivation to repeat his feat of 2018. Finally, like Bauke Mollema in 2019, an outsider winner in Como is always possible.

How to watch Il Lombardia 2021 on TV?

Like all late-season Italian classic races, Il Lombardia is only accessible in France via the Eurosport Player application. However, it is also available on the French-speaking Belgian channel “La Une” at 2:20 PM and on the Dutch-speaking channel VTM at 1:35 PM for our Belgian friends. Finally, for those with satellite, it will be possible to follow the race on Italian Rai.

The Il Lombardia 2021 Course

The Il Lombardia 2021 Profile

The Il Lombardia 2021 Start List

(an error had crept into the list below: Warren Barguil is a non-starter, due to a crash on September 26 resulting in a fractured pelvis)

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Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus)

Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz)

Luis León Sánchez (Esp)

Samuele Battistella (Ita)

Fabio Felline (Ita)

Matteo Sobrero (Ita)

Rodrigo Contreras (Col)

AG2R-Citroën Team

Benoît Cosnefroy (Fra)

Jaako Hänninen (Fin)

Clément Champoussin (Fra)

Ben O’Connot (Aus)

Mikaël Cherel (Fra)

Clément Berthet (Fra)

Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra)

Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec

Simon Pellaud (Sui)

Alessandro Bisolti (Ita)

Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu)

Luca Chirico (Ita)

Simone Ravanelli (Ita)

Daniel Muñoz (Col)

Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg)

Bahrain Victorious

Mikel Landa (Esp)

Stevie Williams (GBr)

Mark Padun (Ukr)

Jack Haig (Aus)

Santiago Buitrago (Col)

Dylan Teuns (Bel)

Gino Mäder (Sui)

Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè

Giovanni Carboni (Ita)

Filippo Zana (Ita)

Luca Covili (Ita)

Davide Gabburo (Ita)

Samuele Zoccarato (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)

Max Schachmann (Ger)

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 Sbragli (Ita)

Floris De Tier (Bel)

Louis Vervaeke (Bel)

Xandro Meurisse (Bel)

Jimmy Janssens (Bel)

Petr Vakoc (Cze)

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits

Guillaume Martin (Fra)

Victor Lafay (Fra)

Anthony Perez (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)

Mattia Cattaneo (Ita)

Andrea Bagioli (Ita)

Mauri Vansevenant (Bel)

Dries Devenyns (Bel)

EF Education-Nippo

Neilson Powless (USA)

Rigoberto Uran (Col)

Sergio Higuita (Col)

Ruben Guerreiro (Por)

James Whelan (Aus)

Diego Camargo (Col)

Will Barta (USA)

EOLO-Kometa

Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita)

Erik Fetter (Hun)

Luca Wackermann (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)

Bruno Armirail (Fra)

Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)

Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui)

Israel Start-Up Nation

Michael Woods (Can)

Dan Martin (Irl)

Chris Froome (GBr)

Ben Hermans (Bel)

Krists Neilands (Lat)

Alessandro De Marchi (Ita)

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)

Esteban Chaves (Col)

Nick Schultz (Aus)

Tanel Kangert (Est)

Andrey Zeits (Kaz)

Mikel Nieve (Esp)

Movistar Team

Gonzalo Serrano (Esp)

Antonio Pedrero (Esp)

Einer Rubio (Col)

Gregor Mühlberger (Aut)

Héctor Carretero (Esp)

José Joaquín Rojas (Esp)

Abner González (PRi)

Vini Zabù

Dan Pearson (GBr)

Edoardo Zardini (Ita)

Jaob Schneiter (Sui)

Kamil Gradek (Pol)

Marco Frapporti (Ita)

Davide Orrico (Ita)

Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita)

Team Qhubeka-NextHash

Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita)

Victor Campenaerts (Bel)

Simon Clarke (Aus)

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)

Sebastián Henao (Col)

Team Jumbo-Visma

Primoz Roglic (Slo)

Jonas Vingegaard (Den)

Steven Kruijswijk (Ned)

George Bennett (NZl)

Sam Oomen (Ned)

Koen Bouwman (Ned)

Lennard Hofstede (Ned)

Team DSM

Romain Bardet (Fra)

Andreas Leknessund (Nor)

Jai Hindley (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)

Juan Pedro López (Esp)

UAE Team Emirates

Tadej Pogacar (Slo)

Marc Hirschi (Sui)

Juan Ayuso (Esp)

Davide Formolo (Ita)

Brandon McNulty (USA)

Diego Ulissi (Ita)

Rafa Majka (Pol)

Team Arkéa-Samsic

Nairo Quintana (Col)

Warren Barguil (Fra)   Non-starter due to his crash on September 26 resulting in a fractured pelvis

Anthony Delaplace (Fra)

Romain Hardy (Fra)

Lukasz Owsian (Pol)

Miguel Eduardo Flórez (Col)

Élie Gesbert (Fra)