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Last year's winner, Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA), signing in		share this photo
Thibaut PINOT (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ)... we'll see him again later		share this photo
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New world champ, Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE (Spain / Team Movistar) and Alberto Contador before the 112th Il Lombardia		share this photo
Start scene		share this photo
Roll out from Bergamo		share this photo
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Madonna del Ghisallo		share this photo
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Thibaut Pinot (Groupama - FDJ) and Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain - Merida) on the attack		share this photo
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14 km to go: Thibaut Pinot (Groupama - FDJ) attacking on the Civiligo, the final climb		share this photo
Trailing riders on the Civiligo		share this photo
Trailing riders on the Civiligo		share this photo
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Thibaut Pinot (Groupama - FDJ) soloing the flat stretch to the finish		share this photo
Thibaut Pinot (Groupama - FDJ) wins Il Lombardia 2018		share this photo
Thibaut Pinot (Groupama - FDJ) celebrates his first monument win		share this photo
“I don’t know if it was an attack from far out but I wanted it badly, so when I saw Nibali attacking, I thought it was the perfect move. In addition, with Primoz Roglic and Egan Bernal who are two strong riders, when we got a gap of 40 to 50 seconds, I understood it would be complicated for the others to come across. Clearly, this is the most beautiful win of my career. Had I been able to choose one race to win, it would have been this one. This is a true achievement. My goal was to be alone at the top of Civiglio. I didn’t want to face another duel against Nibali in that downhill.”		share this photo
3rd Dylan TEUNS (BEL/BMC RACING) + 43s, 4th Rigoberto URAN (COL/EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC), 5th Tim WELLENS (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL), 6th Ion IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI (ESP/BAHRAIN - MERIDA), 7th Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE), 8th Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA)		share this photo
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Your 2018 Il Lombardia 2018 winner, Thibaut Pinot (Groupama - FDJ)		share this photo
“Among the monuments, Il Lombardia is the nicest in my mind. I've always wanted to win it. I’m in the form of my life but to win ahead of Nibali is something very special. I’m glad he attacked at Sormano. That was the key to success.”		share this photo
Podium ceremony		share this photo
Vincenzo Nibali, second (accompanied by his daughter), said: “I wasn’t hungerflat. I’ve tried to deal with myself, my legs after a breakaway from far out and it was Il Lombardia, not just another race, and the condition is what is it is. But I improved my cycling a bit especially for this race that counts a lot in my mind. I couldn’t do any more. Thibaut Pinot came out well from Milano-Torino. He’s having a good period of his season. He’s really at the top of his game and he had to in order to do something similar to what I did last year. As soon as I was about to be caught by my chasers, I sped up again because there was the will to show off and some strength left. Thus I managed to obtain this second place because of my fighting spirit.”		share this photo
Your 2018 Il Lombardia 2018 podium: 2nd Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 32s, 1st Thibaut PINOT (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) 5:53:22, 3rd Dylan TEUNS (BEL/BMC RACING) + 43s. The average speed exceeded 40km/h (40.921km/h) for the first time since Philippe Gilbert’s victory in 2009 (41.541km/h). Dylan Teuns is the first Belgian to make the podium since then.		share this photo
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