It’s going to be an autumn marked by great cycling races – organised by RCS Sport / La Gazzetta dello Sport – with three classics scheduled for the first few days of October.
The first one will be the Milano-Torino on Thursday 1 October that, after previously having been organised by another company, comes back entirely under the RCS Sport umbrella. The oldest classic in the world, its first edition was raced in 1876 and won by Paolo Magretti. Milano-Torino has seen many champions winning it in its old history, such as: Costante Girardengo, who won for a record five times in the first decades of the last century; Magni, Kubler and Poblet in the 50s; Saronni and Moser in the 80s; Bugno and Jalabert in the 90s, while the last three editions were won by Alberto Contador (2012), Diego Ulissi (2013) and Giampaolo Caruso in 2014.
Gran Piemonte will be back on Friday 2 October. The last edition was raced in 2012 – from Fossano to Biella – where Rigoberto Urán was victorious.
The final race of the trio will be the monument “classic of the falling leaves”, Il Lombardia, on Sunday 4 October. The race starting in Bergamo takes a challenging and spectacular course before ending in Como. The revenge of the UCI Road World Championships in Richmond is served. As usual, among the starters, will be the greatest champions of the international scene, including the then freshly crowned World Champion, who could wear his Rainbow Jersey for the first time in the race that close the monuments season and last year saw victory for Daniel Martin.
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