Seixas' star shines at Lombardia

Paul Seixas wins Il Lombardia , the last Monument of the season, from Bergamo to Como, 239.9 km.

After a fast start, a 14-man breakaway managed to break away on the Selvino, consisting of: Sylvain Moniquet (Cofidis), Michael Leonard (EF Education–EasyPost), Maxime Decomble (Groupama-FDJ), Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek), George Bennett (NSN), Pau Martí (NSN), Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step), Ben O'Connor (Team Jayco AlUla), Gijs Leemreize (Team Picnic PostNL), Andrea Mifsud (Team Polti VisitMalta), Victor Campenaerts (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Johannes Kulset (Uno-X Mobility) and the Italians Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) and Fausto Masnada (MBH Bank CSB ​​Telecom Fort).

The escapees do not exceed a 3-minute lead, with the peloton holding them at bay and being pulled mainly by UAE Team Emirates.

On the Ghisallo , the race explodes, with the breakaway falling apart, and McNulty, Simmons, Scaroni, and Jorgenson attempting to break away from the pack. Red Bull closes out the action, thanks to some great work by Pellizzari .

On the first pass over the San Fermo, Roglic and Jorgenson, among the top riders, broke away, while Pellizzari continued his work. On the Civiglio, Seixas took the lead early on, rejoined the breakaway, and broke away from all his rivals: the last to give way were Ciccone and Pidcock.

The Frenchman reached the summit with a 30-second lead over Ciccone and Mas , who rejoined at the end, and a minute over the rest of his rivals, with Evenepoel and Del Toro struggling on the climbs. Seixas also increased his lead on the San Fermo and soloed to his first career Monument.

Mas overtook Ciccone for second place, with the Lidl-Trek rider managing to defend his spot on the podium. Evenepoel outsprinted the rest of the field for fourth place.