Giro di Lombardia

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Giro di Lombardia is a prestigious late-season one-day professional cycling classic in Italy, renowned for its hilly course and status as one of the sport’s five Monuments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UCI WorldTour race
cycling monument
one-day road cycling race
alsoKnownAs Il Lombardia NERFINISHED
Race of the Falling Leaves
Giro di Lombardia
surface form: "Tour of Lombardy"
category professional men’s race
competition UCI WorldTour
country Italy
discipline road
distanceApproxKm 240
finishCity Bergamo
firstEditionHeld 1905
frequency annual
gender men
governingBody Union Cycliste Internationale NERFINISHED
hasProfessionalStatus true
heldIn Northern Italy
importance one of the most prestigious one-day races in cycling
monumentAlongWith Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Milan–San Remo
Paris–Roubaix
Tour of Flanders
nicknameOrigin held in autumn when leaves are falling
notableClimb Civiglio
Madonna del Ghisallo
Muro di Sormano
San Fermo della Battaglia
organiser RCS Sport
partOf five Monuments of cycling
previousCompetitionTier UCI WorldTour
surface form: "UCI ProTour"

UCI Road World Cup
raceType hilly classic
one-day classic
region Lombardy
seasonPosition late-season classic
sport road cycling
startType mass start
startYearInUCIWorldTour 2011
surface paved roads
terrain hilly
terrainFeature short steep climbs
technical descents
traditionalFinishCity Como
traditionalStartCity Milan
typicalWinnerProfile climber
puncheur
usualMonth October

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giro di Lombardia alsoKnownAs Giro di Lombardia
this entity surface form: "Tour of Lombardy"
Milan–San Remo otherMonuments Giro di Lombardia
Eddy Merckx won Giro di Lombardia
The Cannibal wonMonumentClassic Giro di Lombardia
subject surface form: "Eddy Merckx"