Race Report: Vincenzo Nibali cemented his place as the best descender in the sport and he used this to take a famous victory in Lombardy. His Attack with 17 kilometers to go was perfectly timed, but Katusha’s Dani Moreno escaped the small band of chasers and had the shark in his sights, but in the end Vincenzo was the man of the day.It was the last WorldTour race of the season and it seemed like the riders were happy to spend the first 140km discussing holiday destinations for the off season. There wasn’t much racing done until the famous climb of the Madonna del Ghisallo, this split up the race and led to a break by Kwiatkowski and Tim Wellens which lasted until the penultimate climb. On the devilishly steep Muro di Sormano the Astana led peloton blew apart the race and Nibali, the shark of Messina, smelt blood. He made his move at the summit of the Civiglio and built up a 40 second lead on the descent. It looked to be game over with 10km to go but on the final climb Dani Moreno drove hard and get to within 12 seconds of the Italian but it wasn’t close enough and Nibali took a famous win on the streets of Como to cap off an incredible season for his Astana team.RouteThe final UCI WorldTour race of the season and, despite a number of smaller races continuing after this, the Giro di Lombardia marks the finish of the serious...
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