Il Lombardia Preview

Leaves are falling all around and a weekend of classics gets under way with Il Lombardia this Saturday and Paris-Tours on Sunday, a final hurrah for the 2017 season. This year’s route reverts to a recent formula with steep climbs to tilt the race to the climbers.

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Roads to Ride: The Muro di Sormano

Once a wall that was so steep it was dropped from the Tour of Lombardy. Now it’s back and part-road, part-architectural installation and billed as the world’s toughest cycle path.

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