Cycling-Nibali wins Il Lombardia (Reuters)
Italy’s 2014 Tour de France champion Vincenzo Nibali won Il Lombardia in style on Sunday to claim his first Monument one-day classic victory. Spain’s Dani Moreno (Katusha) and Frenchman Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), who jumped away from the group of favourites in the last climb to lead the chase, finished second and third, 21 and 32 seconds back respectively after 245km from Bergamo. “It was a fantastic day, the whole team worked very well,” said Nibali, who was sheltered by Diego Rosa in the last part of the race, one of five ‘Monument’ classics with Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.