- Giro di Lombardia
Infobox Cycling race
name = Giro di Lombardia
current_event =
date = Mid-October
region = Lombardy, Italy
english = Tour of Lombardy
localnames = Giro di Lombardia it icon
nickname = "La classica delle foglie morte" it icon
Race of the Falling Leaves en icon
discipline = Road race
competition = UCI ProTour
type = Monument classic one-day race
organiser = RCS
director =
first = 1905
number = 100 (as of 2007)
last =
firstwinner = flagicon|ITA Giovanni Gerbi
mostwins = flagicon|ITA Fausto Coppi (5 wins)
mostrecent = flagicon|ITA Damiano CunegoThe Giro di Lombardia (English: "Tour of Lombardy") is an Italian cycle race, based in theLombardy region. It is traditionally the last 'Monument' of the European professional cycling calendar, and since 2005 part of theUCI ProTour . Given that it is held in theautumn season, one of its famous nicknames is "the race of the falling leaves" ( _it. la classica delle foglie morte).History
The first edition was in 1905. It was then called Milan-Milan. In 1907 the race was renamed to its current name. During the decades the route has changed many times.
Milan ,Sesto San Giovanni ,Bergamo ,Varese ,Monza ,Cuneo have been start or finish place. In 2004 the race started inMendrisio inSwitzerland , and ended inComo . The most famous obstacle in the Giro di Lombardia is theMadonna del Ghisallo . At the Madonna del Ghisallo there is ashrine with a small museum containing religious and cycling objects and photos.The most successful rider of the Tour of Lombardy was
Fausto Coppi , who won the race 5 times. The most recent edition (2007) was won byDamiano Cunego .Winners
External links
* [http://www.steephill.tv/classics/giro-di-lombardia/ 2007 Race details; links to live and post race coverage]
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