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Alaphilippe, Froome, Ciccone, Mollema and Costa close season at Japan Cup

Alaphilippe, Froome, Ciccone, Mollema and Costa close season at Japan Cup


Il Lombardia, may be known as the race that signals the end of the season, but the final stragglers are still unfolding with Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep), Chris Froome (Israel-Premier Tech), Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) among those choosing to end their season at the Japan Cup

The Japan Cup and Veneto Classic in Italy will close out the men’s ProSeries racing for the year on Sunday as the final WorldTour race, the Tour of Guangxi continues to unfold in China. The 164.8 km road race which starts and finishes in Utsunomiya, rus over 16 laps of a 10.3km course with the repeated climb to the Kogashirindo mountaintop a big contributor to the approximately 3,000m of elevation gain.

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