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Not over yet – Il Lombardia, WorldTour survival and long goodbyes all part of intense season finale

Not over yet - Il Lombardia, WorldTour survival and long goodbyes all part of intense season finale

The rainbow jersey has been handed out and Autumn is starting to fall softly over Europe, yet there is still distance left to run in the 2022 season. Il Lombardia, with its potential for a reprise of Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France duel, is the biggest landmark left on the horizon, but there are plenty of other attractions to draw the eye in the final three weeks of the elite men’s calendar.

The post-World Championships action already got underway on Tuesday with the opening stage of the CRO Race, where Bahrain Victorious’ Jonathan Milan claimed victory. Much of the attention in Croatia this week will, of course, centre on Vingegaard, back in competition for the first time since he won the Tour in July and building towards that rendezvous at Il Lombardia. Others begin a similar process this week at Thursday’s Coppa Agostoni, which kicks off an intense schedule of one-day racing in Italy.

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