Vincenzo Nibali took advantage of his descending skills to win Il Lombadia for the second time in three years on Saturday.
Like in his 2015 victory in the single-day classic, Nibali established his lead coming off the Civiglio climb.
Nibali attacked just before the summit to catch then-leader Thibaut Pinot, then dropped the Frenchman on the narrow and twisty descent.
Nibali clocked more than six hours over the undulating 247-kilometer (153.5-mile) route from Bergamo to Como.
Julian Alaphilippe finished second, 28 seconds behind, and Gianni Moscon took a bunch sprint for third, 38 seconds back.
Il Lombardia 2017 results:
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain Merida) |
6:15:29 |
| 2 | Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) |
+28” |
| 3 | Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) |
+38” |
| 4 | Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) |
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| 5 | Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R) |
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| 6 | Fabio Aru (Astana) |
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| 7 | Mikel Nieve (Team Sky) |
+40” |
| 8 | Nairo Quintana (Movistar) |
+42” |
| 9 | Sergei Chernetski (Astana) |
+47” |
| 10 | Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb) |
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