The road to Il Lombardia – A complete guide to the Italian Autumn Classics

The late season Italian races point towards the year's final Monument, Il Lombardia, won last year by Tadej Pogačar
The late season Italian races point towards the year's final Monument, Il Lombardia, won last year by Tadej Pogačar (Image credit: Getty Images)

The 2023 road season is winding down with the last handful of WorldTour and Women's WorldTour events fast approaching as October arrives. While the peloton hits China, the Tour of Turkey, and 1.1 races in Belgium to round out another year, a packed late-season schedule of Italian one-day Classics is also on the menu.

Over the next two weeks or so, seven races across many of Italy's northern regions – Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Piemonte, and Veneto – come one after another, culminating in the final Monument of the season, Il Lombardia.

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Dani Ostanek