Overview

• The 109th edition covered 179 km from Dogliani to Acqui Terme in Italy.
• Del Toro launched his winning move on the Castelletto d’Erro climb, overhauled nearly 40 seconds, and finished in 4:08:24.
• Marc Hirschi and Bauke Mollema completed the podium behind the UAE Team Emirates rider.
• The result added to a season rich in Italian one-day successes, including seven such wins this year and nine one-day classics overall, leaving him one shy of Eddy Merckx’s single-year mark as reported.
• He is scheduled to start Il Lombardia on October 11, with coverage on Claro Sports’ YouTube channel, in a field featuring Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel.