Overview

• The world champion attacked on the Passo di Ganda with about 37–38km remaining, overhauled lone leader Quinn Simmons, and soloed to the finish.
• He finished 1 minute 48 seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel, with Michael Storer third and Tom Pidcock sixth, on the 241km course to Bergamo.
• By winning Il Lombardia five years in a row, he became the first rider to claim any Monument five consecutive times and the first to podium in all five Monuments in one season.
• The UAE Team Emirates-XRG leader credited teammates for race control, with Jay Vine setting the pace on the Ganda and support from Isaac del Toro, Adam Yates, Domen Novak and Pavel Sivakov.
• The victory completed his third Monument of 2025 and his 10th career Monument, and he said he spoke by phone with Eddy Merckx via Ernesto Colnago while downplaying constant comparisons.