{"id":7097,"date":"2015-10-05T10:44:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T06:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/nibali-wins-il-lombardia-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:36:37","slug":"nibali-wins-il-lombardia-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/en\/nibali-wins-il-lombardia-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year&#8217;s Last Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">At the Year&#8217;s Last Monument, Il Lombardia \u2014 Known as the Race of the Falling Leaves \u2014 Lo Squalo Put the Final Full Stop on the Season.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_5012\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-01-Photo-from-Il-Lombardias-post-in-Facebook-Timeline-Photos.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5012\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5012\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-01-Photo-from-Il-Lombardias-post-in-Facebook-Timeline-Photos.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-01-Photo-from-Il-Lombardias-post-in-Facebook-Timeline-Photos.jpg\" alt=\"lom-01 Photo from Il Lombardia's post in Facebook Timeline Photos\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27401%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20401%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27401%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-01-Photo-from-Il-Lombardias-post-in-Facebook-Timeline-Photos-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-01-Photo-from-Il-Lombardias-post-in-Facebook-Timeline-Photos.jpg 960w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vincenzo Nibali (nicknamed Lo Squalo, the Shark), this year&#8217;s winner of Il Lombardia Photo: Il Lombardia&#8217;s Facebook Timeline Photos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vincenzo first attacked on the last climb, then pulled off his trademark fast descent and held the advantage he had won to the end.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5014\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-13-Photo-Tim-De-Waele-TDWsport-com.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5014\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5014\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-13-Photo-Tim-De-Waele-TDWsport-com.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-13-Photo-Tim-De-Waele-TDWsport-com.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling: 109th Tour of Lombardie 2015 Vincenzo NIBALI (Ita)\/  Bergamo - Como (245Km)\/  Ronde Giro Il Lombardia \/pool LB \u00a9Tim De Waele\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27399%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20399%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27399%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-13-Photo-Tim-De-Waele-TDWsport-com-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-13-Photo-Tim-De-Waele-TDWsport-com-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-13-Photo-Tim-De-Waele-TDWsport-com.jpg 4928w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attention! Lo Squalo attacks Photo: Tim De Waele\/TDWsport.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Considering that this season was not a particularly successful one for Vincenzo, winning the last home one-day classic should be a big motivation for him in preparing for next year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5015\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-14-Photo-Tim-De-Waele-TDWsport-com.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5015\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5015\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-14-Photo-Tim-De-Waele-TDWsport-com.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lom-14-Photo-Tim-De-Waele-TDWsport-com.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling: 109th Tour of Lombardie 2015 Daniel MORENO (Esp)\/  Bergamo - Como (245Km)\/  Ronde Giro Il Lombardia \/ pool LB \u00a9Tim De Waele\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" 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