The 2026 Il Lombardia entry list brings together 25 teams and 175 riders for the final Monument of the season, with the 120th edition running from Bergamo to Como on Saturday 10 October.
The biggest change from recent editions is the absence of five-time defending winner Tadej Pogačar, whose 2026 season ended after his Vuelta a España crash. That leaves a much more open race, even if UAE Team Emirates-XRG still arrive with world champion Brandon McNulty, Isaac del Toro, Jan Christen, Pavel Sivakov and A Yates in an exceptionally strong seven-rider group.
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe are just as imposing. Fresh from winning the European road title, Remco Evenepoel lines up alongside Primož Roglič, Jai Hindley, Florian Lipowitz and Giulio Pellizzari. Lidl-Trek counter with Giulio Ciccone, Juan Ayuso and Quinn Simmons, while Bahrain Victorious have Lenny Martinez, Pello Bilbao, Santiago Buitrago and Antonio Tiberi.
The Il Lombardia 2026 route covers 239km and around 4,600 metres of climbing. The Ghisallo comes before the decisive Como circuit, where Civiglio and two ascents of San Fermo della Battaglia give the strongest climbers and one-day specialists several places to force the selection. Our Il Lombardia TV guide has the UK viewing details, while the history of Il Lombardia looks back at the race’s long line of winners.
Who stands out on the Il Lombardia 2026 start list?
Remco Evenepoel is the obvious reference point after his European Championships victory and with Pogačar missing. His Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe support is unusually deep for a one-day race, giving the team the option to attack with Roglič, Hindley, Lipowitz or Pellizzari before committing everything to Evenepoel.
Brandon McNulty arrives in the rainbow jersey after winning the World Championships in Montréal. UAE can also use Del Toro and Christen aggressively, while A Yates and Sivakov give them riders capable of surviving deep into the final sequence of climbs.
Tom Pidcock leads Pinarello-Q36.5 and should welcome a finale where positioning, descending and repeated short climbs matter as much as a single long mountain effort. Lidl-Trek have perhaps the strongest set of alternatives through Ciccone, Ayuso and Simmons, while Richard Carapaz and Ben Healy give EF Education-EasyPost two very different ways to attack the race.
There is also a strong group of younger riders who could shape the race before the favourites make their decisive moves. Paul Seixas, Léo Bisiaux, Jarno Widar, Giulio Pellizzari, Davide Piganzoli, Mathys Rondel, Jakob Omrzel and Isaac del Toro all feature on the organiser’s entry list.
British riders at Il Lombardia 2026
Seven British riders are listed. UAE include A Yates, EF Education-EasyPost bring Lukas Nerurkar, Netcompany INEOS have Oscar Onley, Pinarello-Q36.5 select Tom Pidcock and Mark Donovan, Team Visma | Lease a Bike include Ben Tulett, and Team Picnic PostNL bring Oliver Peace.
Pidcock and Onley have the clearest protected-leader cases, although Tulett and Nerurkar are both capable of surviving a hard race if their teams use them aggressively rather than purely as support.
Late change already required at Cofidis
The organiser entry list still names Ion Izagirre as Cofidis rider number 41. Since that list was issued, however, Izagirre has suffered a broken wrist in training and will not start what had been planned as the final race of his professional career. Cofidis had not supplied a replacement on the entry sheet used for this page, so that place remains subject to a late update.
Full Il Lombardia 2026 start list
UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1. Brandon McNulty
2. Jan Christen
3. Isaac del Toro
4. Felix Grossschartner
5. Domen Novak
6. Pavel Sivakov
7. A Yates
Alpecin-Premier Tech
11. Ramses Debruyne
12. Francesco Busatto
13. Aaron Dockx
14. Michael Gogl
15. Hugo Houle
16. Luca Vergallito
17. Emiel Verstrynge
Bahrain Victorious
21. Lenny Martinez
22. Pello Bilbao
23. Santiago Buitrago
24. Fran Miholjević
25. Jakob Omrzel
26. Antonio Tiberi
27. Edoardo Zambanini
VF Group Bardiani-CSF Faizanè
31. Manuele Tarozzi
32. Luca Covili
33. Martin Marcellusi
34. Alessio Martinelli
35. Luca Paletti
36. Vicente Rojas Naranjo
37. Filippo Turconi
Cofidis
41. Ion Izagirre (listed by the organiser but ruled out with a broken wrist; replacement TBC)
42. Valentin Ferron
43. Sam Maisonobe
44. Sylvain Moniquet
45. Sergio Samitier
46. Dylan Teuns
47. Edoardo Zamperini
Decathlon CMA CGM Team
51. Paul Seixas
52. Tiesj Benoot
53. Léo Bisiaux
54. Noa Isidore
55. Jordan Labrosse
56. Aurélien Paret-Peintre
57. Nicolas Prodhomme
EF Education-EasyPost
61. Richard Carapaz
62. Alex Baudin
63. Ben Healy
64. Lukas Nerurkar
65. Neilson Powless
66. Sean Quinn
67. Jardi van der Lee
Groupama-FDJ United
71. Rudy Molard
72. Clément Berthet
73. Tom Donnenwirth
74. Valentin Madouas
75. Guillaume Martin
76. Quentin Pacher
77. Brieuc Rolland
Lidl-Trek
81. Giulio Ciccone
82. Juan Ayuso
83. Andrea Bagioli
84. Patrick Konrad
85. Bauke Mollema
86. Sam Oomen
87. Quinn Simmons
Lotto-Intermarché
91. Lennert Van Eetvelt
92. Lars Craps
93. Simone Gualdi
94. Lorenzo Rota
95. Reuben Thompson
96. Jarno Widar
97. Georg Zimmermann
MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
101. Luca Cretti
102. Márton Dina
103. Alessandro Fancellu
104. Florian Kajamini
105. Lorenzo Masciarelli
106. Fausto Masnada
107. Alessandro Verre
Movistar Team
111. Enric Mas
112. Roger Adrià
113. Carlos Canal
114. Jefferson Cepeda
115. Juan Pedro López
116. Diego Pescador
117. Einer Rubio
Netcompany INEOS
121. Egan Bernal
122. Thymen Arensman
123. Jack Haig
124. Lucas Hamilton
125. Michal Kwiatkowski
126. Oscar Onley
127. Carlos Rodríguez
NSN Cycling Team
131. George Bennett
132. Pier-André Côté
133. Jan Hirt
134. Pau Martí
135. Nicholas Schultz
136. Dion Smith
137. Floris Van Tricht
Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
141. Tom Pidcock
142. Xabier Mikel Azparren
143. Marcel Camprubí
144. Mark Donovan
145. Quinten Hermans
146. Damien Howson
147. Xandro Meurisse
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
151. Remco Evenepoel
152. Giovanni Aleotti
153. Mattia Cattaneo
154. Jai Hindley
155. Florian Lipowitz
156. Giulio Pellizzari
157. Primož Roglič
Soudal Quick-Step
161. Mikel Landa
162. Gianmarco Garofoli
163. Andrea Raccagni Noviero
164. Maximilian Schachmann
165. Mauri Vansevenant
166. Louis Vervaeke
167. Filippo Zana
Team Jayco-AlUla
171. Michael Matthews
172. Koen Bouwman
173. Alessandro Covi
174. Davide De Pretto
175. Felix Engelhardt
176. Anders Foldager
177. Alan Hatherly
Team Picnic PostNL
181. Mattia Gaffuri
182. Warren Barguil
183. Alexy Faure Prost
184. Chris Hamilton
185. Gijs Leemreize
186. Oliver Peace
187. Frank van den Broek
Team Polti VisitMalta
191. Diego Pablo Sevilla López
192. Davide Bais
193. Mattia Bais
194. Ludovico Crescioli
195. Francisco Muñoz Llana
196. Andrea Pietrobon
197. Alessandro Tonelli
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
201. Davide Piganzoli
202. Bruno Armirail
203. Louis Barré
204. Tijmen Graat
205. Matteo Jorgenson
206. Tim Rex
207. Ben Tulett
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
211. Michael Storer
212. Marc Hirschi
213. Mathys Rondel
214. Florian Stork
215. Yannis Voisard
216. Larry Warbasse
217. Fabian Weiss
Unibet Rose Rockets
221. Wouter Poels
222. Cedrik Bakke Christophersen
223. Odd Christian Eiking
224. Eivind Broholt Fougner
225. Owen Geleijn
226. Sergio Meris
227. Jannis Peter
Uno-X Mobility
231. Tobias Halland Johannessen
232. Anthon Charmig
233. Simon Dalby
234. Andreas Kron
235. Johannes Kulset
236. Andreas Leknessund
237. Anders Skaarseth
XDS Astana Team
241. Christian Scaroni
242. Nicola Conci
243. Lorenzo Fortunato
244. Sergio Higuita
245. Harold Tejada
246. Diego Ulissi
247. Simone Velasco
The organiser entry list is still subject to late substitutions before the race begins in Bergamo. Any confirmed changes will be reflected here as teams finalise their seven-rider selections.
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