The 2017 Il Lombardia was a

road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

one-day race that took place on 7 October. It was the 111th edition of the Il Lombardia and the 36th event of the

2017 UCI World Tour The 2017 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2017 in men's road cycling, 2017 men's cycling season. It was the ninth edition of the ranking system launched by the Un ...

. It was won for the second time by

Vincenzo Nibali ), The Nibbler , birth_date = , birth_place = Messina, Sicily, Italy , height = , weight = , currentteam = , discipline = Road , role = Rider , ridertype = Climber , proyears1 = 2005 , proteam1 = , proyears2 = 2006–2012 , protea ...

. The race was marred by several severe accidents, all on the fast and technical descent of the

Sormano Sormano ( Valassinese lmo, Surman ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como. It is part of the mountain community of the Triangolo lariano, ...

hill.

Laurens De Plus Laurens De Plus (born 4 September 1995) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France. He is the o ...

() suffered a small fracture to his right knee when he was launched over the guardrail and fell into a ravine.

Jan Bakelants Jan Bakelants (born 14 February 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career His major wins include the 2008 Tour de l'Avenir and stage 2 of the 2013 Tour de France, claiming the yellow jer ...

() remained hospitalised in

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with seven broken ribs and two fractures to his spine.

Simone Petilli Simone Petilli (born 4 May 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Petilli signed a contract to join the team for the 2016 season. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2010 : 5th ...

() was diagnosed after his crash at the same site with two back fractures, a broken collarbone and shoulder blade.

Results

References

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