Bauke Mollema, Pello Bilbao and other retiring riders receive guard of honour send-off at Il Lombardia

The retiring riders for whom Il Lombardia will be their final race received a warm send-off and a guard of honour from the peloton at the start of the Italian Monument in Bergamo on Saturday morning. Multiple riders are closing the curtain on their careers in Italy this Saturday, including former winner Bauke Mollema (Lidl-Trek), plus Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ United), Odd Christian Eiking (Unibet Rose Rockets) and Ion Izagirre (Cofidis).