BERGAMO (ITALY) - Esteban Chaves, of Orica BikeExchange, beat Italian Diego Rosa in a dramatic sprint finish on Saturday to become the first Colombian winner of the Tour of Lombardy.
Colombian Esteba Chaves (R) crosses the finish line ahead of Diego Rosa of team Astana during the 110th edition of the Tour of Lombardy, a 241 km cycling race from Como to Bergamo on October 1, 2016
Rosa, of Astana, finished second with another Colombian, Rigoberto Uran, in third place after 241km of racing between Como and Bergamo.
France's Romain Bardet, of the AG2R team, finished fourth after nearly 6hr 26min of racing.
Italy's Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was unable to defend his title as he is recovering from a broken collarbone suffered in the Olympics road race.