Cunego takes Lombardy, Evans the ProTour

Full story: via Velonews

While Damiano Cunego of Lampre-Fondital returned to his sensational best on Saturday to win a second Tour of Lombardy, three years after he took his first, Cadel Evans was left ruing what might have been. Predictor-Lotto's remarkable Aussie crossed the line in sixth place, 10 seconds back, to end his season with overall victory in the 2007 UCI ProTour, but he felt he was good enough to have been sprinting for the day's main prize alongside Cunego and runner-up Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval-Prodir.

"I got something in my eye on the descent into Lecco [with 80km to go]," Evans told VeloNews right after the finish, "and I haven't been able to see since. I kept getting dropped on every descent, and I couldn't do a damn thing about it."

Despite having to chase back after each of the finale's tricky downhills, Evans was still one of the strongest on the subsequent climbs. But he wasn't the only one who experienced bad luck on a day of strong winds and bright sunshine on the tough 242km Lombardy course that circles lake Como in northwest Italy.