Young gun Jan Polanc became the leading figure of LAMPRE-MERIDA in the 2015 edition of the Il Lombardia. The Slovenian rider, winner of the Abetone stage in the Giro d’Italia, didan impressive performance in the speciality which suits him the best: riding in a breakaway.
 

He escaped a few kilometers after the start from Bergamo alongside 10 riders, increasing the advantage on the bunch to 9 minutes on the first climb,the Colle San Gallo, despite the heavy rain.

The situation did not change until the climb of Onno, where the chasers increased the speed and began to close the gap to the attackers, who were caught after 170 km.

On the most important climb of the course, the Muro di Sormano, Rui Costa limited his loss to 30” on an ascent that didn't suit him but in the following sector, he could not get back and he reached the finish in 46th position. Ulissi, was 74th.

The best rider for the blue-fuchsia-green in Como was Polanc in 37th.

“We were not able to be in front of the race in the main moment, our possibility of achieving a good result had vanished before," sports director Philippe Mauduit commented. The best note from the race is the impressive performance by Polanc: he’s young and he can always be in the most important breakaways of top quality races.