The 2018 road season has reached its final days, and while the Tour of Guangxi might bring the curtain down on the WorldTour, the European campaign ends with a series of one-day races in Italy and France over the next week.
Low sunlight and falling leaves are the order of the day as riders put the finishing touches to their campaigns. For some, these are simply fixtures to fulfil at the end of a long and demanding season. Others are still chasing contracts for 2019. Plenty more are looking to eke everything they can out of some late-season form. No matter the circumstance, these are races worth winning.
Il Lombardia, the fifth and final Monument of the season, is the loftiest prize still up for grabs, but the Giro dell'Emilia, Paris-Tours, Tre Valli Varesine, Milano-Torino and Gran Piemonte all have a history and cachet of their own. The 2018 season is almost over, but, for many, the final word has yet to be written.
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Giro dell'Emilia – Saturday, October 6
A fixture on the calendar since 1909, the Giro dell'Emilia remains something of a hidden gem for international audiences, though a cursory glance of the race's palmarès highlights its difficulty and its prestige. In the 21st century alone, winners have included Michele Bartoli, Jan Ullrich, Nairo Quintana and Gilberto Simoni.
The race sets out from Bologna and features the climbs of Mongardino, Passo Brasimone and Valico Ganzole before returning to the red-hued city for four laps of a demanding, 9.3km finishing circuit centred around the climb to the Santuario della Madonna di San Luca.
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