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Send-offs for Rafał Majka, Pieter Serry, Salvatore Puccio and more retiring riders at Il Lombardia – Gallery

Rafał Majka Pieter Serry Simone Petilli Il Lombardia Louis Meintjes Rafal Majka Tadej Pogačar SoudalQuickStep
UAE Team Emirates’s Polish rider Rafal Majka cycles past fellow riders lining the start line to celebrate his last race, before the 119th edition of the Giro di Lombardia (Tour of Lombardy), a 238km cycling race from Como to Bergamo on October 11, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP).

The start of Il Lombardia 2025 saw a series of heartfelt send-offs on Saturday morning in Como, as the peloton said goodbye to the riders who were pinning on a number for the final time at the race of the falling leaves.

Rafał Majka (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Pieter Serry (Soudal-QuickStep), Salvatore Puccio (Ineos Grenadiers), Simone Petilli and Louis Meintjes (both Intermarché-Wanty) are all hanging up their racing wheels at the end of this season, and were honoured on Saturday morning.

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