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Bauke Mollema, Pello Bilbao and other retiring riders receive guard of honour send-off at Il Lombardia

Veterans competing in their career-closing contest at Il Lombardia were honored with a special peloton salute in Bergamo on Saturday morning. Athletes ending their professional tenures at the Italian Monument included former champion Bauke Mollema, Pello Bilbao, Rudy Molard, Odd Christian Eiking, and Ion Izagirre, who managed to start despite a wrist injury.

Mollema, making his record-breaking seventeenth appearance at the event, additionally received a commemorative plaque and medal during sign-on alongside a custom bicycle finish.

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