 The team did not have any rider highlighted as a favorite entering the Giro di Lombardia ; pre @-@ race analyses held Gilbert as the man to beat . Zaugg rode at the front of the race the entire day , riding off the front to occupy first position as the solo leader on the Villa Vergano climb . He then maintained his advantage on the alternating flat sections and remaining climbs ( the Muro dell 'Alpino and the finishing climb in Lecco ) , holding on for victory ahead of Garmin – Cervélo 's Dan Martin and Team Katusha 's Joaquim Rodríguez by 8 seconds . The victory was not only Zaugg 's first monument classic win , or even his first single @-@ day win , it was his first professional victory of any kind , coming at age 30 . Post @-@ race analysis compared Zaugg 's triumph to some of the more notable upsets to which the race has played host in its history . 
