The season's almost over - but there's still a big lap of Lake Como to entertain the photographers...

A four man escape is developing along the lakeshore - led by Serguei Klimov...

The peloton is happy to sit back and enjoy the autumnal scenery...

Nicholas Roche is working flat out to keep this escaspe away all day - they have a nine-minute lead at the top end of the lake...

The peloton has started top chase as it passes Domaso with 140-kilometres left...

The eastern shores of Lake Como are as pretty as the opposite side - especially with a fat peloton brightening things up...

Johnny Hoogerland has attacked and gone past Roche on the long ascent...

The Lampre team is chasing hard behind Hoogerland...

Daniel Martin leads a new escape that has swallowed Hoogerland over the top of the Ghisallo - they have a handsome 45-seconds lead...

Rabobank starts to chase as the penultimate ascent looms...

Hoogerland is on the attack as the Civiglio rears up with 15-kilometres to go...

Cadel Evans has moved nearer to the front on the descent of the Civiglio, but he's missing some of the counter-attacks in front...

Alexandre Vinokourov has got across to the escape as the final climb begins - and he moves clear of them as well..!

Evans is chasing Vinokourov hard - he has Ivan Basso on his wheel...

Robert Gesink lends his strength to the chase - something has to break soon...

Philippe Gilbert has attacked just as Vinokourov's been caught...

Sammy Sanchez has got across to Gilbert and puts his head down with five-kilometres left...

Gilbert lunges for the finish-line, but Sanchez is coming up to him...

Philippe Gilbert wins the 2009 Giro di Lombardia - it is his fourth major win in just nine days..!

Alexandre Kolobnev takes 3rd-place a few seconds later - maybe one day he'll win something big like Gilbert..!

Gilbert shares his winners podium with Sanchez and Kolobnev - see you all next year, folks..!