Italian National Road Race Championships
The Italian National Road Race Championships are held annually. They are a cycling race which decides the Italian cycling champion in the road racing discipline, across several categories of rider. The event was first held in 1906 and was won by Giovanni Cuniolo. At the beginning there were often back-to-back wins from many riders. Costante Girardengo made the remarkable achievement of 9 wins between 1913 and 1925. Perhaps if it were not for the First World War, which blocked the running of the championship for four years, from 1915 until 1918, Girardengo would have gained additional victories. Despite this, he also holds the record for most consecutive wins, with 7. After his winning streak ended, another Italian cycling legend, Alfredo Binda, won 4 races in a row. Learco Guerra succeeded him with 5 consecutive wins. Since then the event has not been dominated to the same extent, although Fausto Coppi claimed 4 victories. Recent multiple victors have included Vincenzo Nibali, Giovanni Visconti, Paolo Bettini, Salvatore Commesso, Massimo Podenzana and Gianni Bugno. None of the road champions have also won the time trial race.
Multiple winners
Men
| Wins | Rider | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Costante Girardengo | 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 |
| 5 | Learco Guerra | 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 |
| 4 | Alfredo Binda | 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 |
| Gino Bartali | 1935, 1937, 1940, 1952 | |
| Fausto Coppi | 1942, 1947, 1949, 1955 | |
| 3 | Giovanni Cuniolo | 1906, 1907, 1908 |
| Gilberto Marley | 1887, 1888, 1889 | |
| Fiorenzo Magni | 1951, 1953, 1954 | |
| Franco Bitossi | 1970, 1971, 1976 | |
| Enrico Paolini | 1973, 1974, 1977 | |
| Francesco Moser | 1975, 1979, 1981 | |
| Pierino Gavazzi | 1978, 1982, 1988 | |
| Giovanni Visconti | 2007, 2010, 2011 | |
| 2 | Dario Beni | 1909, 1911 |
| Ercole Baldini | 1957, 1958 | |
| Nino Defilippis | 1960, 1962 | |
| Michele Dancelli | 1965, 1966 | |
| Felice Gimondi | 1968, 1972 | |
| Claudio Corti | 1985, 1986 | |
| Moreno Argentin | 1983, 1989 | |
| Gianni Bugno | 1991, 1995 | |
| Massimo Podenzana | 1993, 1994 | |
| Salvatore Commesso | 1999, 2002 | |
| Paolo Bettini | 2003, 2006 | |
| Vincenzo Nibali | 2014, 2015 | |
Men
Elite
U23
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1996 | Roberto Fortunato | ||
| 1997 | Oscar Mason | ||
| 1998 | Danilo Di Luca | Denis Lunghi | Rinaldo Nocentini |
| 1999 | Simone Fadini | ||
| 2000 | Nicola Gavazzi | ||
| 2001 | Marco Corsini | ||
| 2002 | Paolo Bailetti | ||
| 2003 | Giovanni Visconti | Aristide Ratti | Stefano Bonini |
| 2004 | Riccardo Riccò | Carlo Scognamiglio | Nicola Peccolo |
| 2005 | Adriano Angeloni | Alessio Ricciardi | Marco Panchetti |
| 2006 | Francesco Gavazzi | Maurizio Girardini | Marco Stefani |
| 2007 | Simone Ponzi | Michele Gaia | Mauro Finetto |
| 2008 | Damiano Caruso | Alberto Contoli | Stefano Pirazzi |
| 2009 | Matteo Rabottini | Alfredo Balloni | Gianluca Brambilla |
| 2010 | Stefano Agostini | Stefano Locatelli | Tommaso Salvetti |
| 2011 | Matteo Trentin | Fabio Aru | Andrea Fedi |
| 2012 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno | Davide Formolo | Kristian Sbaragli |
| 2013 | Andrea Zordan | Davide Villella | Alberto Bettiol |
| 2014 | Simone Sterbini | Simone Andreetta | Luca Chirico |
| 2015 | Gianni Moscon | Davide Gabburo | Edward Ravasi |
| 2016 | Simone Consonni | Vincenzo Albanese | Filippo Rocchetti |
Women
See also
References
- "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI STRADA". Federazione Ciclistica Italiana. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.