Italian National Championships: Jonathan Milan sprints to first road race title after Lidl-Trek keep rivals under firm control

ROME, ITALY - MAY 31: Jonathan Milan of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 109th Giro d'Italia 2026, Stage 21 a 131km stage from Rome to Rome 1289m / #UCIWT / on May 31, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images) — Archive: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) won stage 21 of 2026 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images)

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Living up to his pre-race favourite billing, Jonathan Milan sprinted to his first Italian national road title on Saturday, coming off the wheel of Alessandro Romele (XDS_Astana) in the final 250 metres in Cuneo.

Milan’s team, Lidl-Trek, took control of the peloton for the majority of the 225-km race, keeping the early breakaway on a tight leash and forcing a regrouping with 64 kilometres to go to deliver a bunch sprint. Burning through his five teammates, Milan was left isolated in the final four kilometres.

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"I still can't believe it, it was a dream since I was a child. I dedicate the jersey to my teammates, who believed it more than I did. It was a very hard day, with the first climbs that put me in serious difficulty. Then this heat, and the end with several attack attempts. It will be an honour to wear the tricolore for a year. I think I worked so hard to get here. Crossing the finish line gave me a special emotion, I still have to realise," Milan told the Italian Cycling Federation.

On another hot day of racing in Italy, over 130 riders lined up for the elite men’s road race, from Asti to Cuneo. The 225-kilometre course was really divided into two sections, starting with a hilly first half with two climbs, the Monforte d’Alba and Murazzano, the highest point of the race at 696 metres. Then, the route transitioned into a fast finishing circuit, tailor-made for the fast men.

From that point on, the speed was kept high by Lidl-Trek, making sure that no riders could escape, and the majority of the field seemed content to wait for the inevitable. As the kilometres ticked down, Soudal-QuickStep rider, and later on, Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe’s Lorenzo Finn, recently the winner of the Giro Next Gen, added their power in the rotation with the latter putting in some accelerations.

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Pos	Rider	Time
1	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek	04:52:40
2	Tommaso Dati (Ita) Team Ukyo	00:00:00
3	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	00:00:00
4	Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
5	Marco Manenti (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
6	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:00:00
7	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:00
8	Gabriele Bessega (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
9	Giacomo Ballabio (Ita) Team Vorarlberg	00:00:00
10	Dario Igor Belletta (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
11	Mirco Maestri (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
12	Lorenzo Conforti (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
13	Sergio Meris (Ita) Unibet Rose Rockets	00:00:00
14	Davide de Pretto (Ita) Jayco-AlUla	00:00:00
15	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	00:00:00
16	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:00
17	Andrea Piras (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:00
18	Cesare Chesini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:00
19	Nicolo' Pettiti (Ita) Swatt Club	00:00:00
20	Lorenzo Masciarelli (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:00
21	Andrea Alfio Bruno (Ita)	00:00:00
22	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team	00:00:00
23	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:00
24	Edoardo Zamperini (Ita) Cofidis	00:00:00
25	Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
26	Matteo Scofet (Ita) S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	00:00:00
27	Filippo Baroncini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:00
28	Luca Paletti (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
29	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:00:00
30	Luca Cretti (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:00
31	Valerio Conti (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:00
32	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:00:00
33	Mattia Stenico (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
34	Davide Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
35	Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
36	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:00:00
37	Federico Iacomoni (Ita) Team Ukyo	00:00:00
38	Diego Bracalente (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:00
39	Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Swatt Club	00:00:06
40	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:00:06
41	Alessio Martinelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:06
42	Nicolò Garibbo (Ita) Team Ukyo	00:00:06
43	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:00:06
44	Ludovico Crescioli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:06
45	Fausto Masnada (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:06
46	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek	00:00:06
47	Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:06
48	Lorenzo Galimberti (Ita) Swatt Club	00:00:06
49	Gabriel Fede (Ita)	00:00:08
50	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	00:00:11
51	Luca Bagnara (Ita) Vega - Vitalcare - Dynatek	00:00:19
52	Manuel Oioli (Ita) Swatt Club	00:00:28
53	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:32
54	Manuel Dovesi (Ita)	00:00:44
55	Lorenzo Mark Finn (Ita) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:00:46
56	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:00:52
57	Christian Bagatin (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:52
58	Emanuele Ansaloni (Ita) Team Technipes #Inemiliaromagna Caffè Borbone	00:00:52
59	Matteo Ambrosini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:52
60	Nicola Conci (Ita) XDS Astana	00:00:52
61	Francesco Parravano (Ita) Mg.K Vis Costruzioni E Ambiente	00:00:52
62	Jacopo Pignatti (Ita) S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	00:00:52
63	Alessandro Verre (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:01:00
64	Filippo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:12
65	Mattia Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:01:23
66	Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek	00:01:34
67	Filippo Magli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:36
68	Matteo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:40
69	Simone Raccani (Ita) Team Ukyo	00:01:46
70	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	00:02:05
71	Filippo D'Aiuto (Ita) General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia	00:02:23
DNF	Tommaso Bessega (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	Row 71 - Cell 2
DNF	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	Row 72 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrea Pietrobon (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	Row 73 - Cell 2
DNF	Gabriele Raccagni (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	Row 74 - Cell 2
DNF	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	Row 75 - Cell 2
DNF	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	Row 76 - Cell 2
DNF	Filippo Cettolin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	Row 77 - Cell 2
DNF	Santiago Ferraro (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	Row 78 - Cell 2
DNF	Martin Marcellusi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	Row 79 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrea Montagner (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	Row 80 - Cell 2
DNF	Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	Row 81 - Cell 2
DNF	Michael Belleri (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli	Row 82 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrea Biancalani (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli	Row 83 - Cell 2
DNF	Simone Leonardo Buongiorno (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli	Row 84 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrea Guerra (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli	Row 85 - Cell 2
DNF	Riccardo Perani (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli	Row 86 - Cell 2
DNF	Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek	Row 87 - Cell 2
DNF	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek	Row 88 - Cell 2
DNF	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek	Row 89 - Cell 2
DNF	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	Row 90 - Cell 2
DNF	Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	Row 91 - Cell 2
DNF	Tommaso Nencini (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	Row 92 - Cell 2
DNF	Matteo Regnanti (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	Row 93 - Cell 2
DNF	Attilio Viviani (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	Row 94 - Cell 2
DNF	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	Row 95 - Cell 2
DNF	Marco Palomba (Ita) S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	Row 96 - Cell 2
DNF	Lorenzo Ursella (Ita) S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	Row 97 - Cell 2
DNF	Francesco Carollo (Ita) Swatt Club	Row 98 - Cell 2
DNF	Lorenzo Ginestra (Ita) Swatt Club	Row 99 - Cell 2
DNF	Thomas Capra (Ita) Bahrain Victorious Development Team	Row 100 - Cell 2
DNF	Filippo Agostinacchio (Ita) Biesse - Carrera - Premac	Row 101 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrea Donati (Ita) Biesse - Carrera - Premac	Row 102 - Cell 2
DNF	Alessandro Milesi (Ita) Biesse - Carrera - Premac	Row 103 - Cell 2
DNF	Giacomo Villa (Ita) Biesse - Carrera - Premac	Row 104 - Cell 2
DNF	Davide de Cassan (Ita) General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia	Row 105 - Cell 2
DNF	Kevin Pezzo Rosola (Ita) General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia	Row 106 - Cell 2
DNF	Thomas Rossetti (Ita) General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia	Row 107 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrea de Totto (Ita) Gragnano Sporting Club	Row 108 - Cell 2
DNF	Edoardo Cipollini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	Row 109 - Cell 2
DNF	Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	Row 110 - Cell 2
DNF	Lorenzo Nespoli (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	Row 111 - Cell 2
DNF	Davide Persico (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	Row 112 - Cell 2
DNF	Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	Row 113 - Cell 2
DNF	Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team	Row 114 - Cell 2
DNF	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team	Row 115 - Cell 2
DNF	Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5	Row 116 - Cell 2
DNF	Nicolo' Parisini (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5	Row 117 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrea D'Amato (Ita) Team Ukyo	Row 118 - Cell 2
DNF	Simone Lucca (Ita) Gragnano Sporting Club	Row 119 - Cell 2
DNF	Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Gragnano Sporting Club	Row 120 - Cell 2
DNF	Ivan Troia (Ita) Gragnano Sporting Club	Row 121 - Cell 2
DNF	Filippo Dignani (Ita) Vega - Vitalcare - Dynatek	Row 122 - Cell 2
DNF	Marco Fermanelli (Ita) Vega - Vitalcare - Dynatek	Row 123 - Cell 2
DNF	Luca Giaimi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	Row 124 - Cell 2
DNF	Ignazio Cireddu (Ita) Team Vorarlberg	Row 125 - Cell 2
DNF	Alessio Menghini (Ita) Team Technipes #Inemiliaromagna Caffè Borbone	Row 126 - Cell 2
DNF	Simone Buda (Ita) Solme Olmo Arvedi	Row 127 - Cell 2
DNF	Tommaso Tessiore (Ita)	Row 128 - Cell 2
DNF	Lorenzo Magli (Ita)	Row 129 - Cell 2
DNF	Daniele Forlin (Ita) Movistar Team Academy	Row 130 - Cell 2
DNF	Alessio Gasparini (Ita) P.A.S. Ioanninnon - P&I	Row 131 - Cell 2
DNF	Matteo Lapo Bozicevich (Ita)	Row 132 - Cell 2
DNF	Riccardo Lucca (Ita) Quick Pro Team	Row 133 - Cell 2
DNF	Jacopo Colladon (Ita) Novo Nordisk	Row 134 - Cell 2
DNF	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic PostNL	Row 135 - Cell 2
DNF	Alexander Konychev (Ita) China Anta - Mentech Cycling Team	Row 136 - Cell 2
DNF	Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Mg.K Vis Costruzioni E Ambiente	Row 137 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrea Cantoni (Ita) Mg.K Vis Costruzioni E Ambiente	Row 138 - Cell 2

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