Italian National Championships: Elisa Longo Borghini continues to rule supreme with seventh road race title of career

Elisa Longo Borghini wins elite women's road race at 2026 Italian Road Championships (Image credit: Italian Road Championships/Bolgan)

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For the seventh time in her career and fourth year in a row, Elisa Longo Borghini secured the Italian National Championships road race, breaking away solo to make a more than convincing defence of her title.

Second, 20 seconds back was Monica Trinca Colonel (Liv AlUla Jayco), with Lidl-Trek's Elisa Balsamo in third. But once again the battle for gold in the Italian Nationals was really only about one person.

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After an hour's racing and a very fast start, no attacks managed to go clear on the rolling course, even if Noemi Lucrezia Eremita (Born to Win BTC City Ljubljana) and Marta Pavesi (Top Girls-Fassa Bortolo) did their best to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the field. UAE Team ADQ ensured that the move never really gained much of an advantage, as Longo Borghini's position as standout favourite meant her team needed to do all of the spadework, keeping the early breaks under control.

The next 26 kilometres essentially boiled down to a lengthy time trial effort by Longo Borghini, with Trinca Colonel oscillating between 20 and 40 seconds behind and the group even further distant. As the race returned to Pordenone again for the closing kilometres, Longo Borghini sat up a little to ensure she did not put herself under too much pressure for the finale, but by then, it was clear she was going to be wearing red, white and green yet again for another year.

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Pos	Rider	Time
1	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	2:49:08
2	Monica Trinca Colonel (Ita) Liv AlUla Jayco	00:00:18
3	Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek	00:01:50
4	Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ	00:01:50
5	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:01:50
6	Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Liv AlUla Jayco	00:01:50
7	Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi	00:01:50
8	Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Cofidis Women Team	00:01:50
9	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//Sram	00:01:50
10	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team	00:01:50
11	Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi	00:01:50
12	Matilde Vitillo (Ita) Liv AlUla Jayco	00:01:50
13	Eleonora Ciabocco (Ita) Picnic PostNL	00:01:50
14	Gaia Realini (Ita) Lidl-Trek	00:02:10
15	Giada Silo (Ita) Uae Development Team	00:03:38
16	Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:03:38
17	Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health	00:03:38
18	Giulia Giuliani (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work	00:03:38
19	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	00:03:38
20	Carmen Moser (Ita)	00:03:38
21	Sofia Arici (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:03:38
22	Sharon Spimi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:03:38
23	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:03:38
24	Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Picnic PostNL	00:03:38
25	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//Sram	00:03:38
26	Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:03:38
27	Federica Venturelli (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:06:15
28	Elisa de Vallier (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:06:15
29	Andrea Casagranda (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:06:15
30	Alessia Zambelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:06:15
31	Irene Laudi (Ita)	00:06:15
32	Elisa Valtulini (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:06:15
33	Alessia Missiaggia (Ita)	00:06:15
34	Rebekka Pigolotti (Ita)	00:06:15
35	Concetta Giulia Bonelli (Ita)	00:06:15
36	Virginia Bortoli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:06:15
37	Elena de Laurentiis (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:06:15
38	Irene Affolati (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano	00:06:15
39	Chiara Reghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:06:15
40	Greta Marturano (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:06:20
41	Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ	00:06:22
42	Elena Cecchini (Ita) SD Worx-Protime	00:06:22
43	Carlotta Borello (Ita)	00:06:22
44	Erja Giulia Bianchi (Ita) Canyon//Sram Generation	00:07:03
45	Valentina Basilico (Ita)	00:07:03
46	Katia Ragusa (Ita) Human Powered Health	00:07:03
47	Michela de Grandis (Ita)	00:07:03
48	Martina Alzini (Ita) Cofidis Women Team	00:07:03
49	Martina Fidanza (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:07:03
50	Sonia Rossetti (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:07:03
51	Giulia Bisso (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	00:07:03
52	Marta Pavesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:07:03
53	Giulia Zambelli (Ita)	00:07:03
54	Emma Gottoli (Ita)	00:07:03
55	Valeria Curnis (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	00:07:03
56	Laura Tomasi (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	00:07:03
57	Giorgia Vettorello (Ita)	00:07:03
58	Francesca Pellegrini (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	00:07:03
59	Giulia Luciani (Ita)	00:07:03
DNF	Beatrice Cesca (Ita)	Row 59 - Cell 2
DNF	Angelica Coluccini (Ita)	Row 60 - Cell 2
DNF	Elisa Lugli (Ita)	Row 61 - Cell 2
DNF	Lucia Brillante Romeo (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano	Row 62 - Cell 2
DNF	Romina Costantini (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano	Row 63 - Cell 2
DNF	Silvia Bordignon (Ita)	Row 64 - Cell 2
DNF	Giorgia Giangrande (Ita)	Row 65 - Cell 2
DNF	Giorgia Manzini (Ita)	Row 66 - Cell 2
DNF	Marta Zanga (Ita)	Row 67 - Cell 2
DNF	Tanya Donati (Ita)	Row 68 - Cell 2
DNF	Noemi Lucrezia Eremita (Ita)	Row 69 - Cell 2
DNF	Asia Rabbia (Ita)	Row 70 - Cell 2
DNF	Elisa Ferri (Ita)	Row 71 - Cell 2
DNF	Beatrice Rossi (Ita)	Row 72 - Cell 2
DNF	Ginevra Tinchella (Ita)	Row 73 - Cell 2
DNF	Aurora Casadei (Ita)	Row 74 - Cell 2
DNF	Anita Baima (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	Row 75 - Cell 2
DNF	Chantal Pegolo (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	Row 76 - Cell 2
DNF	Linda Sanarini (Ita) Tirol Women Cycling	Row 77 - Cell 2
DNF	Elena Pirrone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work	Row 78 - Cell 2
DNF	Piera Barattin (Ita)	Row 79 - Cell 2
DNF	Livielle Ongarato (Ita)	Row 80 - Cell 2
DNF	Gaia Santin (Ita)	Row 81 - Cell 2
DNF	Giulia Vallotto (Ita)	Row 82 - Cell 2
DNF	Claudia Comacchio (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	Row 83 - Cell 2
DNF	Lara Crestanello (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	Row 84 - Cell 2
DNF	Elvira Radaelli (Ita)	Row 85 - Cell 2
DNF	Emanuela Zanetti (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	Row 86 - Cell 2
DNF	Valentina Zanzi (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	Row 87 - Cell 2
DNF	Sara Fiorin (Ita) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi	Row 88 - Cell 2
DNF	Vittoria Ruffilli (Ita) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi	Row 89 - Cell 2
DNF	Anna Amistadi (Ita)	Row 90 - Cell 2
DNF	Desiree Bani (Ita)	Row 91 - Cell 2
DNF	Camilla Bezzone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work	Row 92 - Cell 2
DNF	Eleonora Deotto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work	Row 93 - Cell 2
DNF	Ilaria Marinetto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work	Row 94 - Cell 2
DNF	Sara Segala (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work	Row 95 - Cell 2
DNF	Giorgia Serena (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work	Row 96 - Cell 2
DNF	Sara Luccon (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	Row 97 - Cell 2
DNF	Irma Siri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	Row 98 - Cell 2
DNF	Vittoria Grassi (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	Row 99 - Cell 2
DNF	Isotta Barbieri (Ita)	Row 100 - Cell 2
DNF	Maria Pia Chiatto (Ita)	Row 101 - Cell 2
DNF	Anna Colombo (Ita)	Row 102 - Cell 2
DNF	Sofia Farina (Ita)	Row 103 - Cell 2
DNF	Monia Garavaglia (Ita)	Row 104 - Cell 2
DNF	Ilaria Tambosco (Ita)	Row 105 - Cell 2
DNF	Sara Tola (Ita)	Row 106 - Cell 2
DNF	Isabella Vianello (Ita)	Row 107 - Cell 2

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.

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