Tre Valli Varesine Women's Race: Eleonora Gasparrini wins after last-gasp breakaway catch

VARESE, ITALY - OCTOBER 06: Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini of Italy and UAE Team L&apos;IMAD celebrates at finish line as race winner during the 6th Tre Valli Varesine Women&apos;s Race 2026 a 133.9km one day race from Busto Arsizio to Varese on October 06, 2026 in Varese, Italy. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images) — Eleonora Gasparrini celebrates victory at Tre Valli Varesine Women's Race 2026 (Image credit: Getty Images)

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Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team L'IMAD) surged to her first win of the season in Varese, triumphing on the uphill finish to win Tre Valli Varesine Women's Race.

The Italian beat Sarah Van Dam (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) to the line after a large chase group caught and passed a two-woman attack group on the final ramp to the finish line.

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Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team L'IMAD	3:36:37
2	Sarah Van Dam (Can) Visma-Lease a Bike	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Noemi Rüegg (Swi) EF Education-Oatly	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Kate Courtney (USA) FDJ United-SUEZ	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Malou Eisen (Ned) Volkerwessels	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Julie Bego (Fra) Cofidis Women Team	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Giada Silo (Ita) Uae Development Team	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Ema Comte (Fra) Cofidis Women Team	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv AlUla Jayco	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Margarita Victoria Garcia Cañellas (Spa) UAE Team L'IMAD	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team L'IMAD	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team L'IMAD	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Nikola Nosková (Cze) Cofidis Women Team	0:00:09
16	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:00:22
17	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:01:06
18	Evelien Vijn (Ned) Révvi-EGS Group-Velopro	0:01:50
19	Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini- Bepink	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:01:51
21	Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:01:52
22	Catrin Ferguson (GBr) Movistar Team	0:01:53
23	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:54
24	Amber Kraak (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:03:06
25	Loes Adegeest (Ned) Lidl-Trek	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Cofidis Women Team	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Gaia Realini (Ita) Lidl-Trek	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Lidl-Trek	0:03:51
30	Maud Rijnbeek (Ned) Volkerwessels	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Babette Van Der Wolf (Ned) EF Education-Oatly	0:04:46
32	Karoline Goldschmidt (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net Women	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Mijntje Geurts (Ned) Cofidis Women Team	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Giulia Giuliani (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Fariba Hashimi Vini Fantini- Bepink	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Belinda Holzer (Aut) Tirol Women Cycling	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Maya Kingma (Ned) Aromitalia Vaiano	0:04:47
38	Alena Amialiusik (Blr) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:04:52
39	Talia Appleton (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Linda Zanetti (Swi) Uno-X Mobility	0:05:36
41	Henrietta Christie (NZl) EF Education-Oatly	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Claire Steels (GBr) Movistar Team	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Rosita Reijnhout (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Eva Van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ	Row 43 - Cell 2

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor before being hired full-time. Her favourite races include the Paris-Roubaix, Tour de France Femmes, Tro-Bro Léon, and cycling's fourth Grand Tour, the Volta a Portugal.

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