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Alasdair Fotheringham

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.

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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