National Championships 2019 – Italy – [Road Race – FULL RACE](italian)

June 30, 2019

National Championships 2018 – Italy – Borgo val di Taro – Compiano : 226,9 km

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.

Davide Formolo (Bora-Hansgrohe) claimed a spectacular victory in the Italian road race championship on Sunday, attacking from range before going it alone on the final three laps in Borgo Val di Taro.

The reduced peloton came down 27 seconds later, led by Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida), with Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First) grabbing the final podium spot.

Formolo began his offensive some 60km from the finish, with five laps of the finishing circuit – punctuated by the climb to Strela – still to cover. Initially away with six others, he dominated the front of the race and left them behind on the descent of Strela with three laps still remaining.

“It was very hot, it must have been 40 degrees,” Formolo said, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. “I knew I had to invent something. I made a mistake counting the laps. I thought there were four left, but it was actually three, and that encouraged me.”

Formolo’s lead was never great, but he never gave up, and there were question marks in the chase group. With a lead of 30 seconds heading into the last lap, the inevitable attacks came on the climb to Strela but nothing stuck and Formolo hardly ceded ground, negotiating the descent before finishing off a brilliant victory.

Second at Liege-Bastogne-Liege in April, Formolo came away disappointed from the Giro d’Italia, where he placed 15th overall. He took time out after the corsa rosa and will now hope the national title is a springboard for further success later in the season.

“Cycling is a sport of suffering, not of numbers,” Formolo said. “When you put a number on your back, you have to say, ‘Great, today I’m going to suffer, to hurt myself.’ If instead you start out stressed, you won’t go anywhere. You have to be happy in order to have the desire to suffer.”

Results :
1 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 5:35:23
2 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:27
3 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First
4 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
5 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
7 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
8 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
9 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
10 Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
11 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
12 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team
13 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
14 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:30
15 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:34
16 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:01:53
17 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Sovac 0:04:57
19 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
20 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
21 Andrea Cacciotti
22 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Ineos
23 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
24 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
25 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
26 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:05:52
27 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools 0:06:20
28 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:06:54
29 Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis
30 Raul Colombo (Ita) Biesse Carrera
31 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
32 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:07:49
33 Manuel Pesci 0:08:33
34 Ivan Martinelli (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools
35 Francesco Romano (Ita) Bardiani CSF
36 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:09:41
37 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:10:26
38 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team Ineos 0:13:53
DNF Andrea Toniatti (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
DNF Marco Landi
DNF Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Luca Pacioni (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
DNF Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
DNF Niccolo Salvietti
DNF Angelo Raffaele (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools
DNF Antonio Santoro (Ita) Monkey Town-A Block
DNF Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Filippo Fiorelli
DNF Oscar Gatto (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Simone Sterbini (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Matteo Busato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Alberto Amici (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Francesco Messieri
DNF Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Luca Raggio (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
DNF Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
DNF Niccolo Bonifazio
DNF Jalel Duranti (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Mattia Bais (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
DNF Luca Wackermann (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Filippo Tagliani
DNF Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Nicholas Cianetti
DNF Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Leonardo Bonifazio (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis
DNF Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Riccardo Minali (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Andrea Di Renzo
DNF Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Massimo Rosa (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
DNF Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
DNF Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data
DNF Yuri Colonna
DNF Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Riccardo Marchesini
DNF Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
DNF Antonio Di Sante (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis
DNF Federico Burchio (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools
DNF Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
DNF Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Alessandro Frangioni
DNF Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNF Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
DNF Filippo Rocchetti (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Lorenzo Friscia
DNF Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Attilio Viviani
DNF Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
DNF Leonardo Tortomasi
DNF Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
DNF Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
DNF Dario Puccioni (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis
DNF Orlando Pitzanti (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools
DNF Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
DNF Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Francesco Baldi
DNF Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM