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Pellizzari e Gasparrini mantengono la leadership nella Coppa Italia delle Regioni

07 Oct

Pellizzari and Gasparrini maintain their lead in the Italian Regions' Cup

cycling, rankings, Italian Regions Cup, Gasparrini, Pellizzari, Trevalli Varesine

Following the conclusion of the Trevalli Varesine, Giulio Pellizzari and Eleonora Gasparrini maintain their lead in the updated 2026 Coppa Italia delle Regioni standings, although the men's competition remains very competitive. Among the men, Tommaso Dati, thanks to his second-place finish in the Coppa Bernocchi, is now just 30 points off the top spot, while Ludovico Crescioli takes first place in the youth rankings, sharing a score of 170 with Pellizzari. There have also been changes in the Combativity rankings, where Samuele Zoccarato takes first place with 80 points, surpassing Pellizzari, who stands at 78. As for the men's team rankings,…

Italia argento nella cronostaffetta mista agli Europei di ciclismo a Sencur

06 Oct

Italy wins silver in the mixed time relay at the European Cycling Championships in Sencur

Alessia Vigilia, cycling, mixed time relay, Elisa Longo Borghini, European Cycling Championships, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Marco Frigo, Matthew Sobrero, Mattia Cattaneo, Monica Trinca Colonel

LJUBLJANA (October 6) - From junior gold to elite silver. Italy closed the penultimate day of the European Championships in Ljubljana with two medals in the Mixed Team Relay, bringing their total tally at the continental event to five. This result also secures provisional first place in the medal table, with the Azzurri ahead of the Netherlands and France. After winning the world title in Montreal, the Italian team confirmed their place on the podium at the European level as well: they took silver behind France, who took the continental title. The result came at the end of a race held on the Šenčur circuit, over the distance…

GranPiemonte 2026 con protagonisti mondiali e percorso impegnativo in Piemonte

06 Oct

GranPiemonte 2026 with world-class protagonists and a challenging route in Piedmont

Brandon McNulty, cycling, GranPiemonte, Isaac Del Toro, Michael Matthews, World Cup Montreal

PIEDMONT – The 110th GranPiemonte will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2026, on the roads of the Langhe, Monferrato, and Roero regions. The top two finishers at the recent World Championships in Montreal, Brandon McNulty and Michael Matthews, will be taking part. 2025 winner Isaac Del Toro and former world champion Mads Pedersen will also be competing. The race covers 185 km from Asti to Bra, with an undulating route and ten climbs, including Manera, Tre Cunei, and Roddino, with a final 34.7 km circuit that concludes in Bra. Among the most anticipated Italians are Lorenzo Mark Finn, Alberto Bettiol, and Matteo Trentin. Important…

Guido Paier (MH3) e Angela De Gregorio (WH2 ) vincitori del Giro Handbike 2026

05 Oct

Guido Paier (MH3) and Angela De Gregorio (WH2) winners of the 2026 Giro Handbike

Active Team La Leonessa, Beliaeva Natalia, Teresa Angela De Gregorio, Fabio Pennella, Francesca Fenocchio, Handbike Tour, Hundsbichler Benjamin, Katia Aere, Lascaro Vito, Mirko Testa, Pagani Ivana, Paier Guido, Scalise Gabriele, Oscar Signorini, Paul Terrace

BIELLA - The 16th edition of the Giro Handbike, the leading event in Europe, concluded on Sunday, October 4, 2028, in Biella. The fifth and final stage, on a highly technical race course, saw Mirko Testa (MH3) and Katia Aere (WH5) cross the finish line first. "Biella gave us a grand finale worthy of an extraordinary season," stated Fabio Pennella, President of the Giro Handbike. "Biella marks the end of an important journey: five races, all UCI international, of the highest level, through which we aimed to continue to enhance the quality of the event and offer our…

Evenepoel soffia al fotofinish il titolo europeo Elite a Ciccone, terzi Scaroni

04 Oct

Evenepoel snatches the European Elite title from Ciccone in a photo finish, Scaroni third

Christian Scaroni, Julius Ciccone, Remco Evenepoel, Roberto Amadio

LJUBLJANA - The men's elite road race at the European Cycling Championships yielded two medals for Italy, but the continental title slipped away by a hair's breadth, edging out Remco Evenepoel in a photo-finish victory over Giulio Ciccone, while Christian Scaroni took bronze. The Azzurri performed well in the race, putting Ciccone in the best position to fight for the title. The Abruzzo rider capitalized on Evenepoel's crash, managing to stay on his wheel and coming into the final meters with the Belgian in a fight for his life. Ciccone took the bend as he had planned, emerged ahead, and launched the…

Azzurra Ballan campionessa europea juniores della prova in linea

04 Oct

Azzurra Ballan, European Junior Road Race Champion

Alessia Orsi, Azzurra Ballan, Elisa Bianchi, Giorgia Pellizotti, Matilde Rossignoli, Rachele Cafueri

LJUBLJANA - Azzurra Ballan is the new European champion in the Junior Women's Road Race. On the 66-kilometer course in Šenčur, the Italian rider won Italy's first gold medal at the European Road Championships, finishing a race she led from the start. Ballan entered the action, which began after the first descent from Možjanca, with a group of five riders in the lead. As the kilometers passed, her lead over the peloton grew to over two minutes. In the finale, after Spaniard Naxara Odriozola broke away, four riders remained contending for the title.

Nessun podio per gli azzurri nella prova in linea agli Europei su strada U23

02 Oct

No podium for the Azzurri in the road race at the U23 European Road Championships

Chantal Pegolo, Eleonora Ciabocco, Eñaut Urkaregi, U23 European Road Cycling Championships, Gaia Segati, Jade Silo, Hector Alvarez, Jesper Stiansen., Ljubljana, Mara Winter, Roberto Capello

LJUBLJANA - Only placings and no podiums at the U23 European Road Championships. Mattia Negrente was the best Italian rider in the category's road race in Ljubljana. The Italian champion finished fifth, 49 seconds behind the new European champion Héctor Álvarez. Silver went to Eñaut Urkaregi, and bronze to Jesper Stiansen. Roberto Capello also performed well, launching a solo attack in the decisive phase of the race and then retaking it with two laps to go. Among the women, Eleonora Ciabocco placed seventh in the Under-23 women's road race at the European Road Cycling Championships in Slovenia. The Italian…

Montréal 2026, Italia prima per numero di medaglie con Spagna e Belgio

28 September

Montreal 2026: Italy leads in medal count, tied with Spain and Belgium.

Cordiano Dagnoni, Elisa Longo Borghini, Philip Ganna, Julius Ciccone, Matilde Rossignoli, 2026 Cycling World Championships, Nicolas Milesi, Roberto Amadio

MONTRÉAL – The thrilling elite race, with Giulio Ciccone finishing ninth, concluded the Italian team's adventure at the 2026 Montreal Road World Championships. The final haul was five medals: one gold, three silvers, and one bronze, a far superior result compared to recent editions. The gold medal won in the Team Time Trial Mixed Relay perhaps better than any other result represents the overall value of the team, capable of performing at a high level in all areas. Alongside the silver medals of Filippo Ganna in the Elite time trial, Nicolas Milesi in the U23 time trial, and Matilde Rossignoli in the Junior road race,…

L’americano Brandon McNulty neo campione del mondo su strada

27 September

American Brandon McNulty is the new world road champion.

Brandon McNulty, Dead Leaves Classic, Tour of Italy, Julius Ciccone, Lombardy, Mathieu van der Poel, Michael Matthews, Tadej Pogačar, Tom Pidcock, Wout van Aert

MONTRÉAL – Three years after his stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, finishing in Bergamo, American Brandon McNulty has finally donned the road world champion's jersey. On the streets of Montreal, he clinched the world title at the end of a grueling race, executed with intelligence and courage, once again winning with one of his signature attacks from afar. And Tadej Pogačar, who was injured at the Vuelta, was able to witness one of UAE Team Emirates' most valuable domestiques rewarded from home. McNulty – fourth a week ago in the World Time Trial – has built…

Elisa Longo Borghini bronzo nella prova in linea elite ai Mondiali di ciclismo

26 September

Elisa Longo Borghini wins bronze in the elite road race at the UCI World Cycling Championships

Women's cycling, Demi Vollering, Elisa Longo Borghini, Bronze Medal, Cycling World Championships, Montreal

MONTREAL – Elisa Longo Borghini won the bronze medal in the women's elite road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Montreal. The race was won by Dutch favorite Demi Vollering, while the silver medal went to Poland's Kasia Niewiadoma. Longo Borghini, already champion in the mixed relay at this World Championships, thus secured another important podium. Read also: Matilde Rossignoli wins silver in the Junior Road Race. The Lombardia, Classica delle Foglie Morte, prepares for its 120th edition. The Lombardia 2026 celebrates 120 editions: 239 kilometers, nine climbs, and 4,600 meters of elevation gain.