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The '''Italian National Road Race Championship''' is [[cycling]] race were the [[italian]] cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. First race took place back in [[1885]] and was won by [[Giuseppe Loretz]]. At the beginning there were often back-to-back wins from many [[rider]]s. One of the remarcable achievements is a range of 9 wins by the [[Costante Girardengo]], between [[1913]] and [[1925]]. Surely if not for the [[First World War]], wich blocked the running of the [[championship]] for four years, from [[1915]] untill [[1918]], Constante would gane much more victories. Despite this, he also has the record for most consecutive wins, with 7 of them. After his winning streak has ended another italian cycling [[legend]] won 4 races in a row, it was the [[Alfredo Binda]]. After him, 5 championships in a row have been won by [[Learco Guerra]]. From then on, non of the riders dominated that much, although [[Gino Bartali]] and [[Fausto Coppi]] havehas rittenwritten to theirhis namesname 4 victories apiece. In the last years more then one victory was claimed by [[Paolo Bettini]], [[Salvatore Commesso]], [[Massimo Podenzana]] and [[Gianni Bugno]]. Last winner is the [[Giovanni Visconti]]. Non of the road champions have yet to claim a win in the [[time trial]] race.

== Winners ==

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*[[1939]] [[Mario Vicini]] {{ITA}}

*[[1938]] [[Olimpio Bizzi]] {{ITA}}

*[[1937]] GinoNot Bartali {{ITA}}held

*[[1936]] [[Giuseppe Olmo]] {{ITA}}

*[[1935]] Gino Bartali {{ITA}}