Italian National Road Race Championships

Costante Girardengo won the event nine times between 1913 and 1925, either side of World War I, including seven consecutive wins between 1919 and 1925.

After his winning streak ended, another Italian cycling legend, Alfredo Binda, won 4 races in a row.

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 men's road champions have also won the Italian National Time Trial Championships in the same year.

The traditional Italian tricolor jersey
Michele Dancelli wears the original maglia tricolore in 1966
Mario Cipollini wears a now sponsored maglia tricolore in 1997
Vincenzo Nibali wears in 2015 a special maglia , which mixed the team-jersey's design and the Italian tricolore .
Elena Cecchini wears in 2017 a maglia tricolore in a banded template.