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October 4, 2026
European Continental Championships 2026 🇸🇮 – Road Race (CC) WJ – Šenčur – Šenčur : 66 km
European Continental Championships – Road Race is a UCI-sanctioned championship road race contested by national teams,
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October 4, 2026
European Continental Championships 2026 🇸🇮 – Road Race (CC) WJ – Šenčur – Šenčur : 66 km
European Continental Championships – Road Race is a UCI-sanctioned championship road race contested by national teams, combining long paved sections, rolling terrain, short climbs and technical descents. The course typically covers more than 150 km, with repeated changes of gradient rather than one continuous mountain ascent. Climbs can range from gradual 4–6% rises to sharper ramps above 10%, creating frequent accelerations and testing riders’ ability to manage effort across a long distance. Narrow roads, tight corners and exposed sections make positioning important, particularly before climbs and technical passages, while wind and changing weather can influence the formation of groups. Racing often begins with controlled breakaway attempts before the pace increases as teams seek to place riders in advantageous positions. The peloton can stretch and fragment on successive climbs, with flatter sections allowing groups to regroup. As the finish approaches, attacks and counterattacks become increasingly frequent. The race can conclude with a solo move, a reduced-group sprint or a late acceleration, depending on the course profile and accumulated fatigue.
Azzurra Ballan won the Junior Women’s road race at the European Championships on Sunday, winning the sprint from a group of four.
Riding for the Italian team, the 18-year-old was the comfortable winner, easily out-sprinting her rivals, with Morgane Lestrade (France) finishing second and Klara Dworatzek (Germany) in third place.
After the group formed on the second of three laps around the Slovenian town of Šenčur, the Germans were ideally placed, with Leni Burger also in the leading quartet, but despite Burger’s lead out, Dworatzek was unable to hold off the others.
Only in its fifth edition, the Junior women’s race at the UEC European Road Championships took place on the same circuit used for the other races this week, though this time the riders tackled the 22km lap three times. The Možjanca climb once again proved decisive, its brutal slopes way into double digit gradients, the staging point, the race splitting the first time up, a small group getting away.
Naxara Odriozola (Spain), Azzurra Ballan (Italy), Morgane Lestrade (France) and the German pair of Leni Burger and Klara Dworatek finished the first lap leading a lone chaser by almost a minute. Next time around that lead has extended, though Odriozola was by then dropped and was chasing with Dutch rider Jade Zijlstra 1:30 down.
The final ascent of the climb proved too much for the two Germans, pressure form Lestrade seeing both lose contact, though they were still just about within touching distance at the top, and the quartet reformed on the ensuing plateau. On both the climb and the descent a chasing group began to take time out of the leading group, but such was their advantage they were set to contest the win.
Results :
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European Continental Championships – Road Race is a UCI-sanctioned championship road race contested by national teams, combining long paved sections, rolling terrain, short climbs and technical descents. The course typically covers more than 150 km, with repeated changes of gradient rather than one continuous mountain ascent. Climbs can range from gradual 4–6% rises to sharper ramps above 10%, creating frequent accelerations and testing riders’ ability to manage effort across a long distance. Narrow roads, tight corners and exposed sections make positioning important, particularly before climbs and technical passages, while wind and changing weather can influence the formation of groups. Racing often begins with controlled breakaway attempts before the pace increases as teams seek to place riders in advantageous positions. The peloton can stretch and fragment on successive climbs, with flatter sections allowing groups to regroup. As the finish approaches, attacks and counterattacks become increasingly frequent. The race can conclude with a solo move, a reduced-group sprint or a late acceleration, depending on the course profile and accumulated fatigue.
Azzurra Ballan won the Junior Women’s road race at the European Championships on Sunday, winning the sprint from a group of four.
Riding for the Italian team, the 18-year-old was the comfortable winner, easily out-sprinting her rivals, with Morgane Lestrade (France) finishing second and Klara Dworatzek (Germany) in third place.
After the group formed on the second of three laps around the Slovenian town of Šenčur, the Germans were ideally placed, with Leni Burger also in the leading quartet, but despite Burger’s lead out, Dworatzek was unable to hold off the others.
Only in its fifth edition, the Junior women’s race at the UEC European Road Championships took place on the same circuit used for the other races this week, though this time the riders tackled the 22km lap three times. The Možjanca climb once again proved decisive, its brutal slopes way into double digit gradients, the staging point, the race splitting the first time up, a small group getting away.
Naxara Odriozola (Spain), Azzurra Ballan (Italy), Morgane Lestrade (France) and the German pair of Leni Burger and Klara Dworatek finished the first lap leading a lone chaser by almost a minute. Next time around that lead has extended, though Odriozola was by then dropped and was chasing with Dutch rider Jade Zijlstra 1:30 down.
The final ascent of the climb proved too much for the two Germans, pressure form Lestrade seeing both lose contact, though they were still just about within touching distance at the top, and the quartet reformed on the ensuing plateau. On both the climb and the descent a chasing group began to take time out of the leading group, but such was their advantage they were set to contest the win.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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