Giacomo Nizzolo wins European Championships road race in dramatic sprint finish

The NTT Pro Cycling rider became Italian champion just two days ago

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Giacomo Nizzolo took the win at the European Championships road race in a frantic bunch sprint ahead of French national champion, Arnaud Démare and German, Pascal Ackermann.

The race was filled with sharp attacks from around 70km to go, but no move could stick with Italy and France riding solely for a sprint finish.

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