Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl retained their road race title as Great Britain won 18 medals, including three golds, at the 2026 UEC Para-cycling Road European Championships in Italy.
- Sophie Unwin, visually impaired, and pilot Jenny Holl won 2024 Paris Paralympics road race gold and the individual pursuit on track.
- Unwin and Holl finished 0.75 seconds behind Ireland's Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly in Friday's time trial.
- They gained revenge in Sunday's road race, edging out Dunlevy and Kelly, plus the Irish tandem Sinead Greenan and Alice Sharpe.
- Unwin and Holl split for the Commonwealth Games: Unwin to race for England with pilot Sylvia Misztal, Holl for Scotland.
- Crystal Lane-Wright won the women's C5 time trial, claimed road race bronze; Amelia Cass won C2 and added road race silver.
Unwin, who is visually impaired, and Holl won road race gold at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, as well as the individual pursuit title on the track.
The pair finished just 0.75 seconds behind Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly in Friday’s time trial.
But they gained revenge in Sunday’s road race, edging out Dunlevy and Kelly and the other Irish tandem of Sinead Greenan and Alice Sharpe.
Unwin and Holl will part company for next month’s Commonwealth Games, with Unwin representing England with new pilot Sylvia Misztal while Holl will be part of Team Scotland.
But the pair are scheduled to reunite for September’s Para-cycling Road World Cup in Huntsville, Alabama.
There was also gold for Crystal Lane-Wright, who beat team-mate Morgan Newberry in the women’s C5 time trial and went on to claim road race bronze, while Amelia Cass triumphed in the C2 event and added silver in the road race.
