A method to control a road vehicle comprising; a frame; at least one wheel provided with a hub; and a suspension, which connects the frame to the hub of the wheel and is provided with an active shock absorber comprising: a first element, which defines an end of the active shock absorber, a second element, which defines another end of the active shock absorber and is mounted so as to slide relative to the first element; and an actuator, which is configured to generate a force, which is applied between the two elements (7, 8); the control method comprises the steps of: determining a vertical acceleration (a z) of the hub; determining a speed (v) of translation between the two elements (7, 8) of the active shock absorber; determining a target force (F TGT) for the actuator of the active shock absorber based on the vertical acceleration (a z) of the hub and on the speed (v) of translation between the two elements (7, 8) of the active shock absorber; controlling the actuator of the active shock absorber so as to pursue the target force (F TGT); and determining a second contribution (C 2) exclusively based on the sole speed (v) of translation between the two elements (7, 8) of the active shock absorber and using a second open-loop transfer function (TF 2), which provides the second contribution (C 2) exclusively as a function of the sole translation speed (v); and determining a first contribution (C 1) exclusively based on the sole vertical acceleration (a z) of the hub and using a first open-loop transfer function (TF 1), which provides the first contribution (C 1) exclusively as a function of the sole vertical acceleration (a z); the control method is characterized in that it comprises the further step of: calculating the target force (F TGT) by only and exclusively adding the two contributions (C 1, C 2). a frame; at least one wheel provided with a hub; and a suspension, which connects the frame to the hub of the wheel and is provided with an active shock absorber comprising: a first element, which defines an end of the active shock absorber, a second element, which defines another end of the active shock absorber and is mounted so as to slide relative to the first element; and an actuator, which is configured to generate a force, which is applied between the two elements (7, 8); the control method comprises the steps of: determining a vertical acceleration (a z) of the hub; determining a speed (v) of translation between the two elements (7, 8) of the active shock absorber; determining a target force (F TGT) for the actuator of the active shock absorber based on the vertical acceleration (a z) of the hub and on the speed (v) of translation between the two elements (7, 8) of the active shock absorber; controlling the actuator of the active shock absorber so as to pursue the target force (F TGT); and determining a second contribution (C 2) exclusively based on the sole speed (v) of translation between the two elements (7, 8) of the active shock absorber and using a second open-loop transfer function (TF 2), which provides the second contribution (C 2) exclusively as a function of the sole translation speed (v); and determining a first contribution (C 1) exclusively based on the sole vertical acceleration (a z) of the hub and using a first open-loop transfer function (TF 1), which provides the first contribution (C 1) exclusively as a function of the sole vertical acceleration (a z); the control method is characterized in that it comprises the further step of: calculating the target force (F TGT) by only and exclusively adding the two contributions (C 1, C 2). determining a vertical acceleration (a z) of the hub; determining a speed (v) of translation between the two elements (7, 8) of the active shock absorber; determining a target force (F TGT) for the actuator of the active shock absorber based on the vertical acceleration (a z) of the hub and on the speed (v) of translation between the two elements (7, 8) of the active shock absorber; controlling the actuator of the active shock absorber so as to pursue the target force (F TGT); and determining a second contribution (C 2) exclusively based on the sole speed (v) of translation between the two elements (7, 8) of the active shock absorber and using a second open-loop transfer function (TF 2), which provides the second contribution (C 2) exclusively as a function of the sole translation speed (v); and determining a first contribution (C 1) exclusively based on the sole vertical acceleration (a z) of the hub and using a first open-loop transfer function (TF 1), which provides the first contribution (C 1) exclusively as a function of the sole vertical acceleration (a z); the control method is characterized in that it comprises the further step of: calculating the target force (F TGT) by only and exclusively adding the two contributions (C 1, C 2).