TRACK: BETWEEN LATE 2022 AND EARLY 2023 + A BRIEF REFLECTION ON THE VALUE OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS
I ended the past season inside a velodrome and started the competitions of this 2023 again riding around in circles, without brakes and without being…
GIRO D’ITALIA AND TOUR DE FRANCE
After a great spring it is time for the two most important stage races of the entire calendar: Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. Both…
DISCOVER MY LAND: CUNEO!
It's always nice to spend some time in my home town: CUNEO. A few weeks ago I was lucky to wander around the beautiful streets…
MY DREAM SPRING!!
On the flight back from the second Nations' Cup on the track held in Canada I had the opportunity to think back to my spring.…
MY WIN AT TROFEO BINDA FROM YOUR QUESTIONS!
La vittoria Sunday at the Trofeo Binda I won my first ever on-day-race in the WorldTour circuit! This victory was even more special because it…
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FIRST WIN AT SETMANA VALENCIANA!
My season couldn't have started in a better way! I took part at a four-day stage race in Spain: the Setmana Valenciana. The stages were…
A NEW ADVENTURE WITH TREK-SEGAFREDO
This year, after seven seasons with the Valcar's colors, I'll debut with a new team: Trek-Segafredo. With my new Trek-Segafredo rainbow kit I am very…
GIVEAWAY!
I have a beautiful present for you! Who wants to win my fantastic rainbow outfit? You only have to go to my Instagram profile and…
WORLD CHAMPION: BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER!
It has been a long time since I wrote on my blog last time. I'm sorry about it but many things have happened and conflicting…
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TOKYO…HERE WE COME!
28th of June 2021, a dream becomes true: I'll go to the Olympic Games in Tokyo! I was looking forward to this day because I…
PROGRAM CHANGE
Here I am! With Matrix GYM This month, as I had already anticipated in my last article, I was totally focused on training and I…
TIME TO RESTART AFTER A LITTLE BREAK!
After a spring full of races, time has come for a well-deserved rest! At my home on Iseo Lake After the Tour of Luxembourg, a…
LAST SPRING RACES
I ended my northern races with the Brabantse Pjil and the Amstel Gold Race, I can be very satisfied with my start of the season:…
EPIC NORTHERN EXPEDITION
After the victory at the GP Oetingen, one of the most intense and eventful periods of the entire season began for me! The sprint I…
FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON!!!
Sunday came my first win of the season at GP Oetingen in Belgium! The sprint It was the first edition of a typical northern race:…
STRADE BIANCHE AND… A BLACK EYE
On Saturday I participated for the third time, since I moved into the elite category, at STRADE BIANCHE, one of the hardest races in the…
First race of the year!
My season started Saturday the 27th: cobbles, hills and cold as birthday presents! Team presentation I was waiting to pick up the number on my…
LET’S GET THIS 2021 STARTED!!
Hi everyone! My 2021 started with an intense block of training camps: the first with my team Valcar Travel&Service in Puglia, the second with national…
PRIZE DRAWN
Good morning everyone! I remind you that tomorrow night at 9 pm I'll be live on my Instagram profile to drawn the winner of my…
HOW TO WIN MY EUROPEAN CHAMPION’S KIT???
Hi everyone! It has been a really difficoult and complicated 2020 for all of us due to COVID-19, despite that I have been really lucky…
THANK YOU!!!!
It has been hard coming to the end of this season, but if I could achieve all my goals and pass by all the difficulties…
Amazing European Championships!
After a great end of the road season in Madrid, it was time for the last week of efforts on the track, before my offseason.…
What a victory in Madrid!
On Thursday morning, after a whole week on the track to prepare the next european championships, we took the plane to fly to Madrid ready…
Brugge-De Panne
I am extremely happy! Exactly ten days ago I had to put eighteen stitches on my left knee and yesterday I managed to take off…
A bad crash at Gent-Wevelgem
I was waiting the Gent-Wevelgem since some weeks, it was the first race that suited me good after a long time. I was full of…
Classiques Ardennes
In this strange 2020 even if it’s october, it’s time for the northern classics! On Huy On Wednesday we started with Fleche Wallone and yesterday…
European champion!
On the podium EUROPEAN CHAMPION! Yesterday a dream came true! I really cared a lot about this race and in the last period I trained…
After Pordenone and Giro dell’Emilia is time for European Championship
The start of the season continued with both track and road races! Elimination race I participated in the three UCI track races scheduled at the…
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From Strade Bianche to Sei Giorni delle Rose
Saturday 1st August we raced one of the most particular and hard races in the UCI calender: STRADE BIANCHE. Team recon for Strade Bianche I've…
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Start of the season!
Finally it’s race time again! I can’t belive that I’m really writing this words, after ten months without any road competitions on Friday I picked…
Training in Livigno and restart
I just got home after 20 days of altitude training in Livigno. Julierpass Starting again to train with my Valcar Travel &Service teammates was a…
Granolas, oat flakes or puffed cereals?
A couple of years ago I started the collaboration with the dietitian doctor Erica Lombardi who I would particularly like to thank for our journey…
During and after lockdown
Good morning everyone, after two months of lockdown, on Monday I finally resumed my bike for a road outing, the feelingwas really strange and almost…
MY FEELINGS FOR TOKYO 2021
I can't hide that as soon as the news of the postponement of the Olympics reached me, I found myself puzzled and disoriented. It has…
MY 2020 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Hi everyone, In this days of quarantine I’ve finally found time to take care of my blog, with the promise to post constantly, because writing…
ROAD TO THE WORLD CHAMPION SHIP
Good morning everyone As I wrote in my previous article, this is a month of long training camps for the preparation of the trak's World…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
My 2019 ended with a very long trip: to Australia! In Brisbane I participated in the fifth round of the World Cup on the track…
It’s time to come back to work
After two weeks of well-deserved and long-awaited rest, the trainig period has officially started! It's time to get back on my bike and go back…
The first stage of the World Cup in Minsk ended with a very good result in the team pursuit!
After a good 4:17.474 in the qualifications we were the second team behind the USA, in the semifinals just like a week ago at the…
With these European championships, the track season has started again!
Unfortunately my approach to this competition was not ideal because I got sick and just the week before the start of the races I had…
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BACK AGAIN
Hello everyone! It's been a while since my last article! Unfortunately it's not easy to keep you up to date , but from this moment…
Two victories!
I certainly have to update you on what happened in the last two weeks!Sunday the 12th of May I achieved my first season’s victory at…
First part of the season: how intense!
The first part of the season with the spring’s classics is already done! We started the first days of April with the Flanders and we…
Ronde Van Drenthe
Do you know how’s hell like? You had to be there yesterday!166km race, heavy rain, strong wind, pavè, mud and cold. The race has been…
A new beginning
It took me a while to be able to think and write about my track’s World Championship. An appointment that I was preparing for months…
Last “rainbow-check”
The time at home is every time shorter! After the trip in New Zeland I directly flew in south Italy (Etna). There, with my national…
Finally Gold!
It’s unbelievable even if it’s a few days that I came back home from Hong Kong! After three bronze and one silver medal, we finally…
New Zealand
This adventure in New Zealand is over and I’m satisfied but disappointed. In the team pursuit me, Martina Alzini, Marta Cavalli end Letizia Paternoster did…
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Team Cycling is not an individual sport, in fact having a great team is the key for a successful result. Anyway only one person can…
New Zealand 🇳🇿 and Hong Kong 🇭🇰
First races of 2019! In this moment I’m on the other side of the world, at 18500km from home! I’m here in New Zeland for…