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Posted on February 15, 2023February 15, 2023

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…

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Posted on August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

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…

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Posted on June 23, 2022June 23, 2022

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…

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Posted on May 25, 2022

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.…

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Posted on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

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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Posted on February 24, 2022February 24, 2022

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…

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Posted on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022

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…

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Posted on December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

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…

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Posted on December 18, 2021December 18, 2021

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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Posted on June 28, 2021June 28, 2021

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…

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Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021

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…

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Posted on May 11, 2021May 11, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021

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:…

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Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

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…

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Posted on March 19, 2021March 19, 2021

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:…

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Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021

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…

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Posted on March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

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…

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Posted on February 3, 2021February 3, 2021

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…

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Posted on December 26, 2020December 26, 2020

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…

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Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020

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…

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Posted on November 29, 2020November 29, 2020

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…

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Posted on November 22, 2020November 22, 2020

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.…

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Posted on November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

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…

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Posted on October 21, 2020

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…

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Posted on October 15, 2020October 15, 2020

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…

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Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

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…

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Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

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…

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Posted on August 25, 2020August 25, 2020

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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Posted on August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

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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Posted on July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

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…

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Posted on July 5, 2020July 5, 2020

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…

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Posted on June 3, 2020

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…

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Posted on May 8, 2020

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…

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Posted on April 11, 2020April 11, 2020

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…

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Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020

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…

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Posted on February 2, 2020

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…

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Posted on January 2, 2020January 2, 2020

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…

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Posted on November 19, 2019November 19, 2019

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…

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Posted on November 7, 2019November 7, 2019

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…

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Posted on October 25, 2019October 25, 2019

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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Posted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019

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…

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Posted on May 30, 2019May 30, 2019

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…

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Posted on May 1, 2019May 1, 2019

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…

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Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

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…

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Posted on March 16, 2019March 16, 2019

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…

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Posted on February 14, 2019February 14, 2019

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…

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Posted on January 31, 2019January 31, 2019

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…

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Posted on January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

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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Posted on January 14, 2019January 14, 2019

T

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…

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Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019

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…

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