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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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 🇳🇿 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…
Podium with view!
It has been successful here in London! Me, Simona Frapporti, Vittoria Guazzini and Silvia Valsecchi have reached a very “heavy” third place in the team…
Unexpected London
My home’s training period has been interrupted by an unexpected convocation at the track’s World Cup in London. Yesterday I arrived in the english town…
Firsts track’s World Cup
The two firsts track’s World Cups of the season, one in Paris and the other in Milton (Canada), are done. In the first one I’ve…
The track season starts again!
The track season starts again! From Thursday we will be engaged in the first World Cup of the 2018/2019 calendar in Paris where I will…
WIN!
WIN! There is no better way to end a season than winning the last race! This weekend I've raced with my team VALCAR-PBM at the…
54 km – 49.7 km/h
"Don't give up! You're doing a great job, but you have to stay around the 50km/h" is what our DS Davide Arzeni had told us…
TTT World Championship
It's World Championships time! On Sunday me and my team mates will rapresent the Valcar-PBM at the Team Time Trial's World Championships in Innsbruck. For…
Madison italian championship and…
After a rest-period, tuesday I did the madison’s italian championships with my team mate Maria Giulia Confalonieri. We raced with the jersey of the italian…
Satisfied but…
Can someone be disappointed after winning an european championship? Yes, yesterday evening the joy of our victory has been blinded by our disappointment for not…
Super fast World Tour’s race in Vårgårda
Monday 13th August I participated at my first sweden road race. The circuit was wonderfull, in the middle of the nature, with four gravel sectors…
TTT Vårgårda
TTT: Team Time Trial. Yesterday me Marta Cavalli, Maria Giulia Confalonieri, Chiara Consonni, Silvia Persico and Ilaria Sanguineti participated at our first Team Time Trial…
Track’s European championship
Yesterday I came home from Glasgow, where the track's European Championships took place. This championships were a very important event, because they gave the start…
Ride London
64km of curves, speed, crowd and simbolo places, this is the Ride London. Yesterday I finally returned racing with my team (Valcar PBM) on a…
My BeNe Ladies Tour
Yesterday's afternoon ended the BeNe Ladies Tour. During this stage race I've improved myself and I'm really satisfied for what I've achieved. The prologue was…
BeNe Ladies Tour
Today I’ll pick up the number on Valcar PBM's shirt again. Today starts the BeNe Ladies Tour, a stage race composed by a prologue (today),…
Road European championship U23
I think it was one of the hardest race I’ve ever done. 102km and 2600 meters in altitude, we had to do 10 times a…
European championship U23 individual time trial
I’m really proud of myself. I couldn’t imagine to be so satisfied of my performance here in Brno, I did 23 km in 34:46 minutes.…
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European championship U23
Tomorrow will take place the individual time trial and for the first time of my life I will partecipate in this kind of race with…