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Category: COMPETITION

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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Posted on December 16, 2018December 16, 2018

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…

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Posted on December 13, 2018December 13, 2018

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…

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Posted on November 2, 2018

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…

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Posted on October 17, 2018

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…

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Posted on October 7, 2018

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…

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Posted on September 23, 2018

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…

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Posted on September 21, 2018September 21, 2018

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…

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Posted on September 15, 2018

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…

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Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018

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…

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Posted on August 18, 2018

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…

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Posted on August 12, 2018

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…

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Posted on August 8, 2018August 12, 2018

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…

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Posted on July 29, 2018August 12, 2018

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…

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Posted on July 23, 2018

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…

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Posted on July 19, 2018

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),…

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Posted on July 15, 2018

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…

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Posted on July 12, 2018July 12, 2018

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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Posted on July 11, 2018

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…

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