Elisa Balsamo (cyclist)
 Balsamo in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 February 1998 Cuneo, Italy |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Trek–Segafredo |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional teams | |
| 2017–2021 | Valcar–PBM[1][2] |
| 2022- | Trek–Segafredo |
Medal record | |
Elisa Balsamo (born 27 February 1998) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Team Trek–Segafredo,[3] and represents Italy at international competitions.
After competing at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the women's junior road race she became junior world champion at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in the junior's road race. She won the gold medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit.[4]
Early life[]
Balsamo was born in Cuneo in 1998. Her father was an amateur cyclist. Before taking up cycling, she had competed in a number of skiing disciplines, as well as biathlon and swimming.[5]
Career[]
Balsamo's first major win came at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in Doha, where she won the Road Race in a bunch sprint ahead of Skylar Schneider.[6] She signed for Valcar–PBM for the 2017 season.[7] Her first professional win came at the Omloop van Borsele in April 2018,[8] followed by a win at the GP Bruno Beghelli later in the year.[9]
In 2019, Balsamo finished first in a bunch sprint at the Dwars door de Westhoek,[10] as well as stages at the Tour of California[11] and the Giro delle Marche in Rosa. In 2020, Balsamo won the final stage of the Madrid Challenge, overtaking Lorena Wiebes in the final 50 metres.[12]
Balsamo began the 2021 season with a win at the GP Oetingen.[13] She competed for Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics; whilst she broke the Italian record as part of the team pursuit, she finished in 8th position in the madison and outside the Top 10 in the omnium.[14] After a period of stage racing in Spain and The Netherlands, during which she finished second in the Grand Prix d'Isbergues,[5] she was selected as part of the Italian team for the UCI Road World Championships. After a number of attempts by the Dutch team to break away from the group, Balsamo won the bunch sprint from the remaining group of around 25 riders, ahead of Marianne Vos.[15] Her first win as World Champion came at The Women's Tour, in which she won the final stage.[16]
Major results[]
Track[]
- 2015
- 1st
Scratch, UCI Juniors World Championships - 1st
Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Championships - 1st
Team pursuit, National Junior Championships
- 2016
- 1st
Team pursuit, UEC European Championships - UCI Junior World Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st Scratch, National Junior Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit, 3 Jours d'Aigle
- 2nd
Team pursuit, 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow
- 2017
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Omnium
- 1st
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Madison
- 1st
- 6 Giorni di Torino internazionale
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Points race
- Belgian International Meeting
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd Madison (with Rachele Barbieri)
- 2nd Omnium, Prilba Moravy
- 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Pruszków
- 1st
Team pursuit (with Tatiana Guderzo, Francesca Pattaro and Silvia Valsecchi)[17] - 3rd
Individual pursuit - 3rd Madison (with Maria Giulia Confalonieri)[18]
- 1st
- 2018
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Madison
- 1st
- 1st Madison, National Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
Road[]
- 2015
- 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 5th Trofeo Avis Suvereto
- 6th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 6th Giro della Provincia di Pordenone
- 2016
- 1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Junior Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Trofeo Mendelspeck – Egna
- 4th Gran Premio Hotel Fiera Bolzano
- 7th Trofeo Oro in Euro-Women's Bike Race-Mem. E.Coli
- 8th Memorial Diego e Stefano Trovó
- 2017
- 1st Giro Dei Due Comuni – Memorial Chiara Pierobon
- 1st Grand Prix Crevoisier – Tour de la Courtine
- 1st
Sprints classification Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini - 2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite
- 2nd Sparkassen Giro
- 2nd Memorial F. Basso
- 7th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
- 2018
- 1st Omloop van Borsele
- 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite
- 2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2019
- 1st Trofee Maarten Wynants
- 1st Dwars door de Westhoek
- 2nd Omloop van Borsele
- 2020
- 1st Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Stage 3 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta
- 2021
- 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Stage 6 The Women's Tour
- 3rd Scheldeprijs
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 4th Gent–Wevelgem
- 7th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 7th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
References[]
- ^ Malach, Pat (8 January 2019). "Cylance signs on with Italian team Valcar for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Valcar – Travel & Service". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trek-segafredo-sign-sprinter-elisa-balsamo-through-2024/. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "European Track Championships 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines" (PDF). europeantrack2016.veloresults.com. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ a b Herbie Sykes (December 2021). "Elisa Balsamo - A World Apart". ProCycling. Future PLC. pp. 94–101.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel. "Cycling Weekly". Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Elisa Balsamo". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Elisa Balsamo wint Omloop van Borsele" (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Balsamo wins GP Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Italiaanse Elisa Balsamo wint Dwars door de Westhoek". Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Marshall-Bell, Chris. "Elisa Balsamo wins frantic stage three as Anna van der Breggen wraps up Tour of California GC". Cycling Weekly (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Madrid Challenge: Elisa Balsamo takes final stage sprint, Lisa Brennauer secures title". VeloNews. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Elisa Balsamo wins first GP Oetingen". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Elisa BALSAMO". Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Elisa Balsamo beats tearful Marianne Vos to world road race title". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Women's Tour of Britain: Demi Vollering takes crown as Balsamo wins final stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Australia's Scotson and Meyer take Madison title, Wild claims women's omnium in Pruszkow". cyclingnews.com. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Track World Cup Final day: Larsen wins men's omnium". cyclingnews.com. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
External links[]
- Elisa Balsamo at Cycling Archives
- Elisa Balsamo at ProCyclingStats
- Elisa Balsamo at Olympedia
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Italian female cyclists
- Italian track cyclists
- People from Cuneo
- Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in cycling
- European Games gold medalists for Italy
- European Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Cyclists of Fiamme Oro
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics