Valentina Scandolara
Valentina Scandolara (born 1 May 1990) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano.[4]
Scandolara in 2016. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Valentina Scandolara |
| Nickname |
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| Born | 1 May 1990 Soave, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
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| Rider type | All rounder |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2003–2008 | Officine Alberti UC Val D'Illasi |
| 2015–2016 | Roxsolt (guest)[1] |
| 2017 | Alé Cycling (guest)[2] |
| 2018 | Maaslandster International (guest) |
| 2018–2019 | Roxsolt (guest) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009 | Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi |
| 2010 | Vaiano Solaristech |
| 2011 | Gauss |
| 2012 | S.C. Michela Fanini Rox |
| 2013 | MCipollini–Giordana |
| 2014–2015 | Orica–AIS |
| 2016 | Cylance Pro Cycling |
| 2017 | WM3 Pro Cycling |
| 2019 | Cogeas–Mettler–Look[3] |
| 2021– | Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2019 | Sydney Uni–Staminade |
| 2020 | Cogeas–Mettler–Look |
Career edit
Scandolara was born in Soave. She showed great talent in sports from a very early age, winning three National Champion titles in Cross Country running and one in Futsal, before committing full-time to Cycling.
During the early stages of her professional career, she raced for Italian teams and was active on the Track and in Cyclocross, before being signed in 2014 from UCI number 1 ranked Orica–AIS and fully commit to Road Cycling.
In November 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the Cylance Pro Cycling team for the 2016 season.[5]
In September 2016 she was announced as part of the WM3 Pro Cycling squad for 2017.[6]
She took a break from professional racing at the start of 2018 due to physical health problems, but she would return to racing at the end of February with the Maaslandster International Women's Cycling Team at the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, before signing with Australian amateur team Roxsolt to start a summer season of racing in the US at the end of April.[7][8] In between the 2017 and 2018 racing seasons, Scandolara completed the UCI Sport Directors Diploma[9] and the UCI Coaching Diploma.
After winning the overall classification in the Lexus of Blackburn Bay Classic Series in January 2019, she directed Sarah Gigante to a double title in the Australian National Road Race Championships and the Australian National Time Trial Championships in Ballarat (Victoria). She also worked as Sport Director for the Sydney University–Staminade Cycling Team during UCI competitions "Race Melbourne", "Cadel Evans Road Race" and "Herald Sun Tour" in January 2019.
In December 2020, Scandolara signed a contract to ride for the Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano team, for the 2021 season.[10]
Personal life edit
In February 2019 she graduated in Psychology at the University of Padua, with a thesis on women's cycling titled "Mind over matter: Emotional Intelligence as an Important Predictor of Success in Professional Women's Cycling".
Major results edit
Cycling edit
- 2004
- 1st Road race, National Novices Road Championships
- 1st Sprint, National Novices Track Championships
- 2005
- 1st Road race, National Novices Road Championships
- 1st Sprint, National Novices Track Championships
- 2006
- National Novices Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- National Novices Track Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Novice race, National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 2007
- 1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 3rd Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships
- 2008
- 1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd 500m time trial
- 2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track World Championships
- UEC European Junior Track Championships
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2009
- Track European Cup, Barcelona
- 1st Points race
- 1st Scratch
- 2010
- 1st GP Union Vélocipédique Genevoise Lancy
- 2nd Classica Citta di Padova
- 3rd Prix des Vins Henri Valloton
- 6th GP Comune di Cornaredo
- 2011
- 1st Points race, UEC Under-23 European Track Championships
- 1st Giornata del Ciclismo Rosa a Nove
- 2nd Trofeo Vannucci Alberto
- 2nd GP Comune di Cornaredo
- 3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 3rd Team sprint, National Track Championships
- 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th GP Liberazione
- 2012
- National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st Under-23 race
- 3rd Elite race
- 6th Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 2013
- 1st Draai van de Kaai
- 1st Trofeo Vannucci Alberto
- 1st Stage 6 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 2nd Women's Bike Race Montignoso
- 3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 3rd Ridderronde Maastricht
- 4th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 4th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
- 10th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 1st Mountains classification
- 2014
- 1st Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 1st Draai van de Kaai
- 2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 2nd Overall Santos Tour Down Under
- 7th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
- 2015
- 1st Overall Santos Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Melbourne Supercrit
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
- 2nd Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
- 1st Points classification
- 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2nd Acht van Westerveld
- 2nd SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
- 2nd Draai van de Kaai
- 4th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
- 6th Road race, European Games
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 2016
- 1st Draai van de Kaai
- 1st Melbourne Supercrit
- 1st Stage 3 Bay Classic Series
- 2nd Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 2017
- 1st Overall Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Dwars door de Westhoek
- 2018
- 1st Overall Intelligentsia Cup
- 1st Races 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 10
- 1st USA Pro Road Tour Saint Francis Tulsa Tough – Race 3
- USA CRITS Natural State Criterium Series
- 1st Races 1 & 3
- Wilmington Grand Prix
- 1st Road race
- 1st Monkey Hill time trial
- 2019
- 1st Overall Bay Classic Series
Other sports edit
Cross Country Running edit
- 2000
- 2nd CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Rocca di Papa
- 2001
- 1st CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Rocca di Papa
- 2002
- 1st CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Fiuggi
- 2003
- 1st CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Paestum
Futsal edit
- 2006
- 1st Italian National Futsal/soccer Championships (High school Team: Liceo Scientifico Messedaglia, Verona)
References edit
- ^ "#RoxsoltLadies Return for the Australian Summer of Racing". Roxsolt. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Braverman, Jessie (3 January 2017). "Scandolara celebrates overall success at the Mitchelton Bay Crits". Cycling News. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "The Cogeas Mettler Look second in Tour of California". Cogeas–Mettler–Look. Cogeas. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (10 November 2015). "New women's team Cylance taking aim at inaugural WorldTour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (29 September 2016). "Vos heads new Fortitude Pro Cycling women's team in 2017". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "L'incubo di Valentina Scandolara: problemi di salute ed un rientro incerto". Cicloweb IT. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Rundle, Kevin (18 April 2018). "Scandolara Leads Roxsolt Attaquer for #Season5". Roxsolt. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Sport Directors in training at UCI World Cycling Centre". UCI. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Valentina Scandolara torna in gruppo con la maglia dell'Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano" [Valentina Scandolara returns to the peloton in the Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano jersey]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Valentina Scandolara". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Valentina Scandolara". Cycling Quotient. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
External links edit
- Valentina Scandolara at Cycling Archives
- Valentina Scandolara at ProCyclingStats