Letizia Paternoster

Summary

Letizia Paternoster (born 22 July 1999) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[3]

Letizia Paternoster
Personal information
Born (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 24)
Cles, Italy
Team information
Current teamTeam Jayco–AlUla
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2018Astana
2019–2022Trek–Segafredo[1][2]
2023–presentTeam Jayco–AlUla
Major wins
Festival Elsy Jacobs (2018)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 3 3
European Games 1 0 0
European Championships 2 5 2
Total 4 8 5
Women's track cycling
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2020 Berlin Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Apeldoorn Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Berlin Madison
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Berlin Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2021 Grenchen Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit

In October 2017, she won gold in the team pursuit at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin.[4] In April 2018, she won the Gran Premio della Liberazione in Rome, her first professional road race victory.[5] Two days later, she started in the Festival Elsy Jacobs, a three-day stage event in Luxembourg, and claimed the final stage and the general classification.[6][7] Actor Peter Facinelli is her uncle.[8]

Major results edit

Road edit

2016
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Albstadt-Frauen-Etappenrennen
2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
3rd Trofeo Da Moreno–Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
4th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
5th Road race, UCI Junior World Road Championships
2017
National Junior Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
UEC European Junior Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
3rd Gran Premio Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite
4th GP della Liberazione PINK
4th Trofeo Da Moreno–Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2018
1st   Overall GP Elsy Jacobs
1st   Points classification
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
1st GP della Liberazione PINK
3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships[9]
2019
1st   European U23 Championship Road Race
1st Stage 1 Women's Tour Down Under
3rd Gent–Wevelgem

Classics results timeline edit

classic 2018 2019
Trofeo Alfredo Binda 72
Gent–Wevelgem 10 3
Tour of Flanders
Gran Premio della Liberazione 1

Track edit

2016
UCI Junior World Championships
1st   Points race
1st   Team pursuit
UEC European Junior Championships
1st   Team pursuit
1st   Points race
1st   Scratch race
2017
1st   Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
UEC European Junior Championships
1st   Team pursuit
1st   Individual pursuit
1st   Elimination race
1st   Omnium
1st   Madison
Track Cycling Challenge
2nd Madison (with Maria Giulia Confalonieri)
2nd Omnium
2018
International Belgian Track Meeting
2nd Points Race
3rd Madison (with Marta Cavalli)
2019
U23 UEC European Track Championships
1st   Team pursuit
1st   Madison
1st European Games Team pursuit
1st UCI Track World Cup – Hong Kong, Team pursuit
2nd UCI World Track Championships (Omnium)
UCI Track World Cup – Cambridge
2nd Madison
3rd Team pursuit
UCI Track World Cup – Minsk
2nd Omnium
3rd Team pursuit
European Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit
2020
UCI World Track Championships
2nd Omnium
3rd Madison
UCI Track World Cup – Milton
2nd Omnium
2021
UCI World Track Championships
1st   Elimination race
2nd Team pursuit
3rd National Track Championships (Madison)

References edit

  1. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's Team Pursuit" (PDF). Union Européenne de Cyclisme. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. ^ "GP Liberazione Pink, prima su strada da élite per Letizia Paternoster". cicloweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Paternoster wins Festival Elsy Jacobs". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Al Festival Elsy Jacobs show di Letizia Paternoster: vince ultima tappa e corsa a soli 18 anni". cicloweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. ^ Un mondo di Letizia: medaglie, pizza e la solitudine della montagna gnewsonline.it
  9. ^ "#EuroRoad18, Gareeva and Nosková's Exploits". Union Européenne de Cyclisme. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

External links edit

  • Letizia Paternoster at UCI  
  • Letizia Paternoster at Cycling Archives  
  • Letizia Paternoster at ProCyclingStats  
  • Letizia Paternoster at CycleBase  
  • Letizia Paternoster at Olympedia  
  • Letizia Paternoster at Olympics.com