Elena Cecchini (born 25 May 1992) is an Italian
racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...
, who currently rides for
UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed in the
2013 UCI women's team time trial in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
.
Career
In 2013 and 2014, she rode for the team. In November 2015 she was announced as part of the team's inaugural squad for the 2016 season. She remained with the team until the end of the 2020 season; in August 2020, she signed a two-year contract with the team, from the 2021 season.
Personal life
Cecchini is engaged to fellow cyclist
Elia Viviani
Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 in a bunch sprint before Moreno ...
. Cecchini is an athlete of
Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre
The Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre is the sport section of the Italian police force Polizia Penitenziaria.
History
The first participation at the Summer Olympic Games was in Seoul 1988 while the one at the Winter Olympic Games was Turin 2006.
...
.
Major results
Track
;2009
: 2nd
![Silver medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg)
Points race,
UCI Juniors Track World Championships
The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...
;2010
:
UEC European Junior Track Championships
::1st
![UEC Champion Jersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/UEC_Champion_Jersey.svg)
Points race
::2nd
![Silver medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Silver_medal_europe.svg)
Team pursuit
: 3rd
![Bronze medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg)
Scratch,
UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
;2011
: National Track Championships
::2nd Team sprint
::3rd Keirin
::3rd Scratch
;2012
: 2nd
![Silver medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Silver_medal_europe.svg)
Points race,
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
: 3rd Team pursuit, National Track Championships
;2013
: National Track Championships
::1st
![MaillotItalia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/MaillotItalia.svg)
Points race
::1st
![MaillotItalia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/MaillotItalia.svg)
Team pursuit
: 3 Jours d'Aigle
::1st Points race
::2nd Scratch
: 3rd
![Bronze medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bronze_medal_europe.svg)
Team pursuit,
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships (with
Beatrice Bartelloni
Beatrice Bartelloni (born 5 February 1993) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2017.
Major results
Sources:
;2009
: 3rd Time trial, National Novices Road Championships
;2011
: UEC European ...
,
Maria Giulia Confalonieri
Maria Giulia Confalonieri (born 30 March 1993) is an Italian track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team Uno-X Pro Cycling. She previously rode for UCI Women's Continental Team .
As a Junior rider on th ...
and
Chiara Vannucci)
;2014
:
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
::1st
![UEC Champion Jersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/UEC_Champion_Jersey.svg)
Points race
::3rd
![Bronze medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bronze_medal_europe.svg)
Team pursuit (with
Beatrice Bartelloni
Beatrice Bartelloni (born 5 February 1993) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2017.
Major results
Sources:
;2009
: 3rd Time trial, National Novices Road Championships
;2011
: UEC European ...
,
Maria Giulia Confalonieri
Maria Giulia Confalonieri (born 30 March 1993) is an Italian track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team Uno-X Pro Cycling. She previously rode for UCI Women's Continental Team .
As a Junior rider on th ...
and
Francesca Pattaro)
::3rd
![Bronze medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bronze_medal_europe.svg)
Scratch
: 1st
![MaillotItalia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/MaillotItalia.svg)
Team pursuit, National Track Championships
: International Track Women & Men (Under-23)
::2nd Scratch
::2nd Points race
:
UEC European Track Championships
::3rd
Points race
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Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
::3rd
Scratch
Road
Source:
;2009
: 1st
![UEC Champion Jersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/UEC_Champion_Jersey.svg)
Road race,
UEC European Junior Road Championships
: 5th Road race,
UCI Junior World Championships The UCI Juniors World Championships were a set of UCI World Championships events for junior bicycle cyclists in 2005 to 2009. In 2010 it was divided into:
*The Junior men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships
*The UCI Juniors Track Worl ...
;2010
: 6th Road race,
UEC European Junior Road Championships
;2011
: 5th
GP Comune di Cornaredo
: 10th Overall
Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
;2012
: 1st Overall
Trophée d'Or Féminin
Trophée d'Or Féminin was a women's Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a sub ...
::1st Stage 1
: 10th Overall
Ladies Tour of Qatar
The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...
;2013
: 5th
Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite List of men's road bicycle races, men's and List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Ro ...
: 10th
Classica Citta di Padova
;2014
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd
Road race,
UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
: 2nd
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
The Tour of Chongming Island International Cycling Race is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Shanghai, China, named after Chongming Island.
The Tour previously consisted of two races: a stage race and a one-day race ...
: 4th
Grand Prix de Dottignies
: 5th
Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
: 6th Overall
Tour of Chongming Island
The Tour of Chongming Island International Cycling Race is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Shanghai, China, named after Chongming Island.
The Tour previously consisted of two races: a stage race and a one-day rac ...
: 8th Overall
Ladies Tour of Qatar
The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...
: 10th Overall
The Women's Tour
The Women's Tour is a women's cycle stage race held in England and Wales, as part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race is organised by SweetSpot, the company behind the men's Tour of Britain.
History
Its origins trace back to 2010 whe ...
: 10th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
;2015
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 1
Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
: 1st
![Jersey green](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Jersey_green.svg)
Sprints classification
Tour Femenino de San Luis
: 3rd Overall
BeNe Ladies Tour
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: 3rd
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
: 4th Overall
Belgium Tour
The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012.
In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race ...
: 5th
Tour of Flanders for Women
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), formerly the Tour of Flanders for Women ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen), is an annual road bicycle racing event in Flanders, Belgium, held in early April. It is held on the same day as t ...
: 5th
Dwars door de Westhoek
The GP Stad Roeselare is an elite women's road bicycle race held annually in Roeselare, Belgium
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: 5th
Sparkassen Giro
: 6th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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: 6th
Grand Prix de Dottignies
: 7th
Gran Prix San Luis Femenino
Gran Prix San Luis Femenino is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentin ...
: 7th
GP de Plouay
: 7th
La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
: 9th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
: 10th
Le Samyn des Dames
Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...
: 10th
Strade Bianche Women
;2016
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall
Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
: 2nd
Team time trial,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
: 2nd
GP de Plouay – Bretagne
: 2nd Dwars door de Westhoek
: 4th Overall
Energiewacht Tour
: 8th
Omloop van Borsele
: 8th
Philadelphia Cycling Classic
: 9th
Chrono Champenois
: 10th Overall
Gracia–Orlová
Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987.
Since 2004, it starts in Dětmarovice. A mountain stag ...
;2017
: 2nd
Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd
Ronde van Drenthe
Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...
: 3rd
Crescent Vårgårda TTT
: 5th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
: 5th
GP de Plouay – Bretagne
: 6th
Tour of Flanders for Women
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), formerly the Tour of Flanders for Women ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen), is an annual road bicycle racing event in Flanders, Belgium, held in early April. It is held on the same day as t ...
: 9th
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the To ...
: 10th
Road race,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
: 10th Overall
Holland Ladies Tour
: 10th
Strade Bianche Women
;2018
: 1st
Team time trial,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
:
Mediterranean Games
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::9th
Road race
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 4th Road race,
UEC European Road Championships
: 4th
Open de Suède Vårgårda
: 4th
GP de Plouay – Bretagne
: 5th Overall
Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
::1st Stage 2
: 10th Overall
Holland Ladies Tour
;2019
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 2nd
![Silver medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Silver_medal_europe.svg)
Road race,
UEC European Road Championships
: 2nd
Postnord Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
: 4th
Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women
: 5th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
: 8th Overall
Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
::1st Stage 6
: 8th
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the To ...
: 9th
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
: 10th
GP de Plouay – Bretagne
;2020
:
UEC European Road Championships
::3rd
![Bronze medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bronze_medal_europe.svg)
Mixed team relay
::9th Road race
: 5th
GP de Plouay
: 8th
Clasica Femenina Navarra
;2021
: 1st
Mixed team relay,
UEC European Road Championships
: 2nd
Ronde van Drenthe
Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...
: 3rd
Mixed team relay,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
;2022
: 2nd
Mixed team relay,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
: 2nd
Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT
: 4th
Omloop van het Hageland
: 5th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
: 9th
Drentse Acht van Westerveld
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cecchini, Elena
1992 births
Living people
Italian female cyclists
Sportspeople from Udine
Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Italy
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Italy
Italian track cyclists
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in cycling
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Cyclists of Fiamme Azzurre
Cyclists from Friuli Venezia Giulia
20th-century Italian women
21st-century Italian women