Yuliya Viktorovna Martisova (also ''Julia Martisova'', russian: Юлия Викторовна Мартисова; born 15 June 1976 in

Velikiye Luki Velikiye Luki ( rus, Вели́кие Лу́ки, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪjə ˈlukʲɪ; lit. ''great meanders''. Г. П. Смолицкая. "Топонимический словарь Центральной России". "Армада-П ...

Pskov Oblast Pskov Oblast (russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, ') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

) is a Russian professional road cyclist. She has awarded two Russian championship titles (2005 and 2008) in the women's road race, and later represented her nation Russia at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. Martisova currently races for Italy's pro cycling team during the 2013 annual season.

Racing career

Since her professional debut in 2000, Martisova made the worldwide headlines in her sporting career, following her tremendous success in the women's road race at the 2005 Russian Championships. Strong results landed her spot on the P.M.B. Fenix Cycling Team in Italy under an exclusive three-year contract, and eventually added another title in her career hardware from the seventh stage of Tour De L'Aude Cycliste Féminin in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. When her contract with Fenix expired shortly, Martisova transferred to Gauss RDZ-Ormu pro cycling team in 2008, and stayed for four consecutive seasons. Furthermore, she recaptured her title in the same category at the Russian Championships on the same year. Martisova qualified for the Russian squad in the women's road race at the

in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's three available berths from the

UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...

. She scored a career-high, twelfth place as the top Russian cyclist on a grueling race against sixty-five other riders in 3:32:45, finishing more than twenty-one seconds behind Olympic champion

Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in an ...

of Great Britain. At the

2011 UCI Road World Championships The 2011 UCI Road World Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, over 19–25 September 2011. The event consisted of a cycling road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, and for the first time since 2004 the junior men and j ...

, Martisova could not chase four other riders from the leading group on the final lap, as she sprinted towards the finish line with a fifth-place effort in 3:21:28, narrowly missing out the podium by a short distance. In 2012, Martisova renounced her membership in Gauss, and instead signed a one-year exclusive contract with Italy's BePink ladies' cycling team.

Career highlights

;2000 : 2nd Stage 3,

Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale Various professional women's cycle stage races across France have been held as an equivalent to the Tour de France for women, with the first of these races staged as a one off in 1955. From 1984, a women's Tour de France was staged consistently, ...

, France : 3rd Russian Championships (Road), Russia ;2001 : 2nd Overall, Trophée d'Or Féminin, France :: 1st Stage 1 ;2002 : 2nd Stage 5,

Giro d'Italia Donne The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's r ...

, Italy : 3rd Stage 3,

, Italy ;2005 : 1st MaillotRusia

Russian Championships (Road), Russia : 1st Stage 7, Tour De L'Aude Cycliste Féminin, Languedoc-Roussillon (FRA) : 2nd Stage 2, Tour de l'Ardèche,

Beauchastel Beauchastel () is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Beauchastellois'' or ''Beauchastelloises''. Geography Beauchastel is located some 10& ...

(FRA) : 2nd Stage 3, Tour De L'Aude Cycliste Féminin, Languedoc-Roussillon (FRA) : 3rd Stage 1b, Tour de l'Ardèche, Cruas (FRA) : 3rd Stage 3b

Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini The Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini is annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Italy since 1995. During the 2013 race, 63 of the 112 riders refused to compete in the fourth and final stage of the race ...

, Campi Bisenzio (ITA) : 3rd Stage 4, Tour de l'Ardèche,

Bourg-Saint-Andéol Bourg-Saint-Andéol (; oc, Bourg-Sant-Andiòu) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Rhône Valley in southern France. Geography It lies directly along the river Rhône at the southeast end of the department south of the smaller town ...

(FRA) ;2008 : 1st MaillotRusia

Russian Championships (Road), Russia : 3rd Overall,

Tour Féminin en Limousin The Tour Féminin en Limousin is an elite women's road bicycle stage race held in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territ ...

, France :: 1st Stage 3, Lauriere : 10th UCI World Championships (Road), Varese (ITA) : 59th Olympic Games (Road), Beijing (CHN) ;2009 : 3rd Stage 6, Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile, Firenze (ITA) : 4th Stage 2, Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile,

Altopascio Altopascio is a ''comune'' in the Province of Lucca in the Tuscany region of Italy with a population of 15,572. History Already inhabited in Roman times, Altopascio gained in importance due to its ''Spedale'' (hostel, first mentioned in 1084) for ...

(ITA) : 6th Prologue,

Route de France Féminine The Route de France Féminine is a women's cycle race. First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the UCI for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year. With the ending of the Grande Boucle ...

Chaix Chaix is a former Communes of France, commune in the Vendée Departments of France, department in the Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region in western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Auchay-sur-Vendée.

(FRA) :: 3rd Stage 5, Châtelguyon :: 4th Stage 1, Cholet :: 4th Stage 2, Cholet :: 6th Stage 3, Vierzon : 7th Stage 9, Giro d'Italia Donne, Grumo Nevano (ITA) ;2010 : 2nd Russian Championships (Road), Cheboksary (RUS) : 2nd Stage 6, Tour De L'Aude Cycliste Féminin, Languedoc-Roussillon (FRA) : 3rd Stage 1, Trophée d'Or Féminin,

Mehun-sur-Yèvre Mehun-sur-Yèvre (, literally ''Mehun on Yèvre'') is a commune in the Cher department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. ...

(FRA) : 3rd Stage 3, Trophée d'Or Féminin, Avord (FRA) : 5th Stage 3,

Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

, Greiz (GER) : 5th Stage 8, Tour De L'Aude Cycliste Féminin, Limoux (FRA) : 5th Stage 9, Tour De L'Aude Cycliste Féminin, Languedoc-Roussillon (FRA) : 8th Stage 2, Giro d'Italia Donne,

Riese Pio X Riese may refer to: *Project Riese, a German Nazi World War II economic project *Riese Pio X, a municipality in Italy * Adam Ries (1492–1559), German mathematician *'' Riese: Kingdom Falling'' (originally named ''Riese''), an American science fic ...

(ITA) : 8th Stage 5, Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen,

Schmölln Schmölln is a town in Thuringia, Germany, landkreis of Altenburger Land. It lies on the river Sprotte. Geography Neighboring municipalities Municipalities in the district of Altenburger Land neighboring Schmölln include: Starkenberg, Dobitsche ...

(GER) : 9th Stage 2, Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Gera (GER) : 10th Stage 2, Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile,

(ITA) ;2011 : 3rd Stage 1, Tour de l'Ardèche,

(FRA) : 3rd Stage 3, Tour de l'Ardèche,

Le Teil Le Teil () is a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality ...

(FRA) : 5th UCI World Championships (Road), Copenhagen (DEN) : 5th Stage 2, Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile,

(ITA) : 5th Stage 5, Giro d'Italia Donne, Verona (ITA) : 7th Stage 6, Giro d'Italia Donne, Piacenza (ITA) ;2012 : 5th Stage 4, Trophée d'Or Féminin, Cosne-sur-Loire (FRA) : 8th Overall, Tour of Adygeya, Russia :: 1st Stage 1,

Maykop Maykop (russian: Майкоп, p=mɐjˈkop Help:IPA/Russian, mɐj'kop); ady, Мыекъуапэ, Mıéquapə ) is the capital city of the Republic of Adygea in Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River (Kuban), Belaya River (a tribut ...

:: 4th Stage 3,

: 10th Stage 1, Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile, Viareggio (ITA) ;2013 : 10th Overall, Tour of Chongming Island World Cup, China

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martisova, Yuliya 1976 births Living people People from Velikiye Luki Russian female cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Russia Sportspeople from Pskov Oblast