Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, 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 ...

, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the women's road race at the

2007 UCI Road World Championships The 2007 UCI Road World Championships took place in Stuttgart, Germany, between September 25 and September 30, 2007. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Italian Paolo Bettini and Swiss Fabian Cance ...

ahead of

Marianne Vos Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...

and

Giorgia Bronzini Giorgia Bronzini (born 3 August 1983) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2017. She won the women's road race in the UCI Road World Championships in both 2010 and 2011 and the women's poi ...

, and also won the equivalent race at the

2018 European Road Cycling Championships The 2018 European Road Cycling Championships was the 24th running of the European Road Cycling Championships, and took place from 12 to 15 July 2018 in Brno, Czech Republic for the under-23 and junior events, and from 5 to 9 August 2018 in Glasgow ...

, again beating Vos.

Professional career

Born in

Velletri Velletri (; la, Velitrae; xvo, Velester) is an Italian ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, approximately 40 km to the southeast of the city centre, located in the Alban Hills, in the region of Lazio, central Italy. Neighbouring com ...

, near

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, Bastianelli rode for the team from 2006 to 2008. On 5 July 2008, Bastianelli tested positive for a banned substance, the

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which can be found in dietary aids. It was found in her urine A sample during a routine doping control at the under 23 European championships held in

Verbania Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ...

, Italy. She was subsequently dropped from the Italian team for the

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and handed a one-year ban by the

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. Bastianelli appealed to the

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to overturn the ban, however the CAS instead extended her ban to two years after the

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appealed, arguing that the initial ban was too lenient. She competed at the

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, in the road race.

Personal life

Bastianelli is married and has a daughter, born in 2014.

Major results

;2004 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2006 : 1st Young rider classification

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 ...

;2007 : 1st Jersey rainbow

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 ...

: 2nd

Road race, UEC Under-23 European Road Championships : 3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria : 3rd

GP de Plouay – Bretagne The Grand Prix de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération is an elite professional women's road bicycle race held in Plouay, France. It is organized annually since 2002, on the day of the men's race and on the same circuit. The race consists of fou ...

: 8th Overall

Emakumeen Bira The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...

: 8th

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 ...

;2008 : 2nd

La Flèche Wallonne Féminine La Flèche Wallonne Féminine is a professional women's bicycle road race held each year in Wallonia, Belgium, in April. It is part of the UCI Women's World Tour, cycling's season-long competition of top-tier races, in which it is the third-olde ...

:~~3rd Road race, UEC Under-23 European Road Championships~~ : 3rd

Giro del Lago Maggiore The Giro del Lago Maggiore, also known as GP Knorr, was a one-day road cycling race held annually near Lake Maggiore in Switzerland. The last two editions of the men's race were part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series ...

: 6th Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio : 8th

: 8th

Tour de Berne Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Berne, Switzerland with races for men and women. Men's event The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Co ...

:9th Overall
Giro d'Italia Femminile 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 roa ...
: 10th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira ;2010 : 7th Overall

;2011 : 5th

Ronde van Gelderland The Ronde van Gelderland ( en, Tour of Gelderland) was an elite women's road bicycle race held in the Netherlands between 2003 and 2016. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race, and was primarily centred around Apeldoorn Apeldoorn ( ...

;2012 : 2nd Novilon Euregio Cup : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2013 :

Tour Languedoc Roussillon Tour Languedoc Roussillon was a women's staged cycle race which took place in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regio ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : Tour of Chongming Island ::6th Overall

Stage race A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages ...

::7th

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

;2015 : 1st Stage 1 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini : 4th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn : 7th

Sparkassen Giro The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Ci ...

;2016 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro della Campania in Rosa ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : 1st

Omloop van het Hageland The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...

: 1st

Gran Premio della Liberazione Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 ...

Trophée d'Or Féminin Trophée d'Or Féminin was a women's European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in France. The race was discontinued in 2016. Overall winners Jerseys As of the 2016 edition: : is worn by the overall leader of the race : is worn by the lea ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 2nd

Grand Prix de Dottignies The Grand Prix de Dottignies is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country ...

: 3rd

Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta La Vuelta Femenina (; "The Female Tour") is an elite women's professional bicycle race held in Spain. The race is organised by and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), which also organises the men's Vuelta a España. It is part of the UCI Women' ...

: 5th Road race,

: 5th

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 ...

: 5th

Women's Tour de Yorkshire The Women's Tour de Yorkshire is a women's road cycling race in Yorkshire, England. From 2015 to 2017, the event was a one-day race. From 2018 onwards, the event has been a two-day event, with a UCI race classification of 2.1. The event is the ...

: 8th 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 ...

;2017 : 1st

: 1st

Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite The Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite is a women's one-day cycle race Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo- ...

: 1st Stage 1

Emakumeen Euskal Bira The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...

: 1st Stage 9

Giro d'Italia Femminile 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 roa ...

: 4th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

: 7th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour : 9th Overall

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is an annual professional road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, i ...

;2018 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik : 1st Trofee Maarten Wynants : 1st Gold Trophy in Euro-Women's Bike Race : 1st Stage 3

BeNe Ladies Tour The Baloise Ladies Tour (formerly the BeNe Ladies Tour) is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in Belgium and the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovere ...

: 1st Stage 1 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini : 2nd

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Women's WorldTour Ronde van Drenthe : 10th Overall

::1st Stage 2 ;2019 : 1st MaillotItalia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

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 ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Jersey green

Mountains classification ::1st Jersey polkadot

Active rider classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden : 1st

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 5

Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Ardèche region in southeastern France. The race was rated by the UCI as a 2.2 race, until 2018 when it was promoted to 2.1 status. Fo ...

: 2nd

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...

: 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women : 3rd Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 4th Strade Bianche Women : 4th

: 7th Road race,

: 7th Overall

Ladies Tour of Norway The Ladies Tour of Norway is a women's cycle stage race. The first edition of the race was held from 15 to 17 August 2014 based in the town of Halden in south east Norway. It consisted of an individual time trial prologue and two road race stages ...

: 7th

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: 8th

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 ...

: 8th

Amstel Gold Race The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics r ...

;2020 : 1st

Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas The Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas is a women's one-day road cycling race held in Spain. It is currently rated as a 1.1 1.1 may refer to: * 1.1.1.1, a Domain Name System service * 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun * Falcon 9 v1.1 orbital launch v ...

: 2nd

: 4th

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: 7th

Clasica Femenina Navarra The Clasica Femenina Navarra is an annual professional road bicycle race for women in Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' ...

: 10th 2020 Strade Bianche Women, Strade Bianche Women ;2021 : 1st La Périgord Ladies : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse : 1st Stage 5 2021 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche : 1st Stage 1 2021 The Women's Tour, The Women's Tour : 2nd La Picto–Charentaise : 5th 2021 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race), Gent–Wevelgem : 5th 2021 Paris–Roubaix Femmes, Paris–Roubaix : 6th 2021 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race), Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 8th Diamond Tour : 9th Overall 2021 Holland Ladies Tour, Holland Ladies Tour : 9th Nokere Koerse ;2022 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Stage 4

: Bretagne Ladies Tour ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 3rd Nokere Koerse : 3rd 2022 Classic Brugge–De Panne (women's race), Classic Brugge–De Panne : 5th 2022 Ronde van Drenthe (women's race), Ronde van Drenthe : 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 6th 2022 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race), Gent–Wevelgem : 9th 2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race), Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 10th 2022 Tour of Flanders for Women, Tour of Flanders

Classics results timeline

References

External links

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Professional career

Personal life

Major results

Classics results timeline

See also

References

External links