Vittoria Bussi (born 19 March 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 ...

. She holds a

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in pure mathematics from the

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for a 2014 thesis entitled ''Derived

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s in generalized

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and

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''. In September 2018, she set a new UCI Women's hour record, riding at the Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome,

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, Mexico, beating the previous record set by Evelyn Stevens in 2016 by 27 metres. It was Bussi's third attempt at the record, having fallen short of Stevens' performance in Aguascalientes in October 2017 by 404 metres and having abandoned a second attempt after 40 minutes the day before her record-breaking ride.

Major results

;2020 : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships

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* * 1987 births Living people Italian female cyclists Cyclists from Rome Alumni of the University of Oxford Sapienza University of Rome alumni 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-cycling-bio-1980s-stub