Rider Profile
Elisa Balsamo
Lidl-Trek Women
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2024 - Lidl-Trek Women
- 2023 - Lidl-Trek Women
- 2022 - Trek-Segafredo Women
- 2021 - Valcar-Travel & Service
- 2020 - Valcar-Travel & Service
- 2019 - Valcar-Cylance Cycling
- 2018 - Valcar PBM
- 2017 - Valcar PBM
Biography:
2021 world champion Elisa Balsamo, born February 27, 1998 in Cuneo, Italy turned professional in 2017 with Italian team Valcar, spending five season with the squad before stepping up to the Women's WorldTour with Trek-Segafredo in 2022.
Balsamo was seen as a promising rider through the early years of her career, taking eight victories through the end of the 2020 season, including a stage of the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta and the 2020 U23 road race at the European Championships. Her big breakthrough came during the 2021 season, however, as she took a sprint victory at the Leuven World Championships, beating Marianne Vos in a reduced group at the end of 157km of racing.
Since then, she has gone from strength to strength at Trek, taking nine wins in the rainbow jersey in 2022. Through the spring she triumphed at multiple Classics, including the Trofeo Binda, Classic Brugge-De Panne, and Gent-Wevelgem. In June she became Italian road champion for the first time and then took her first two career wins at the Giro d'Italia Donne the next month. After a rapid rise, Balsamo is among the top stars in the women's peloton.
Key Results
Winner, 2021 Road World Championships road race
Winner, 2022 Trofeo Binda
Winner, 2022 Classic Brugge-De Panne
Winner, 2022 Gent-Wevelgem
Related Articles
Elisa Balsamo's bike: What is the former world champion racing in 2023?
By Will Jones published
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2022 UCI Road World Championships – 10 riders to watch in the elite women's road race
By Andy McGrath published
Analysis Netherlands the strongest squad but plenty of nations in contention for rainbows in Wollongong
Analysing Italy's 2022 Road World Championships teams
By Kirsten Frattini last updated
Analysis Balsamo aims for back-to-back world titles as men's team look to end 13-year drought in road race
Elisa Balsamo blog: The rainbow jersey was beyond all expectations
By Elisa Balsamo published
Blog 'It was an experience that I will carry with me for the rest of my life' says Italian ahead Worlds defence
Two in a row within realm of possibility for Elisa Balsamo at World Championships
By Kirsten Frattini last updated
News Italian bookends a remarkable season with victories in the rainbow jersey
Balsamo second after Longo Borghini takes wrong turn on stage 5
By Matilda Price published
News GC hopeful has time loss reversed after Tour de France Femmes error
Disappointment in Paris - Vos, Kopecky, Balsamo miss out on yellow at Tour de France Femmes
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'I can't blame myself, Lorena deserved to win today' says Marianne Vos
Sprinters eye first Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey on Champs-Élysées
By Kirsten Frattini published
News Vos, Kopecky, Wiebes, Norsgaard, Balsamo and more set to clash in Paris opener
Blogs
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