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
Balsamo ends five years at Valcar with victory in the rainbow jersey
By Lukas Knöfler published
News World Champion moving to Trek-Segafredo for 2022
Elisa Balsamo: Worlds victory is my revenge for the season
By Daniel Ostanek last updated
News Italian bounces back from Olympics disappointment to win rainbow jersey in Flanders
10 conclusions from the 2021 UCI Road World Championships
By Daniel Ostanek, Patrick Fletcher, Brecht Decaluwé, Kirsten Frattini last updated
Conclusions A 100th anniversary filled with exciting Flandrien racing that most will long happily remember, but some may want to forget
Elisa Balsamo's World Championships-winning Cannondale SuperSix Evo
By Josh Croxton published
Pro Bike Straight from the finish line complete with Belgian dust, stuffed-toy top cap and cartoon self-portrait
State of the Nation: Analysing Italy's women's 2021 World Championships team
By Jackie Tyson published
Analysis Balsamo, Bastianelli and Longo Borghini a triple threat for aggressive road race
Trek-Segafredo sign sprinter Elisa Balsamo through 2024
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'Signing with Trek-Segafredo means satisfying my desire to grow alongside champions' says Italian rider
Simac Ladies Tour: Sprinters Norsgaard, Hosking, Wiebes set to clash an streets of Hardenberg
By Amy Jones published
News Six-day race shifts to favour the sprinters
Tokyo Olympics: Italy for cycling events
By Daniel Ostanek published
Feature Meet the athletes representing Italy in the cycling events at the Tokyo Olympic Games
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