Letizia Paternoster

Letizia Paternoster
Paternoster in 2024
Personal information
Born (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 25)
Cles, Italy
Team information
Current teamLiv AlUla Jayco
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2018Astana
2019–2022Trek–Segafredo[1][2]
2023–presentLiv AlUla Jayco
Major wins
Festival Elsy Jacobs (2018)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 3 4
European Games 1 0 0
European Championships 2 5 2
Total 4 8 6
Women's track cycling
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2020 Berlin Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Apeldoorn Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Berlin Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Ballerup Team pursuit
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Berlin Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2021 Grenchen Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit

Letizia Paternoster (born 22 July 1999) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Liv AlUla Jayco.[3]

In October 2017, she won gold in the team pursuit at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin.[4] In April 2018, she won the Gran Premio della Liberazione in Rome, her first professional road race victory.[5] Two days later, she started in the Festival Elsy Jacobs, a three-day stage event in Luxembourg, and claimed the final stage and the general classification.[6][7] Actor Peter Facinelli is her uncle.[8]

Major results

Road

2016
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Albstadt-Frauen-Etappenrennen
2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
3rd Trofeo Da Moreno–Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
4th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
5th Road race, UCI Junior World Road Championships
2017
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
UEC European Junior Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
3rd Gran Premio Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite
4th GP della Liberazione PINK
4th Trofeo Da Moreno–Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2018
1st Overall GP Elsy Jacobs
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
1st GP della Liberazione PINK
3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships[9]
2019
1st European U23 Championship Road Race
1st Stage 1 Women's Tour Down Under
3rd Gent–Wevelgem
2024
1st Tour de Gatineau

Classics results timeline

classic 2018 2019
Trofeo Alfredo Binda 72 —
Gent–Wevelgem 10 3
Tour of Flanders —
Gran Premio della Liberazione 1

Track

2016
UCI Junior World Championships
1st Points race
1st Team pursuit
UEC European Junior Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Points race
1st Scratch race
2017
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
UEC European Junior Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Individual pursuit
1st Elimination race
1st Omnium
1st Madison
Track Cycling Challenge
2nd Madison (with Maria Giulia Confalonieri)
2nd Omnium
2018
UEC European Track Championships
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Omnium
UCI World Championships
3rd Madison
3rd Team pursuit
International Belgian Track Meeting
2nd Points Race
3rd Madison (with Marta Cavalli)
2019
UEC European U23 Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Madison
1st Team pursuit, 2019 European Games
2nd Omnium, UCI World Championships
2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Team pursuit (Round 6, Hong Kong)
2nd Madison (Round 5, Cambridge)
3rd Team pursuit (Round 5, Cambridge)
2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
2nd Omnium (Round 1, Minsk)
3rd Team pursuit (Round 1, Minsk)
UEC European Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit
2020
UCI World Championships
2nd Omnium
3rd Madison
2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
2nd Omnium (Round 6, Milton)
2021
UCI World Championships
1st Elimination
2nd Team pursuit
UEC European Track Championships
2nd Elimination
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Madison, National Track Championships
2022
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
2023
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
2024
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

References

  1. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's Team Pursuit" (PDF). Union Européenne de Cyclisme. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. ^ "GP Liberazione Pink, prima su strada da élite per Letizia Paternoster". cicloweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Paternoster wins Festival Elsy Jacobs". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Al Festival Elsy Jacobs show di Letizia Paternoster: vince ultima tappa e corsa a soli 18 anni". cicloweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. ^ Un mondo di Letizia: medaglie, pizza e la solitudine della montagna gnewsonline.it
  9. ^ "#EuroRoad18, Gareeva and Nosková's Exploits". Union Européenne de Cyclisme. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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