Letizia Paternoster

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Letizia Paternoster
2017 UEC Track Elite European Championships 156.jpg
Personal information
Born (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 25)
Cles, Italy
Team information
Current team Liv AlUla Jayco
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2018 Astana
2019–2022 Trek–Segafredo [1] [2]
2023–present Liv AlUla Jayco
Major wins
Festival Elsy Jacobs (2018)
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 133
European Games 100
European Championships 252
Total485
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Roubaix Elimination
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Pruszków Omnium
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Berlin Omnium
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Apeldoorn Madison
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Berlin Madison
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Minsk Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Berlin Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Grenchen Elimination
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Munich Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Glasgow Omnium
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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]

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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 MaillotItalia.svg Road race
1st MaillotItalia.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg Overall GP Elsy Jacobs
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
1st GP della Liberazione PINK
3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships [9]
2019
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg European U23 Championship Road Race
1st Stage 1 Women's Tour Down Under
3rd Gent–Wevelgem

Classics results timeline

classic20182019
Trofeo Alfredo Binda 72
Gent–Wevelgem 10 3
Tour of Flanders
Gran Premio della Liberazione 1

Track

2016
UCI Junior World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Points race
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
UEC European Junior Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Points race
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Scratch race
2017
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
UEC European Junior Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Individual pursuit
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Elimination race
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Omnium
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison
Track Cycling Challenge
2nd Madison (with Maria Giulia Confalonieri)
2nd Omnium
2018
International Belgian Track Meeting
2nd Points Race
3rd Madison (with Marta Cavalli)
2019
U23 UEC European Track Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison
1st European Games Team pursuit
1st UCI Track World Cup – Hong Kong, Team pursuit
2nd UCI World Track Championships (Omnium)
UCI Track World Cup – Cambridge
2nd Madison
3rd Team pursuit
UCI Track World Cup – Minsk
2nd Omnium
3rd Team pursuit
European Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit
2020
UCI World Track Championships
2nd Omnium
3rd Madison
UCI Track World Cup – Milton
2nd Omnium
2021
UCI World Track Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Elimination race
2nd Team pursuit
3rd National Track Championships (Madison)

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