Sigrid Corneo
Sigrid Teresa Corneo (born April 17, 1971 in Lecco, Italy) is a retired Slovenian professional road cyclist of Italian descent.[1] Holding a dual citizenship, she represented her nation Slovenia, as a 37-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has mounted second-place finishes in both road race and time trial at the Slovenian Championships in 2010. Before her official retirement from competitive cycling in 2010, Corneo rode for Italy's Top Girls Fassa Bortolo pro cycling team in the women's elite professional events.[2]
Sigrid Corneo at the 2009 UCI World Championships | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Sigrid Teresa Corneo |
Born | Lecco, Italy | 17 April 1971
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1999 | SC Masters Automazione Moltene Record |
2000–2001 | Carpe Diem |
2002 | Itera |
2003 | Road Runner Guerciotti |
2004–2006 | Nobili Rubinetterie |
2007–2009 | Menikini – Selle Italia |
2010 | Top Girls Fassa Bortolo |
Corneo qualified for the Slovenian squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a single berth from the UCI World Cup.[3][4] She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-ninth-place effort in 3:39:29, surpassing Canadian rider Alex Wrubleski by exactly seven seconds.[5][6]
Career highlights
- 2004
- 3rd Vuelta Ciclista Feminina a El Salvador (Road), El Salvador
- 2nd Stage 3
- 2005
- 3rd Vuelta Ciclista Feminina a El Salvador (Road), El Salvador
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Stage 4, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Rochechouart (FRA)
- 4th Stage 1, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Dun-le-Palestel (FRA)
- 8th Stage 3a, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Chaptelat (FRA)
- 2006
- 2nd Overall, Grand Prix International de Dottignies, Belgium
- 2nd Stage 2, Giro d'Italia Donne, Formello (ITA)
- 3rd Stage 4, Tour du Grand Montréal, Canada
- 3rd Stage 8, Giro d'Italia Donne, Fossano (ITA)
- 2007
- 2nd Overall, Tour Féminin en Limousin, France
- 1st Stage 2, Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois
- 3rd Stage 3, Tour de l'Ardèche, Cruas (FRA)
- 2008
- 3rd Stage 4, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Sainte-Feyre (FRA)
- 49th Olympic Games (Road), Beijing (CHN)
- 2009
- 6th Overall, Route de France Féminine, France
- 5th Stage 4, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
- 2010
- 2nd Slovenian Championships (Road), Ptuj (SLO)
- 2nd Slovenian Championships (ITT), Plave (SLO)
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sigrid Corneo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- "Sigrid Corneo alla Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi" [Sigrid Corneo joins Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi] (in Italian). Ciclismo.it. 21 July 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- "Italijanska Slovenka se veseli Pekinga" [Slovenian Italian is looking forward for Beijing] (in Slovenian). Žurnal24. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- "Za Peking potrjenih že 61 slovenskih športnikov" [61 Slovenian athletes have already approved for Beijing] (in Slovenian). Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- "Women's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold". Velo News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
External links
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
- Sigrid Corneo at Cycling Archives