Valentina Scandolara

Valentina Scandolara (born 1 May 1990) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team Cogeas–Mettler–Look.

Valentina Scandolara
Scandolara in 2016.
Personal information
Full nameValentina Scandolara
Nickname
  • Vale
  • Brumby
  • Lil Italian
Born (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990
Soave, Italy
Team information
Current teamCogeas–Mettler–Look
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeAll rounder
Amateur teams
2003–2008Officine Alberti UC Val D'Illasi
2015–2016Roxsolt Ladies (guest)[1]
2017Alé Cycling (guest)[2]
2018Maaslandster International (guest)
2018–2019Roxsolt Attaquer (guest)
Professional teams
2009Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi
2010Vaiano Solaristech
2011Gauss
2012S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
2013MCipollini–Giordana
2014–2015Orica–AIS
2016Cylance Pro Cycling
2017WM3 Pro Cycling
2019Cogeas–Mettler–Look[3]
Managerial teams
2019Sydney Uni–Staminade
2020–Cogeas–Mettler–Look

Career

Scandolara was born in Soave. She showed great talent in sports from a very early age, winning three National Champion titles in Cross Country running and one in Futsal, before committing full time to Cycling.

During the early stages of her professional career, she raced for Italian teams and was active on the Track and in Cyclocross, before being signed in 2014 from UCI number 1 ranked Orica–AIS and fully commit to Road Cycling.

In November 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the Cylance Pro Cycling team for the 2016 season.[4]

In September 2016 she was announced as part of the WM3 Pro Cycling squad for 2017.[5]

She took a break from professional racing at the start of 2018 due to physical health problems, but she would return to racing at the end of February with the Maaslandster International Women's Cycling Team at the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, before signing with Australian amateur team Roxsolt Attaquer to start a summer season of racing in the USA at the end of April.[6][7] In between the 2017 and 2018 racing seasons, Scandolara completed the UCI Sport Directors Diploma[8] and the UCI Coaching Diploma.

After winning the overall classification in the Lexus of Blackburn Bay Classic Series in January 2019, she directed Sarah Gigante to a double title in the Australian National Road Race Championships and the Australian National Time Trial Championships in Ballarat (Victoria).

She also worked as Sport Director for the Sydney University–Staminade Cycling Team during UCI competitions "Race Melbourne", "Cadel Evans Road Race" and "Herald Sun Tour" in January 2019.

Personal life

In February 2019 she graduated in Psychology at the University of Padua, with a thesis on women's cycling titled "Mind over matter: Emotional Intelligence as an Important Predictor of Success in Professional Women's Cycling".

Major results

Sources:[9][10]

Cycling
2004
1st Road race, National Novices Road Championships
1st Sprint, National Novices Track Championships
2005
1st Road race, National Novices Road Championships
1st Sprint, National Novices Track Championships
2006
National Novices Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
National Novices Track Championships
1st Points race
1st Individual pursuit
1st Sprint
1st National Novices Cyclocross Championships
2007
1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
3rd Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships
2008
1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
National Junior Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd 500m time trial
2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track World Championships
UEC European Junior Track Championships
2nd Scratch
3rd Team pursuit
2009
Track European Cup, Barcelona
1st Points race
1st Scratch race
2010
1st GP Union Vélocipédique Genevoise Lancy
2nd Classica Citta' di Padova
3rd Prix des Vins Henri Valloton
2011
1st Points race, UEC Under-23 European Track Championships
1st Giornata del Ciclismo Rosa a Nove
2nd Trofeo Vannucci Alberto
2nd GP Comune di Cornaredo
3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
3rd Team sprint, National Track Championships
2012
National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Under-23 race
3rd Elite race
2013
1st Stage 6 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Draai van de Kaai
1st Trofeo Vannucci Alberto
2nd Women's Bike Race Montignoso
3rd Ridderronde Maastricht
3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
2014
1st Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
1st Draai van de Kaai
2nd Overall Santos Tour Down Under
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2015
1st Overall Santos Tour Down Under
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ardèche
1st Melbourne Supercrit
2nd Drentse 8
2nd Overall Giro della Toscana
1st Points classification
2nd Draai van de Kaai
2016
1st Stage 3 Portarlington Bay Classic Series
1st Draai van de Kaai
1st Melbourne Supercrit
2nd Winston Salem Cycling Classic
2017
1st Dwars door de Westhoek
1st Overall Bay Classic Series
1st Stage 1 Geelong
2018
1st Overall Intelligentsia Cup
1st Races 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 10
1st USA Pro Road Tour Saint Francis Tulsa Tough – Race 3
USA CRITS Natural State Criterium Series
1st Races 1 & 3
Wilmington Grand Prix
1st Road race
1st Monkey Hill time trial
2019
1st Overall Bay Classic Series

Other sports

Cross Country Running
2000
2nd CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Rocca di Papa
2001
1st CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Rocca di Papa
2002
1st CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Fiuggi
2003
1st CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Paestum

Futsal
2006
1st Italian National Futsal/soccer Championships (High school Team: Liceo Scientifico Messedaglia, Verona)
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References
  1. "#RoxsoltLadies Return for the Australian Summer of Racing". Roxsolt. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. Braverman, Jessie (3 January 2017). "Scandolara celebrates overall success at the Mitchelton Bay Crits". Cycling News. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. "The Cogeas Mettler Look second in Tour of California". Cogeas–Mettler–Look. Cogeas. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. Weislo, Laura (10 November 2015). "New women's team Cylance taking aim at inaugural WorldTour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  5. Frattini, Kirsten (29 September 2016). "Vos heads new Fortitude Pro Cycling women's team in 2017". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. "L'incubo di Valentina Scandolara: problemi di salute ed un rientro incerto". Cicloweb IT. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. Rundle, Kevin (18 April 2018). "Scandolara Leads Roxsolt Attaquer for #Season5". Roxsolt. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  8. "Sport Directors in training at UCI World Cycling Centre". UCI. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. "Valentina Scandolara". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  10. "Valentina Scandolara". Cycling Quotient. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
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