Elena Cecchini

Elena Cecchini
	Cecchini with the Fiamme Azzurre jersey in 2013
Personal information
Born	25 May 1992 (age 32); Udine, Italy
Team information
Current team	Team SD Worx–Protime
Disciplines	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2009–2010	Vecchia Fontana
2010–	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Professional teams
2011	Colavita Forno d'Asolo
2012	MCipollini–Giambenini–Gauss
2013–2014	Faren–Let's Go Finland
2015	Lotto–Soudal Ladies
2016–2020	Canyon–SRAM
2021–	SD Worx
Major wins
	Stage races Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (2016) One day races & Classics National Road Race Championships (2014–2016) National Time Trial Championships (2018, 2019)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing Italy
World Championships
European Championships

Elena Cecchini (born 25 May 1992) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.^[4] She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence.^[5]

Career

In 2013 and 2014, she rode for the Estado de México–Faren Kuota team. In November 2015 she was announced as part of the Canyon–SRAM team's inaugural squad for the 2016 season.^[6] She remained with the team until the end of the 2020 season; in August 2020, she signed a two-year contract with the SD Worx team, from the 2021 season.^[7]

Personal life

Cecchini is married to fellow cyclist Elia Viviani.^[8] Cecchini is an athlete of Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre.^[9]

Major results

Track

2009

2nd

Points race, UCI Juniors Track World Championships

2010

UEC European Junior Track Championships

1st

Points race

2nd

Team pursuit

3rd

Scratch, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

2011

National Track Championships

2nd Team sprint

3rd Keirin

3rd Scratch

2012

2nd

Points race, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

3rd Team pursuit, National Track Championships

2013

National Track Championships

1st

Points race

1st

Team pursuit

3 Jours d'Aigle

1st Points race

2nd Scratch

3rd

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships (with Beatrice Bartelloni, Maria Giulia Confalonieri and Chiara Vannucci)

2014

UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

1st

Points race

3rd

Team pursuit (with Beatrice Bartelloni, Maria Giulia Confalonieri and Francesca Pattaro)

3rd

Scratch

1st

Team pursuit, National Track Championships

International Track Women & Men (Under-23)

2nd Scratch

2nd Points race

UEC European Track Championships

3rd

Points race

3rd

Scratch

Road

Source:^[10]

2009

1st

Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships

5th Road race, UCI Junior World Championships

2010

6th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships

2011

5th GP Comune di Cornaredo

10th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

2012

1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin

1st Stage 1

10th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar

2013

5th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo

10th Classica Citta di Padova

2014

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

2nd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup

4th Grand Prix de Dottignies

5th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

6th Overall Tour of Chongming Island

8th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar

10th Overall The Women's Tour

10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

2015

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 1 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs

1st

Sprints classification Tour Femenino de San Luis

3rd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour

3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

4th Overall Belgium Tour

5th Tour of Flanders for Women

5th Dwars door de Westhoek

5th Sparkassen Giro

6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

6th Grand Prix de Dottignies

7th Gran Prix San Luis Femenino

7th GP de Plouay

7th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta

9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

10th Le Samyn des Dames

10th Strade Bianche Women

2016

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st

Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen

2nd

Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2nd GP de Plouay – Bretagne

2nd Dwars door de Westhoek

4th Overall Energiewacht Tour

8th Omloop van Borsele

8th Philadelphia Cycling Classic

9th Chrono Champenois

10th Overall Gracia–Orlová

2017

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

2nd Ronde van Drenthe

3rd Crescent Vårgårda TTT

5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

5th GP de Plouay – Bretagne

6th Tour of Flanders for Women

9th Gent–Wevelgem

10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

10th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

10th Strade Bianche Women

2018

1st

Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

Mediterranean Games

1st

Time trial

9th Road race

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

4th Open de Suède Vårgårda

4th GP de Plouay – Bretagne

5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen

1st Stage 2

10th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

2019

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd

Road race, UEC European Road Championships

2nd Postnord Vårgårda West Sweden TTT

4th Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women

5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

8th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen

1st Stage 6

8th Gent–Wevelgem

9th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

10th GP de Plouay – Bretagne

2020

UEC European Road Championships

3rd

Mixed team relay

9th Road race

5th GP de Plouay

8th Clasica Femenina Navarra

2021

1st

Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships

2nd Ronde van Drenthe

3rd

Mixed team relay, UCI Road World Championships

2022

2nd

Mixed team relay, UCI Road World Championships

2nd Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT

4th Omloop van het Hageland

5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda

9th Drentse Acht van Westerveld

References

^ "Elena Cecchini". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
^ "Our full roster for 2019!". Canyon–SRAM. Lauke Pro Radsport GmbH. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
^ Frattini, Kirsten (6 December 2019). "Canyon-SRAM confirm 15 returning riders in 2020". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ "Team SD Worx". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "World Championships WE – Team Time Trial". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
^ "New Canyon//SRAM women's team presented in London". cyclingnews.com. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
^ "Elena Cecchini and Roxane Fournier sign with Team SD Worx". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ "Europeo "al bacio". Per Viviani e Cecchini la festa è doppia" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ "Fiamme Azzurre Atleti – Elena Cecchini" (in Italian). polizia-penitenziaria.it. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ "Elena Cecchini". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

External links

Elena Cecchini at UCI
Elena Cecchini at Cycling Archives (archived)
Elena Cecchini at ProCyclingStats
Elena Cecchini at CQ Ranking
Elena Cecchini at CycleBase
Elena Cecchini at Olympedia
Elena Cecchini at Olympics.com

[1] "Elena Cecchini". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[2] "Our full roster for 2019!". Canyon–SRAM. Lauke Pro Radsport GmbH. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[3] Frattini, Kirsten (6 December 2019). "Canyon-SRAM confirm 15 returning riders in 2020". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[4] "Team SD Worx". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[ProCyclingStats-5] "World Championships WE – Team Time Trial". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

[6] "New Canyon//SRAM women's team presented in London". cyclingnews.com. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

[7] "Elena Cecchini and Roxane Fournier sign with Team SD Worx". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[8] "Europeo "al bacio". Per Viviani e Cecchini la festa è doppia" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[9] "Fiamme Azzurre Atleti – Elena Cecchini" (in Italian). polizia-penitenziaria.it. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[10] "Elena Cecchini". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

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v t e UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
National teams	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Trade teams	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

v t e Italian National Road Race Champion (women)
1960–1979	Paola Scotti (1963) Maria Cressari (1964) Florinda Parenti (1965) Elisabetta Maffeis (1966) Rosa D'Angelo (1967) Maria Cressari (1968) Morena Tartagni (1969) Giuditta Longari (1970) Ivana Panzi (1971) Maria Cressari (1972–1973) Carmen Menegaldo (1974) Luigina Bissoli (1975) Bruna Cancelli (1976) Luigina Bissoli (1977) Rossella Galbiati (1978) Francesca Galli (1979)
1980–1999	Michela Tommasi (1980) Rosanna Piantoni (1981) Maria Canins (1982) Patrizia Spadaccini (1983) Maria Canins (1984–1985) Bruna Seghezzi (1986) Maria Canins (1987–1989) Elisabetta Fanton (1990) Lucia Pizzolotto (1991) Michela Fanini (1992) Imelda Chiappa (1993) Simona Muzzioli (1994) Roberta Ferrero (1995) Fabiana Luperini (1996) Imelda Chiappa (1997) Lucia Pizzolotto (1998) Valeria Cappellotto (1999)
2000–2019	Gabriella Pregnolato (2000) Greta Zocca (2001) Rosalisa Lapomarda (2002) Alessandra Cappellotto (2003) Fabiana Luperini (2004) Silvia Parietti (2005) Fabiana Luperini (2006) Eva Lechner (2007) Fabiana Luperini (2008) Monia Baccaille (2009–2010) Noemi Cantele (2011) Giada Borgato (2012) Dalia Muccioli (2013) Elena Cecchini (2014–2016) Elisa Longo Borghini (2017) Marta Cavalli (2018) Marta Bastianelli (2019)
2020–2039	Elisa Longo Borghini (2020–2021) Elisa Balsamo (2022) Elisa Longo Borghini (2023–2024)