Marta Bastianelli
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Bastianelli riding in the 2012 Women's Tour of Thuringia | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marta Bastianelli | |||||||||||||||
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30 April 1987 Velletri, Italy | |||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||
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2006-2007 |
Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 12 October 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987[1] in Velletri) is an Italian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Velletri, near Rome.
Professional career
Her most prolific win to date is taking gold at the women's road race during the UCI Road World Championships in the southern German city of Stuttgart in September 2007. Bastianelli won ahead of the Netherlands' rider Marianne Vos and her Italian team mate Giorgia Bronzini.[2]
Bastianelli rides for the Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan team.
On 5 July 2008, Bastianelli tested positive for a banned substance, the stimulant fenfluramine which can be found in dietary aids. It was found in her urine A sample during a routine doping control at the under 23 European championships held in Verbania, Italy. Results of the B sample are pending and may affect her participation in the 2008 Summer Olympic games.[3][4]
Palmarès
- 2004
- 2nd UCI Road World Championships, Junior road race
- 2007
- 1st
UCI Road World Championships - 3rd GP de Plouay
- 2nd U23 European Road Championships
- 2008
- 3rd U23 European Championships, Road Race
- 6th Italian National Road Race Championships
References
- ↑ "Profile on". Cyclebase.nl. 1902-04-12. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ↑ "'Bastianelli on the podium', Yahoo Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ↑ Stephen Farrand (28 July 2008). "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION BASTIANELLI TESTS POSITIVE". Cycling Weekly.
- ↑ "Cooke road rival fails drugs test". BBC Sport. 28 July 2008.
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Preceded by Marianne Vos |
World Road Race Champion 2007 |
Succeeded by Nicole Cooke |