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Valentina Scandolara (born 1 May 1990) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano.
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.
In September 2016 she was announced as part of the WM3 Pro Cycling squad for 2017.
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 to start a summer season of racing in the US at the end of April. In between the 2017 and 2018 racing seasons, Scandolara completed the UCI Sport Directors Diploma 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.
In December 2020, Scandolara signed a contract to ride for the Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano team, for the 2021 season.
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:
= Cycling
== 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)
References
External links
Valentina Scandolara at Cycling Archives (archived)
Valentina Scandolara at ProCyclingStats
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