Letizia Paternoster

Letizia Paternoster (born 22 July 1999) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[3]

Letizia Paternoster
Paternoster at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Born (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999
Cles, Italy
Team information
Current teamLidl–Trek
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2018Astana
2019–Trek–Segafredo[1][2]
Major wins
Festival Elsy Jacobs (2018)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 3 3
European Games 1 0 0
European Championships 1 5 2
Total 3 8 5
Women's track cycling
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 RoubaixElimination
Silver medal – second place2019 PruszkówOmnium
Silver medal – second place2020 BerlinOmnium
Silver medal – second place2021 RoubaixTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2018 ApeldoornMadison
Bronze medal – third place2018 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2020 BerlinMadison
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskTeam pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 BerlinTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2018 GlasgowTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2021 GrenchenElimination
Silver medal – second place2021 GrenchenTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2023 GrenchenTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2018 GlasgowOmnium
Bronze medal – third place2019 ApeldoornTeam pursuit

In October 2017, she won gold in the team pursuit at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin.[4] In April 2018, she won the Gran Premio della Liberazione in Rome, her first professional road race victory.[5] Two days later, she started in the Festival Elsy Jacobs, a three-day stage event in Luxembourg, and claimed the final stage and the general classification.[6][7] Actor Peter Facinelli is her uncle.[8]

Major results

Road
2016
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Albstadt-Frauen-Etappenrennen
2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
3rd Trofeo Da Moreno–Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
4th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
5th Road race, UCI Junior World Road Championships
2017
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
UEC European Junior Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
3rd Gran Premio Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite
4th GP della Liberazione PINK
4th Trofeo Da Moreno–Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2018
1st Overall GP Elsy Jacobs
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
1st GP della Liberazione PINK
3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships[9]
2019
1st European U23 Championship Road Race
1st Stage 1 Women's Tour Down Under
3rd Gent–Wevelgem

Classics results timeline
classic 2018 2019
Trofeo Alfredo Binda 72 —
Gent–Wevelgem 10 3
Tour of Flanders —
Gran Premio della Liberazione 1

Track
2016
UCI Junior World Championships
1st Points race
1st Team pursuit
UEC European Junior Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Points race
1st Scratch race
2017
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
UEC European Junior Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Individual pursuit
1st Elimination race
1st Omnium
1st Madison
Track Cycling Challenge
2nd Madison (with Maria Giulia Confalonieri)
2nd Omnium
2018
International Belgian Track Meeting
2nd Points Race
3rd Madison (with Marta Cavalli)
2019
U23 UEC European Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Madison
1st European Games Team pursuit
1st UCI Track World Cup – Hong Kong, Team pursuit
2nd UCI World Track Championships (Omnium)
UCI Track World Cup – Cambridge
2nd Madison
3rd Team pursuit
UCI Track World Cup – Minsk
2nd Omnium
3rd Team pursuit
European Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit
2020
UCI World Track Championships
2nd Omnium
3rd Madison
UCI Track World Cup – Milton
2nd Omnium
2021
UCI World Track Championships
1st Elimination race
2nd Team pursuit
3rd National Track Championships (Madison)

References
  1. "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. "Women's Team Pursuit" (PDF). Union Européenne de Cyclisme. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. "GP Liberazione Pink, prima su strada da élite per Letizia Paternoster". cicloweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. "Paternoster wins Festival Elsy Jacobs". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. "Al Festival Elsy Jacobs show di Letizia Paternoster: vince ultima tappa e corsa a soli 18 anni". cicloweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. Un mondo di Letizia: medaglie, pizza e la solitudine della montagna gnewsonline.it
  9. "#EuroRoad18, Gareeva and Nosková's Exploits". Union Européenne de Cyclisme. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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