Elena Volodymyrivna Novikova (born 14 January 1984) is a Ukrainian

road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

, who most recently rode for

UCI Women's Team A UCI Women's Team is a women's road bicycle team sanctioned by the International Cycling Union ( UCI). These teams compete in the major women's bicycle races including the UCI Women's World Tour. The country designation of each team is determine ...

. She represented her nation at the

2007 UCI Road World Championships The 2007 UCI Road World Championships took place in Stuttgart, Germany, between September 25 and September 30, 2007. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Italian Paolo Bettini and Swiss Fabian Cance ...

and

2009 UCI Road World Championships The 2009 UCI Road World Championships were held in Mendrisio, Switzerland, between September 23 and September 27, 2009. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Qualification Schedule Individual time ...

. She lives in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. She won 15 mtb and road 24 hours races in the category solo. She won 2 times 24 hours road race in Le Mans in France. Novikova won 3 times hardest in Italy mtb 24 hours solo race of Finale Ligure. In 2015, she won a title of European Champion of mtb 24 hours solo races. In 2016, she finished the second hardest mtb stage race in the World, Ironbike. In October 2015, she made a Record of Gavia mountain going up and down 9 times during 19 hours.

Career

World records

On 17 September 2017 she achieved 11 world records during the successful attempt to overcome the previous 24-hour record. All these records are Indoor Track – Solo – Standard – Women 18–49. Records are: * 6 Hours = 222.024 Km – 137.959 Miles * 12 Hours = 421.347 Km – 261.812 Miles * 24 Hours = 781.638 Km – 485.687 Miles * 100 Km = 2h 37' 35" * 200 Km = 5h 23' 30" * 300 Km = 8h 18' 13" * 500 Km = 14h 29' 59" * 100 Miles = 4h 18' 00" * 200 Miles = 8h 55' 13" * 300 Miles = 13h 57' 23" * 500 Miles = 24h 46' 26"

Personal life

Novikova was in a domestic relationship with

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an politician Gaspar Rivas, who she met via

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during the

War in Donbass The war in Donbas, or the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when Russian paramilitaries seized several towns. Ukraine's military launched an operation ...

in 2014.

References

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* 1984 births Living people Cyclists from Saint Petersburg Ukrainian female cyclists 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen {{Ukraine-cycling-bio-stub