Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian former professional

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, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. Bastianelli won the women's road race at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships ahead of Marianne Vos and

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, and also won the equivalent race at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships, again beating Vos.

Professional career

Born in

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, near

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, Bastianelli rode for the team from 2006 to 2008. On 5 July 2008, Bastianelli tested positive for a banned substance, the

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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

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, Italy. She was subsequently dropped from the Italian team for the

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and handed a one-year ban by the

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. Bastianelli appealed to the

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to overturn the ban, however the CAS instead extended her ban to two years after the

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appealed, arguing that the initial ban was too lenient. She competed at the

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, in the road race.

Personal life

Bastianelli is married and has a daughter, born in 2014.

Major results

;2004 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2006 : 1st Young rider classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen ;2007 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Road race,

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: 2nd

Road race, UEC Under-23 European Road Championships : 3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria : 3rd GP de Plouay – Bretagne : 8th Overall Emakumeen Bira : 8th Tour of Flanders for Women : 8th Overall ;2008 : 2nd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine :~~3rd Road race, UEC Under-23 European Road Championships~~ : 3rd Giro del Lago Maggiore : 6th Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio : 8th Tour of Flanders for Women : 8th Tour de Berne :~~9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile~~ : 10th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira ;2010 : 7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen ;2011 : 5th Ronde van Gelderland ;2012 : 2nd Novilon Euregio Cup : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2013 : Tour Languedoc Roussillon ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 5th

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, National Road Championships : Tour of Chongming Island ::6th Overall Stage race ::7th World Cup ;2015 : 1st Stage 1 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini : 4th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn : 5th

, National Road Championships : 7th Sparkassen Giro ;2016 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro della Campania in Rosa ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : 1st Omloop van het Hageland : 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione : Trophée d'Or Féminin ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies : 3rd Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta : 5th Road race,

: 5th

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: 5th Women's Tour de Yorkshire : 8th Overall Belgium Tour ;2017 : 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione : 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite : 1st Stage 1 Emakumeen Euskal Bira : 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia Femminile : 4th

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: 7th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour : 9th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana ;2018 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 1st

: 1st Grand Prix de Dottignies : 1st Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik : 1st Trofee Maarten Wynants : 1st Gold Trophy in Euro-Women's Bike Race : 1st Stage 3 BeNe Ladies Tour : 1st Stage 1 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini : 2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Women's WorldTour Ronde van Drenthe : 10th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana ::1st Stage 2 ;2019 : 1st MaillotItalia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Gracia–Orlová ::1st Jersey white

Points classification ::1st Jersey green

Mountains classification ::1st Jersey polkadot

Active rider classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Omloop van het Hageland : 1st

: 1st Tour of Flanders for Women : 1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden : 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite : 1st Stage 2 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen : 1st Stage 5 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche : 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women : 3rd Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 4th Strade Bianche Women : 4th

: 7th Road race,

: 7th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway : 7th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne : 8th Le Samyn des Dames : 8th Amstel Gold Race ;2020 : 1st

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: 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 2nd Omloop van het Hageland : 4th GP de Plouay : 7th Clasica Femenina Navarra : 10th Strade Bianche Women ;2021 : 1st La Périgord Ladies : 1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 5 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche : 1st Stage 1 The Women's Tour : 2nd La Picto–Charentaise : 5th

: 5th Paris–Roubaix : 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 8th Diamond Tour : 9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour : 9th Nokere Koerse ;2022 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st

: 1st Omloop van het Hageland : 1st Stage 4 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana : Bretagne Ladies Tour ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 3rd Nokere Koerse : 3rd Classic Brugge–De Panne : 5th

: 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 6th

: 6th Overall RideLondon Classique : 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 10th Tour of Flanders ;2023 : 1st Stage 1 Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs : 1st Le Samyn des Dames : 2nd Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs : 2nd Omloop van het Hageland : 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 3rd Nokere Koerse : 4th Diamond Tour : 6th

Classics results timeline

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