Marta Cavalli

Marta Cavalli

Marta Cavalli (2018)
To person
Date of birth	March 18, 1998
nation	Italy
discipline	Road / train
To the team
Current team	Valcar Travel & Service
Most important successes
European Champion - Derny 2019
Last updated: January 11, 2019

Marta Cavalli (born March 18, 1998 in Cremona ) is an Italian racing cyclist who is active on track and road .

Athletic career

Marta Cavalli's father, Alberto, was a cyclist and put his daughter on her bike when she was ten. In the following years she was successful in races in all age groups.

2015 was Marta Cavalli together with Elisa Balsamo , Rachele Barbieri and Sofia Bertizzolo Junior European champion in the team pursuit . On May 11, 2016, she fell seriously while training at the Velodromo Fassa Bortolo in Montichiari , whereupon she was in hospital for three weeks and was at risk of losing a kidney for months . She was only able to train again after six months and in December 2016 immediately became the Italian junior champion in the points race .

In 2017 Cavalli became the U23 European team pursuit champion with Balsamo, Martina Alzini and Francesca Pattaro . She was able to defend this title in 2018 and 2019 . In 2018 she was also U23 European champion in the singles pursuit

In two races of the Track Cycling World Cup 2017/18 - in Santiago de Chile and in Minsk - Cavalli won the silver medal together with the Italian women's four. In Santiago, she also won bronze in the two-man team driving with Elisa Balsamo . At the Elite European Championships in 2018 , she won the silver medal with the Italian four-four. In the same year she became Italian road racing champion .

In July 2019 she won the Derny European Championship, which was held for the first time for women . On the road , she won her first international competition with a stage of the Giro delle Marche in pink , which she finished second overall.

successes

Street

2018

• Italian champion - road race

2019

• a stage of the Giro delle Marche in pink

train

2015

• Junior European Champion - Team Pursuit (with Elisa Balsamo , Rachele Barbieri and Sofia Bertizzolo )

2016

• Italian Junior Champion - points race

2017

• World Cup in Santiago de Chile - team pursuit (with Simona Frapporti , Francesca Pattaro and Silvia Valsecchi )
• U23 European Champion - Team Pursuit (with Elisa Balsamo , Martina Alzini and Francesca Pattaro )

2018

• World Cup in Santiago de Chile - team pursuit (with Martina Alzini , Elisa Balsamo and Simona Frapporti )
• World Cup in Minsk - two-man team driving (with Elisa Balsamo )
• European Championship - Team Pursuit (with Silvia Valsecchi , Letizia Paternoster and Elisa Balsamo )
• U23 European Champion - single pursuit, team pursuit (with Martina Alzini , Elisa Balsamo and Letizia Paternoster )
• Track Cycling World Cup in Hong Kong - Team Pursuit (with Letizia Paternoster , Martina Alzini and Elisa Balsamo )

2019

• European game winner - team pursuit (with Letizia Paternoster , Martina Alzini and Elisa Balsamo )
• European Games - One Pursuit
• U23 European Champion - Team Pursuit (with Letizia Paternoster , Elisa Balsamo and Vittoria Guazzini )
• European Champion - Derny (behind Cordiano Dagnoni )
• European Championship - Team Pursuit (with Elisa Balsamo , Letizia Paternoster , Martina Alzini and Vittoria Guazzini )

Teams

• 2017 Valcar PBM
• 2018 Valcar PBM
• 2019 Valcar Cylance Cycling
• 2020 Valcar Travel & Service

Web links

Commons : Marta Cavalli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Marta Cavalli in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Marta Cavalli in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Marta Cavalli. In: Federazione Ciclista Italiana. Retrieved June 24, 2018 (Italian). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roberto Amaglio: Marta Cavalli, dall'incidente al riscatto in bici. In: bergamo.corriere.it. March 24, 2017, accessed June 24, 2018 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Marta Cavalli, la caduta e la rinascita: ecco l'intervista alla vincitrice di Sanremo. In: - BICITV. Ciclismo a 360 °. March 14, 2017, accessed June 24, 2018 (Italian). 
3. ↑ Marta Cavalli (Valcar - PBM) vince il titolo italiano nell'Inseguimento dopo il gravissimo infortunio. Silvia Persico vince il ciclocross di Somma L. (No longer available online.) In: valcar-pbm.com. January 20, 2018, archived from the original on June 24, 2018 ; Retrieved June 24, 2018 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.