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Presentation of the Italian Road Team.
At the presentation Vos and Cooke got named as the favorites. Where Germany and Italy had all the reasons in making it a hard race. It's wasn't the course itself that would make it a hard race, but the distance would make a difference in the end.
The team as presented (from left to right) :
Allessia Massaccesi :
Born in Recanti on 05-02-1989
Riding for the team Dilà Monticello Guerciotti
2006-2007 riding for Gs Potentio 1945
It's her first time ever at the worlds.
As a junior she became the national champion in 2006.
Elena Berlato :
Born in Schio on 02-08-1988
Riding for the team Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan
She won the Trofeo di Notte at Barbisano this year.
It's her first time ever at the worlds.
Tatiana Guderzo :
Born in Marostica on 22-08-1984
Riding for the team G.S. Gaus RDZ Ormu
2007 riding for AA Drink Cycling Team
2004-2006 riding for G.S. Top Girls
She won the National Championship Time Trial this year.
She has been selected four times in the past for the road race.
In 2003 she ended 30Other high points in her career :
In 2004 she was second (silver medal)
In 2006 she ended 39
In 2007 she did not finish
- 2008 bronze medal at the Olympic road race.
- 2006 silber medal at the European Championships. This in the road race as well as in the time trial.
- 2006 bronze at the National Championships time trial.
- 2005 Nation Champion time trial.
- 2004 European Champion time trial.
As a junior she won the National Championships time trial in 2002.
Noemi Cantele :
Born in Varese on 17-07-1981
Riding for the team Bigla Cycling Team
2005-2007 riding for Bigla Cycling Team
2004 riding for U.c. Montebelluna
2002-2003 riding for Accadue O Pasta Zara
2000-2001 riding for Csi Ju Sport
She won the 3th stage in the Thüringen Rundfahrt this year.
She has been selected five times in the past for the road race.
In 2003 she did not finishOther high points in her career :
In 2004 she ended 27
In 4005 she ended 51
In 2006 she ended 4
In 2007 she ended 5
- 2008 bronze medal at the Olympic road race.
- 2006 silber medal at the European Championships. This in the road race as well as in the time trial.
- 2006 bronze at the National Championships time trial.
- 2005 Nation Champion time trial.
- 2004 European Champion time trial.
As a junior she won the National Championships in 1998 and in 1999. While she won the bronze medal at the junior world championships in Verona 1999.
Giorgia Bronzini :
Born in Piacenza on 03-08-1983
Riding for the team Titanedi Frezza GP Fabbrico
2007 riding for Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan
2006 riding for Team FRW
2005 riding for S.C. Chirio Forno d'Asolo
2004 riding for Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan
2003 riding for Team Ausra Gruodis Safi
2002 riding for Top Girls
She won the second and third stage in the Poland Tour. She won stage 7 in the Route de France. In the Trophée d'Or she won stage 1, 2, 3 and 4.
She has been selected five times in the past for the road race.
In 2002 she ended 56
In 2003 she ended 43
In 2005 she ended 6
In 2006 she ended 16
In 2007 she ended 3 (bronze medal)
Monia Baccaille
Born in Marsciano on 10-04-1984Riding for the team Fenix
2003-2007 riding for Team Saccarelli
She won the G.P. Elsy Jacobs
She has been selected two times in the past for the road race.In 2006 she ended 19
In 2007 she did not finish
Eva Lechner
Born in Bolzano on 01-07-1985Riding for the team Colnago Cap Arreghini Filago
2007 riding for Colnago Arreghini Filago
2006 riding for Fenix
2004-2005 Colnago Arreghini Filago
It's her first time ever at the worlds.
She was the nation champion in 2007.
Fabiana Luperini :
Born in Pontedera on 14-01-1974
Riding for the team Menikini Sella Italia Master Colors
2007 riding for Menikini Sella Italia Gysko
2006 riding for Top Girls
2005 riding for Team FRW
2004 riding for Let's go Finland
She won the second stage and the final classification in the Giro del Trentino. She won stage 4, 7 and the final classification
in the Giro d'Italia. She won the world cup in Plouay. And became the national champion in Forcola.
She has been selected seven times in the past for the road race.
In 1993 she ended 25She was the national champion in 1995, 2004 and 2006. She won the Giro in 1998. And won the Giro and the Grande Boucle Féminin in the same year in 1995, 1996 and 1997.
In 1994 she ended 46
In 1997 she ended 51
In 1998 she ended 20
In 1999 she ended 46
In 2001 she ended 12
In 2006 she ended 77
