# Valentina Scandolara

Valentina Scandolara (born 1 May 1990) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano.

## Career

Scandolara was born in Soave. She showed great talent in sports from a very early age, winning three National Champion titles in Cross Country running and one in Futsal, before committing full-time to Cycling.
During the early stages of her professional career, she raced for Italian teams and was active on the Track and in Cyclocross, before being signed in 2014 from UCI number 1 ranked Orica–AIS and fully commit to Road Cycling.
In November 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the Cylance Pro Cycling team for the 2016 season.
In September 2016 she was announced as part of the WM3 Pro Cycling squad for 2017.
She took a break from professional racing at the start of 2018 due to physical health problems, but she would return to racing at the end of February with the Maaslandster International Women's Cycling Team at the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, before signing with Australian amateur team Roxsolt to start a summer season of racing in the US at the end of April. In between the 2017 and 2018 racing seasons, Scandolara completed the UCI Sport Directors Diploma and the UCI Coaching Diploma.
After winning the overall classification in the Lexus of Blackburn Bay Classic Series in January 2019, she directed Sarah Gigante to a double title in the Australian National Road Race Championships and the Australian National Time Trial Championships in Ballarat (Victoria). She also worked as Sport Director for the Sydney University–Staminade Cycling Team during UCI competitions "Race Melbourne", "Cadel Evans Road Race" and "Herald Sun Tour" in January 2019.
In December 2020, Scandolara signed a contract to ride for the Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano team, for the 2021 season.

## Personal life

In February 2019 she graduated in Psychology at the University of Padua, with a thesis on women's cycling titled "Mind over matter: Emotional Intelligence as an Important Predictor of Success in Professional Women's Cycling".

## Major results

Sources:

### Cycling
#### 2004

    1st Road race, National Novices Road Championships
    1st Sprint, National Novices Track Championships

#### 2005

    1st Road race, National Novices Road Championships
    1st Sprint, National Novices Track Championships

#### 2006

    National Novices Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    National Novices Track Championships
       1st Points race
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Sprint
    1st Novice race, National Cyclo-cross Championships

#### 2007

    1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
    3rd Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships

#### 2008

    1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
    1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
    National Junior Track Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd 500m time trial
    2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track World Championships
    UEC European Junior Track Championships
       2nd Scratch
       3rd Team pursuit

#### 2009

    Track European Cup, Barcelona
       1st Points race
       1st Scratch

#### 2010

    1st GP Union Vélocipédique Genevoise Lancy
    2nd Classica Citta di Padova
    3rd Prix des Vins Henri Valloton
    6th GP Comune di Cornaredo

#### 2011

    1st Points race, UEC Under-23 European Track Championships
    1st Giornata del Ciclismo Rosa a Nove
    2nd Trofeo Vannucci Alberto
    2nd GP Comune di Cornaredo
    3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
    3rd Team sprint, National Track Championships
    5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    7th GP Liberazione

#### 2012

    National Cyclo-cross Championships
       1st Under-23 race
       3rd Elite race
    6th Grand Prix de Dottignies

#### 2013

    1st Draai van de Kaai
    1st Trofeo Vannucci Alberto
    1st Stage 6 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
    2nd Women's Bike Race Montignoso
    3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
    3rd Ridderronde Maastricht
    4th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
    4th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
    10th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
       1st Mountains classification

#### 2014

    1st Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
    1st Draai van de Kaai
    2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       5th Time trial
    2nd Overall Santos Tour Down Under
    7th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway

#### 2015

    1st Overall Santos Tour Down Under
       1st Stage 1
    1st Melbourne Supercrit
    1st Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
    2nd Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
       1st Points classification
    2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    2nd Acht van Westerveld
    2nd SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
    2nd Draai van de Kaai
    4th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
    6th Road race, European Games
    10th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

#### 2016

    1st Draai van de Kaai
    1st Melbourne Supercrit
    1st Stage 3 Bay Classic Series
    2nd Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

#### 2017

    1st Overall Bay Classic Series
       1st Stage 1
    1st Dwars door de Westhoek

#### 2018

    1st Overall Intelligentsia Cup
       1st Races 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 10
    1st USA Pro Road Tour Saint Francis Tulsa Tough – Race 3
    USA CRITS Natural State Criterium Series
       1st Races 1 & 3
    Wilmington Grand Prix
       1st Road race
       1st Monkey Hill time trial

#### 2019

    1st Overall Bay Classic Series

### Other sports
#### Cross Country Running
##### 2000

    2nd CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Rocca di Papa

##### 2001

    1st CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Rocca di Papa

##### 2002

    1st CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Fiuggi

##### 2003

    1st CSI National Cross Country Running Championships, Paestum

#### Futsal
##### 2006

    1st Italian National Futsal/soccer Championships (High school Team: Liceo Scientifico Messedaglia, Verona)