Elisa Balsamo
- Country
- Italy
- Born
- 1998
- Team
- Lidl-Trek
SPRINT CLASSICS
Number 9 in the UCI women’s world ranking: 3,610 points, as of 13 October 2026.
2026 season
- Wins
- 6
- Podiums
- 17
- Top 10s
- 20
- Race days
- 48
- Races
- 23
From the official UCI results: one-day races, stages and final classifications of stage races.
We wrote about it
What kind of rider she is
Sprinter.
- Sprint better than 99% · 36 finishes
- Cobbles better than 99% · 10 finishes
- Hills better than 92% · 51 finishes
- Breakaway better than 68% · 6 finishes
- General classification better than 62% · 12 finishes
- Time trial better than 56% · 5 finishes
- Climbing better than 43% · 26 finishes
For each terrain, the comparison with riders in the same category, from 2024 to 2026. How we calculate it
Form
- Best moment
- 31 May: above the rider’s usual level with probability 95%
- Worst moment
- 8 August: below the rider’s usual level with probability 98%
- Now
- Steady at the last race (13 September): no clear signal, neither above nor below the usual level
Form is how far the rider goes above or below the usual level, finish after finish, on their terrain (sprint, hills): 27 finishes over the last year, in World Tour and ProSeries races and championships. The line is a Bayesian model’s estimate, the band the 90% interval. In the results, form does not last: it returns to normal in about 4 days, the length of a block of races. The model
Season by season
One-day races, stages and overall classifications| Season | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Top 10s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 6 | 17 | 20 |
| 2025 | 48 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 2024 | 41 | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 2023 | 42 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 2022 | 49 | 9 | 19 | 26 |
| 2021 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
Since 2021: race days are stages and one-day races; wins, podiums and top tens also count the final classifications of stage races.
Victories
2026 · 6 wins
- 29 Aug Classic Lorient Agglomération ONE-DAY RACE
- 18 Aug Egmont Cycling Race Women ONE-DAY RACE
- 4 Jun Giro d’Italia Women, stage 6 STAGE
- 1 Jun Giro d’Italia Women, stage 3 STAGE
- 31 May Giro d’Italia Women, stage 2 STAGE
- 30 May Giro d’Italia Women, stage 1 STAGE
2025 · 5 wins
- 14 Jun Tour de Suisse Women, stage 3 STAGE
- 9 Apr Scheldeprijs vrouwen elite ONE-DAY RACE
- 16 Mar Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Comune di Cittiglio ONE-DAY RACE
- 16 Feb Setmana Ciclista Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana, stage 4 STAGE
- 15 Feb Setmana Ciclista Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana, stage 3 STAGE
2024 · 5 wins
- 6 Sep Tour de Romandie Féminin, stage 1 STAGE
- 21 Mar Classic Brugge-De Panne ONE-DAY RACE
- 17 Mar Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Comune di Cittiglio ONE-DAY RACE
- 18 Feb Setmana Ciclista Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana, stage 4 STAGE
- 15 Feb Setmana Ciclista Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana, stage 1 STAGE
2023 · 3 wins
- 6 Sep Simac Ladies Tour, stage 2 STAGE
- 17 Feb Setmana Ciclista-Volta Comunitat Valenciana Fèmines, stage 2 STAGE
- 16 Feb Setmana Ciclista-Volta Comunitat Valenciana Fèmines, stage 1 STAGE
2022 · 9 wins
- 11 Sep Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta, stage 5 STAGE
- 5 Jul Giro d’Italia Donne, stage 5 STAGE
- 1 Jul Giro d’Italia Donne, stage 2 STAGE
- 26 Jun National Championships road race CHAMPIONSHIP
- 20 Jun Tour de Suisse Women, stage 3 STAGE
- 27 Mar Gent-Wevelgem In Flanders Fields ONE-DAY RACE
- 24 Mar EXTERIOO CLASSIC BRUGGE – DE PANNE ONE-DAY RACE
- 20 Mar Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Comune di Cittiglio ONE-DAY RACE
- 17 Feb Setmana Valenciana-Volta Comunitat Valenciana Fémines, stage 1 STAGE
2021 · 3 wins
- 9 Oct Women’s Tour, stage 6 STAGE
- 25 Sep World Championships road race CHAMPIONSHIP
- 14 Mar GP Oetingen ONE-DAY RACE
2020 · 1 win
- 8 Nov Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta, tappa 3 STAGE
2019 · 1 win
- 18 May Tour of California femminile, tappa 3 STAGE
Official UCI results since 2021, the open archive before. Updated October 6, 2026. Our method · Report an error