Cycling, Bastianelli show in Spain, first success of an Arab World Tour team

Successful debut. Marta Bastianelli starts the season in a great way. In Valencia the Italian won the Vuelta CV Féminas in Spain. The blue with the winning sprint gave the first success of a professional World Tour team of the United Arab Emirates. In the 92 km of the race Marta was able to rely on the work of her companions who then managed to pilot her in the final sprint. In order Maaike Boogard, Laura Tomasi and Anna Trevisi allowed Bastianelli to arrive near the finish line and place the winning paw. “I am happy to have won this race for the second time and today at the first race with the new UAE Team ADQ jersey. I have to thank all my teammates. During the whole race, all the plans we had studied were respected and in the final I had a fantastic train. Above all Maaike Boogaard and Anna Trevisi guided me perfectly in the last meters before the finish ”. Behind Marta Bastianelli was Ilaria Sanguineti and the Austrian Schweinberger.

Winner born

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The beginning of 2022 of the blue is to be framed. For her, who in 2007 at the age of 20 graduated as world champion, an important success in view of a season that could end with the world championship test. “The team worked very well. The girls applied everything we had studied in pre-race tactics to perfection – said team manager Fortunato Lacquaniti -. They were surgical and we deserved the victory which was certainly not easy to achieve today. There was a lot of tension because it was the first race for everyone, for us also the first with the new team and we had a great responsibility, but the girls were very good. We are happy and thank all those who believed in this project ”.