Sigrid Corneo Explained

Sigrid Corneo
Fullname:Sigrid Teresa Corneo
Birth Date:27 April 1971
Birth Place:Lecco, Italy
Height:1.76 m
Weight:54 kg
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1999
Proyears2:2000–2001
Proteam2:Carpe Diem
Proyears3:2002
Proteam3:Itera
Proyears4:2003
Proteam4:Road Runner Guerciotti
Proyears5:2004–2006
Proteam5:Nobili Rubinetterie
Proyears6:2007–2009
Proteam6:Menikini – Selle Italia
Proyears7:2010
Proteam7:Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
Show-Medals:yes

Sigrid Teresa Corneo (born 27 April 1971)[1] is a retired Slovenian professional road cyclist of Italian descent.[2] Holding a dual citizenship, she represented her nation Slovenia, as a 37-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has mounted second-place finishes in both road race and time trial at the Slovenian Championships in 2010. Before her official retirement from competitive cycling in 2010, Corneo rode for Italy's Top Girls Fassa Bortolo pro cycling team in the women's elite professional events.[3]

Corneo qualified for the Slovenian squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a single berth from the UCI World Cup.[4] [5] She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-ninth-place effort in 3:39:29, surpassing Canadian rider Alex Wrubleski by exactly seven seconds.[6] [7]

Career highlights

2004
  • 3rd Vuelta Ciclista Feminina a El Salvador (Road), El Salvador
  • 2nd Stage 3
    2005
  • 3rd Vuelta Ciclista Feminina a El Salvador (Road), El Salvador
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 3rd Stage 4, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Rochechouart (FRA)
  • 4th Stage 1, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Dun-le-Palestel (FRA)
  • 8th Stage 3a, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Chaptelat (FRA)
    2006
  • 2nd Overall, Grand Prix International de Dottignies, Belgium
  • 2nd Stage 2, Giro d'Italia Femminile, Formello (ITA)
  • 3rd Stage 4, Tour du Grand Montréal, Canada
  • 3rd Stage 8, Giro d'Italia Femminile, Fossano (ITA)
    2007
  • 2nd Overall, Tour Féminin en Limousin, France
  • 1st Stage 2, Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois
  • 3rd Stage 3, Tour de l'Ardèche, Cruas (FRA)
    2008
  • 3rd Stage 4, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Sainte-Feyre (FRA)
  • 49th Olympic Games (Road), Beijing (CHN)
    2009
  • 6th Overall, Route de France Féminine, France
  • 5th Stage 4, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
    2010
  • 2nd Slovenian Championships (Road), Ptuj (SLO)
  • 2nd Slovenian Championships (ITT), Plave (SLO)

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Sigrid Corneo . Olympedia . 2 May 2022.
    2. Sigrid Corneo . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203014556/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/sigrid-corneo-1.html . 3 December 2016 . 11 October 2013.
    3. News: Sigrid Corneo alla Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi . Sigrid Corneo joins Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi . Italian . Ciclismo.it . 21 July 2004 . 11 October 2013.
    4. News: Italijanska Slovenka se veseli Pekinga . Slovenian Italian is looking forward for Beijing . Slovenian . . 2 July 2008 . 11 October 2013.
    5. News: Za Peking potrjenih že 61 slovenskih športnikov . 61 Slovenian athletes have already approved for Beijing . Slovenian . . 15 July 2008 . 11 October 2013.
    6. Web site: Women's Road Race . . . 21 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213117/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRW012100/index.html . 19 August 2012.
    7. News: Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold . Velo News . 10 August 2008 . 10 October 2013.

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