Elisa Balsamo (cyclist)

Elisa Balsamo
Balsamo in 2024
Personal information
Born (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998
Cuneo, Italy
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Team information
Current teamLidl–Trek
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2017–2021Valcar–PBM
2022–Trek–Segafredo
Major wins
Major Tours
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2022)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (2021)
National Road Race Championships (2022)
Trofeo Alfredo Binda (2022, 2024, 2025)
Classic Brugge–De Panne (2022, 2024)
Gent–Wevelgem (2022)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Women's track cycling
World Championships
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit
2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
2020 Berlin Madison
2021 Roubaix Omnium
European Games
2019 Minsk Team pursuit
2019 Minsk Omnium
European Championships
2016 Yvelines Team pursuit
2017 Berlin Team pursuit
2020 Plovdiv Omnium
2020 Plovdiv Madison
2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
2020 Plovdiv Team pursuit
2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
2017 Berlin Omnium
2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
2023 Grenchen Madison
2024 Apeldoorn Madison
2026 Konya Team pursuit
2026 Konya Madison
Junior World Championships
2015 Astana Scratch
2016 Aigle Team pursuit
2016 Aigle Omnium
U23 & Junior European Championships
2015 Athens Junior Team pursuit
2016 Montichiari Junior Team pursuit
2016 Montichiari Junior Omnium
2017 Sangalhos U23 Team pursuit
2017 Sangalhos U23 Omnium
2018 Aigle U23 Team pursuit
2019 Ghent U23 Team pursuit
2019 Ghent U23 Madison
2017 Sangalhos U23 Madison
2018 Aigle U23 Madison
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
2016 Doha Junior Road race
2021 Flanders Road race
European Championships
2020 Plouay U23 Road race
2016 Plumelec Junior Road race
2022 Munich Road race
2024 Limburg Road race

Elisa Balsamo (born 27 February 1998) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Team Lidl–Trek, and represents Italy at international competitions.

After competing at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the women's junior road race she became junior world champion at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in the junior's road race. She won the gold medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit.