Name: Soraya Paladin
Nationality: Italy
Place of Birth: Treviso
Date of Birth: 4th May 1993
Height: 1.66m
Weight: 59kg
2020 Team: CCC – Liv
2021 Team: Liv Racing
Strengths:
One Day Rider: 6%
GC Rider: 14%
TT Specialist: 5%
Sprinter: 41%
Climber: 35%
Soraya Paladin Articles
Wiebes wins Simac Ladies Tour GC, final stage is a win for Bredewold
After an impressive week, Lorena Wiebes confirmed her GC victory in the Simac Ladies Tour in Arnhem today. Finishing 3rd on the stage was enough
Giro d’Italia Donne 2022 Race Preview
The Giro Donne’s status has seen the GC riders of recent generations all spar off to take the victory in Italy. So in recent years, honours have been shared between Anna van der Breggen and Annemiek van Vleuten, with Megan Guarnier the last another rider to win in 2016. Multiple wins are a regular occurrence, with Vos taking 3 wins in the early 2010s
Itzulia Women 2022 Race Preview
With this year’s Itzulia Women, women’s racing in the Basque County has come full circle after quite a lot of change in recent years. We used to have the long-term staple of the Emakumeen Bira stage race which ran from 1988 to 2019. One of the major stage races, surprisingly given the climbing it was a race that neither Anna van der Breggen nor Annemiek van Vleuten ever actually won.
Liège Bastogne Liège Femmes 2022 Race Preview
Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes is another relatively new race on the women’s calendar. First held in 2017, it gives riders the chance to cover roads raced by the men’s peloton in one of their monuments. Although the race is called Liege Bastogne Liege still, the women’s race starts in Bastogne and before heading to Liege.
Women’s Amstel Gold Race 2022 Race Preview
The women’s Amstel Gold Race returned last season. It was heavily altered, turned into a large circuit based around the Cauberg, the Geulhemmerberg and the Bemelerberg. The constant climbing was hoped to be attritional but ultimately we saw a reasonably large sprint after the Cauberg. Despite the attack of Niewiadoma, no-one would work with her and it proved fruitless. Vos took the sprint ahead of Demi Vollering and Annemiek van Vleuten.
Women’s Gent Wevelgem 2022 Race Preview
The Women’s Gent Wevelgem has been running since 2012. Taking place on the same day as the men’s race, the women’s version starts from Ypres and finishes in Wevelgem. The route takes in the infamous Kemmelberg, although the women haven’t tackled the steepest Ossuary side until this year’s race.