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Elena Novikova

Elena Novikova

Woman endurance cyclist from Ukraine

Not to be confused with Elena Novikova-Belova.

Elena Volodymyrivna Novikova (born January 14, 1984) is a Ukrainian road cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team Servetto–Piumate–Beltrami TSA.[1] She represented her nation at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships and 2009 UCI Road World Championships.[2]

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She lives in Italy. She won 15 mtb and road 24 hours races in the category solo. She won 2 times 24 hours road race in Le Mans in France. Novikova won 3 times hardest in Italy mtb 24 hours solo race of Finale Ligure. In 2015, she won a title of European Champion of mtb 24 hours solo races. In 2016, she finished the second hardest mtb stage race in the World, Ironbike. In October 2015 she made a Record of Gavia mountain going up and down 9 times during 19 hours.

Career

World records

On September 17, 2017, she achieved 11 world records during the successful attempt to overcome the previous 24-hour record. All these records are Indoor Track – Solo – Standard – Women 18–49.

Records are:

  • 6 Hours = 222.024 Km – 137.959 Miles
  • 12 Hours = 421.347 Km – 261.812 Miles
  • 24 Hours = 781.638 Km – 485.687 Miles
  • 100 Km = 2h 37' 35"
  • 200 Km = 5h 23' 30"
  • 300 Km = 8h 18' 13"
  • 500 Km = 14h 29' 59"
  • 100 Miles = 4h 18' 00"
  • 200 Miles = 8h 55' 13"
  • 300 Miles = 13h 57' 23"
  • 500 Miles = 24h 46' 26"
Elena Novikova's eleven new world records

Personal life

Novikova was in a domestic relationship with Chilean politician Gaspar Rivas, who she met via Facebook during the War in Donbass in 2014.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Presentato il Team Servetto – Piumate – Beltrami TSA 2019" [Team Servetto - Piumate - Beltrami TSA 2019 presented]. Servetto–Piumate–Beltrami TSA (in Italian). AT Bike S.S.D. A.R.L. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Elena Novikova". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Ex diputado tenía novia ucraniana y ahora promueve marcha contra migrantes". Radio Concierto (in Spanish). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. [4]
    S.A.P, El Mercurio. "La Segunda.com". LaSegunda.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2020.


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