Valentina Corvi Italy
Italian off-road rising star Valentina Corvi is an April 2025 addition to the CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto Generation team roster. The 20-year-old joins the team to broaden her cycling repertoire to include road racing.
Already part of Canyon’s elite off-road division, Valentina races for Canyon CLLCTV MTB in both cyclo-cross and mountain bike, and has shown rapid and impressive development. She is the reigning Italian U23 National Champion in both cross-country MTB and cyclo-cross, and placed fourth in the U23 cross-country event at the 2024 UCI MTB World Championships.
Now in her second year out of the junior categories, Valentina started the 2025 season in strong form, claiming two victories at UCI Continental MTB Series events. Most recently, she achieved career-best results at the UCI MTB World Cup rounds in Araxá, Brazil, where she secured three podium finishes across the U23 short track and cross-country events. She is thrilled to now be incorporating road racing into her season.
“For me, it is a great satisfaction to be joining CANYON//SRAM Zondacrypto Generation – it is one of the most prestigious teams, and being part of it is like a dream come true. My experience on the road is very limited, and I’ve only did a few races when I was younger, but I will definitely try to learn a lot, and I will do my best. I have always been attracted to this new world, and so, this year, having had the opportunity, I decided to include it in my seasonal programme alongside mountain biking, which remains my main discipline.”
She is unsure how her CX and MTB skills will assist her transition to road racing, but doesn’t have to look far for inspiration, as an increasing number of athletes are balancing similar pursuits.
“I think they are two completely different things, but in some ways, they can help each other. Surely, the technical skills I’ve gained from MTB will help me manage the bike on the road, while road racing will benefit me and complete my athletic preparation. I think they are quite complementary. The athlete of reference for me is definitely Puck Pieterse, who excels in both MTB and on the road!”
One of the key differences between MTB/CX and road racing is the strategic approach – an area that Valentina is both curious about and eager to develop.
“What I love about road racing is the tactics and reading of the race. Everything is very unpredictable, and you need to think a lot. The teamwork, too, and sharing victories and/or defeats with your teammates is something very beautiful and new to me, since in MTB, everything is more individual.
When Valentina isn’t racing for Canyon CLLCTV MTB, or from now representing CANYON//SRAM Zondacrypto Generation, she enjoys unwinding with friends and family, embracing the moments of downtime between her intense and diverse training and racing schedule.
We’re all excited to see what Valentina can do skinnier tyres!

Palmares
2025
Mountain Bike
- 2nd – U23 XCO, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Araxá
- 2nd – U23 XCC, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Araxá
- 3rd – U23 XCO, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Araxá
- 5th – U23 XCC, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Araxá
Cyclo-cross
- Italian National U23 Cyclo-cross Champion
2024
Mountain Bike
- 4th – U23, XCO, UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Val di Sole
- 3rd – U23 XCO, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Araxá
- 4th – U23, XCC, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Lake Placid
- 4th – U23, XCC, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Nové Mesto
- 4th – U23, XCC, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Val di Sole
- 5th – U23, XCO, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Mairiporã
- 6th – U23, XCO, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Crans-Montana
- 6th – U23, XCO, European Mountain Bike Championships
- 7th – U23, XCO, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Lake Placid
- 9th – U23 XCO, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Mont-Sainte-Anne
Cyclo-cross
- Italian National U23 Cyclo-cross Champion
2023
Cyclo-cross
- Winner – U23, European Cup, Albiate
- 2nd – Elite, San Colombano (C2)
- 4th – Elite, Fae di Oderzo (C2)
- 6th – Elite, UCI World Cup Round Val Di Sole (CDM)
- 8th – Elite, Swiss Cyclo-cross Cup, Meilen (C2)
- 10th – UCI Junior Cyclo-cross World Championships, Hoogerheide
Mountain Bike
- European XCO Mountain Bike Junior Relay World Champion
2022
Cyclo-cross
- 4th – Elite, Citta Di Jesolo (C2)
- 4th – Elite, GP Città di Vittorio Veneto (C2)
- 5th – Elite, Sanxenxo (C2)
- 6th – Elite, Turin International Cyclocross, San Francesco al Campo (C2)
- 7th – Elite, Fae di Oderzo (C2)
- 7th – Elite, Ribadumia (C2)
Mountain Bike
- European XCO Mountain Bike Junior Relay World Champion
2021
Cyclo-cross
- 6th – Elite, San Colombano (C2)
2025
CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto Generation is the development team of the World Tour team and a key component of CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto’s long-term diversity and inclusion programme. As the first World Tour team to establish a formal pathway to the Women’s World Tour, this innovative two-tier structure is setting the standard for future talent development. Now in its third year, the team is dedicated to helping talented female athletes from diverse backgrounds break new ground, reach the pinnacle of professional cycling, and shape the future of the sport. The roster of CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto Generation brings together eight ambitious riders from seven countries, united by their shared drive for success.