Elena Novikova
Elena Novikova
03.01.1970 (54 years) (Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
Elena Novikova (born January 14, 1984) is a Ukrainian road cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team Servetto–Piumate–Beltrami TSA. She represented her nation at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships and 2009 UCI Road World Championships.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. She is known in Chile for been the girlfriend of the Congressman Gaspar Rivas, whom he met during the Ukrainian civil war.