Sigrid Teresa Corneo (born 27 April 1971) is a retired Slovenian professional road cyclist of Italian descent. Holding a dual citizenship, she represented her nation Slovenia, as a 37-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has mounted second-place finishes in both road race and time trial at the Slovenian Championships in 2010. Before her official retirement from competitive cycling in 2010, Corneo rode for Italy's Top Girls Fassa Bortolo pro cycling team in the women's elite professional events.
Corneo qualified for the Slovenian squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a single berth from the UCI World Cup. She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-ninth-place effort in 3:39:29, surpassing Canadian rider Alex Wrubleski by exactly seven seconds.
Career highlights 2004 3rd Vuelta Ciclista Feminina a El Salvador (Road), El Salvador 2nd Stage 3 2005 3rd Vuelta Ciclista Feminina a El Salvador (Road), El Salvador 1st Stage 4 3rd Stage 4, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Rochechouart (FRA) 4th Stage 1, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Dun-le-Palestel (FRA) 8th Stage 3a, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Chaptelat (FRA) 2006 2nd Overall, Grand Prix International de Dottignies, Belgium 2nd Stage 2, Giro d'Italia Femminile, Formello (ITA) 3rd Stage 4, Tour du Grand Montréal, Canada 3rd Stage 8, Giro d'Italia Femminile, Fossano (ITA) 2007 2nd Overall, Tour Féminin en Limousin, France 1st Stage 2, Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois 3rd Stage 3, Tour de l'Ardèche, Cruas (FRA) 2008 3rd Stage 4, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Sainte-Feyre (FRA) 49th Olympic Games (Road), Beijing (CHN) 2009 6th Overall, Route de France Féminine, France 5th Stage 4, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 2010 2nd Slovenian Championships (Road), Ptuj (SLO) 2nd Slovenian Championships (ITT), Plave (SLO)
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