There is a first-year rider leading the standings of the Oscar tuttoBICI Gran Premio Mapei reserved for Junior Women: she is the Russian Angelina Novolodskaya who races for Petrucci Gauss Cycling Team. Behind her is the Italian champion Matilde Rossignoli, who won the "Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Valli del Verbano UCI Nations' Cup Junior Women" and the Lombard Melania Minichino of Biesse Carrera Premac Zambelli.

However, the season has only just begun and the battle for the Oscar, won in the last two seasons by Friuli's Chantal Pegolo, promises to be truly exciting so... keep following us.

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