Simone Consonni
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Ponte San Pietro, Italy | 12 September 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Cofidis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Team Colpack[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | UAE Abu Dhabi[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | Cofidis[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Simone Consonni (born 12 September 1994) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[4] He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[5] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.[6] In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[7] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[8] He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, setting a new world record.[9]
His younger sister Chiara Consonni is also a professional cyclist.[10]
Career achievements[]
Major results[]
Road[]
- 2011
- National Junior Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 8th Overall Tre Ciclistica Internazionale Bresciana
- 2012
- 4th Trophée de la Ville de Loano
- 2014
- 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 5th La Popolarissima
- 2015
- 1st La Côte Picarde
- 2nd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 4th La Popolarissima
- 4th Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
- 6th Circuito del Porto
- 6th Giro del Belvedere
- 7th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 9th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
- 2016
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
- 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
- 3rd Circuito del Porto
- 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2017
- 1st Young rider classification Three Days of De Panne
- 5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 6th Coppa Bernocchi
- 9th Bretagne Classic
- 9th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2018
- Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 5th London–Surrey Classic
- 2019
- 2nd Coppa Bernocchi
- 2nd Ronde van Limburg
- 4th Memorial Marco Pantani
- 8th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 2021
- 4th Giro del Veneto
- 5th La Roue Tourangelle
- 8th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 1st Points classification
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Giro d'Italia | — | 131 | 115 | 110 |
Tour de France | — | — | 112 | — |
Vuelta a España | 147 | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
---|---|
DNF | Did not finish |
Track[]
- 2013
- 1st Omnium, National Track Championships
- 2015
- 2nd Elimination race, UEC European Track Championships
- 2016
- 1st Omnium, National Track Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
- 2017
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup, Pruszków
- 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2018
- UCI Track World Championships
- 3rd Omnium
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2019
- 1st Six Days of London (with Elia Viviani)
- 2020
- UCI Track World Championships
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2021
- 1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- UCI Track World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
World records[]
Date | Time | Meet | Event | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 August 2021 | 3:42.307[11] | 2020 Summer Olympics | Team pursuit (with Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan) |
Izu Velodrome, Japan |
4 August 2021 | 3:42.032[12] |
References[]
- ^ Simone Consonni at Cycling Archives
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Cycling Track CONSONNI Simone – Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dove ritmo è la parola chiave: intervista a Chiara Consonni". Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ Herman, Martyn (3 August 2021). "Cycling-Chaos and intrigue as Denmark end British men's team pursuit dominance". Reuters. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
[...] Italy threw down the gauntlet with an astonishing 3:42.307 to pip New Zealand for a place in the final.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (4 August 2021). "Italian riders reveal how they set up Ganna to defeat Denmark and win Olympic team pursuit gold". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
External links[]
- Simone Consonni at Cycling Archives
- Simone Consonni at ProCyclingStats
- Simone Consonni at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Italian male cyclists
- Cyclists from Lombardy
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Italian track cyclists
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- People from Ponte San Pietro
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)