Simone Consonni

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Simone Consonni
UCI Track World Championships 2020 052 (cropped).jpg
Consonni at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Born (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 27)
Ponte San Pietro, Italy
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current teamCofidis
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur team
2013–2016Team Colpack[1]
Professional teams
2017–2019UAE Abu Dhabi[2]
2020–Cofidis[3]
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2020 Berlin Scratch
Silver medal – second place 2021 Roubaix Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Apeldoorn Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Berlin Team pursuit
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Grenchen Elimination race
Silver medal – second place 2016 Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2017 Berlin Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Richmond Under-23 road race

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 Silver medal blank.svg 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 MaillotItalia.svg 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 Jersey blue.svg 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 Jersey green Epic Series.svg Points classification
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 131 115 110
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 112 —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 147 — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track[]

2013
1st MaillotItalia.svg Omnium, National Track Championships
2015
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Elimination race, UEC European Track Championships
2016
1st MaillotItalia.svg Omnium, National Track Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
2017
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup, Pruszków
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2018
UCI Track World Championships
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2019
1st Six Days of London (with Elia Viviani)
2020
UCI Track World Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Scratch
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2021
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
UCI Track World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal blank.svg 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[]

  1. ^ Simone Consonni at Cycling Archives
  2. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  6. ^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  7. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Cycling Track CONSONNI Simone – Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 18 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Dove ritmo è la parola chiave: intervista a Chiara Consonni". Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.

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