Simone Consonni

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Simone Consonni
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Consonni at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Born (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 30)
Ponte San Pietro, Lombardy, Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team Lidl–Trek
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur team
2013–2016 Team Colpack [1]
Professional teams
2017–2019 UAE Abu Dhabi [2]
2020–2023 Cofidis [3] [4]
2024– Lidl–Trek
Major wins
Track
Olympic Games
Team pursuit (2020)
World Championships
Team pursuit (2021)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Madison
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Paris Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Berlin Scratch
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Roubaix Madison
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Ballerup Omnium
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Apeldoorn Omnium
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Berlin Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Grenchen Points race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Grenchen Elimination
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Berlin Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Munich Omnium
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Grenchen Omnium
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Grenchen Madison
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Richmond Under-23 road race

Simone Consonni (born 12 September 1994) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. [5] He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [6] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España. [7] In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. [8] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. [9] He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, setting a new world record. [10]

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His younger sister Chiara Consonni is also a professional cyclist. [11]

Career achievements

Major results

Road

2011
National Junior 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 uci.svg Road race, UCI World Under-23 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 Jersey italianflag.svg Road race, National Under-23 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 (1 pro win)
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
2022 (1)
1st Paris–Chauny
2nd Ronde van Limburg
4th Paris–Tours
6th Clásica de Almería
7th Classic Brugge–De Panne
7th Primus Classic
8th Eschborn–Frankfurt
9th Milano–Torino
10th Tour of Leuven
2023 (1)
7th Overall Saudi Tour
1st Stage 5
2024
4th Bredene Koksijde Classic
5th Classic Brugge–De Panne
5th Nokere Koerse
2025
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2018201920202021202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia — 131 115 110 121 111 123
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France —— 112 ————
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 147 ——————
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IPIn progress

Track

2013
1st Jersey italianflag.svg Omnium, National Championships
2015
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Elimination, UEC European Championships
2016
1st Jersey italianflag.svg Omnium, National Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2017
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Pruszków
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2018
UCI World Championships
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Omnium
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit
2019
1st Six Days of London (with Elia Viviani)
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Tristan Marguet)
2020
UCI World Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Scratch
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit
2021
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
UCI World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
2023
UEC European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Points race
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Elia Viviani)
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Omnium
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2024
1st Three Days of London (with Elia Viviani)
Olympic Games
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Madison (with Elia Viviani)
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Omnium, UCI World Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

World records

DateTimeMeetEventLocation
3 August 20213:42.307 [12] 2020 Summer Olympics Team pursuit
(with Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan)		 Izu Velodrome, Japan
4 August 20213:42.032 [13]

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 . Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Trek–Segafredo". UCI . Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Cycling Track - CONSONNI Simone". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Dove ritmo è la parola chiave: intervista a Chiara Consonni". 15 February 2019. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  12. ↑ Herman, Martyn (3 August 2021). "Cycling-Chaos and intrigue as Denmark end British men's team pursuit dominance". Reuters . Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. 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.
  13. ↑ Farrand, Stephen (4 August 2021). "Italian riders reveal how they set up Ganna to defeat Denmark and win Olympic team pursuit gold". Cyclingnews.com . Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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