Simone Consonni

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]

Simone Consonni
Consonni at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Born (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994
Ponte San Pietro, Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 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]
Major wins
Track
Team pursuit, Olympic Games (2021)
Team pursuit, World Championships (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 RoubaixTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2020 BerlinScratch
Silver medal – second place2021 RoubaixMadison
Silver medal – second place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2023 GlasgowTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2017 Hong KongTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2018 ApeldoornOmnium
Bronze medal – third place2018 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2020 BerlinTeam pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 GrenchenPoints race
Gold medal – first place2023 GrenchenTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2015 GrenchenElimination
Silver medal – second place2016 YvelinesTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2017 BerlinTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2019 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichOmnium
Silver medal – second place2023 GrenchenOmnium
Silver medal – second place2023 GrenchenMadison
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 RichmondUnder-23 road race

His younger sister Chiara Consonni is also a professional cyclist.[10]

Career achievements

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 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 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
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
2022
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
2023
7th Overall Saudi Tour
1st Stage 5
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 131 115 110 121 111
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 112 — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 147 — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress

Track
2013
1st Omnium, National Championships
2015
2nd Elimination race, UEC European Championships
2016
1st Omnium, National Championships
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2017
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Pruszków
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2018
UCI World Championships
3rd Omnium
3rd Team pursuit
2019
1st Six Days of London (with Elia Viviani)
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Tristan Marguet)
2020
UCI World Championships
2nd Scratch
3rd Team pursuit
2021
1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
UCI World Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
2023
UEC European Championships
1st Points race
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Elia Viviani)
2nd Omnium
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

World records
DateTimeMeetEventLocation
3 August 20213:42.307[11]2020 Summer OlympicsTeam pursuit
(with Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan)		Izu Velodrome, Japan
4 August 20213:42.032[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. 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. "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  6. "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  7. "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. "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.
  10. "Dove ritmo è la parola chiave: intervista a Chiara Consonni". Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  11. 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.
  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. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simone Consonni.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.