Simone Consonni

Simone Consonni
	Consonni at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Born	12 September 1994 (age 30); Ponte San Pietro, Lombardy, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team	Lidl–Trek
Disciplines	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2013–2016	Team Colpack
Professional teams
2017–2019	UAE Abu Dhabi
2020–2023	Cofidis
2024–	Lidl–Trek
Major wins
	Track Olympic Games Team pursuit (2020) World Championships Team pursuit (2021)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships

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]

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

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 (1 pro win)

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 (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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Giro d'Italia	—	131	115	110	121	111	123
Tour de France	—	—	112	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	147	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
IP	In progress

Track

2013

1st

Omnium, National Championships

2015

2nd

Elimination, 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

2024

1st Three Days of London (with Elia Viviani)

Olympic Games

2nd

Madison (with Elia Viviani)

3rd

Team pursuit

2nd

Omnium, UCI World Championships

3rd

Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

World records


Date	Time	Meet	Event	Location
3 August 2021	3:42.307^[12]	2020 Summer Olympics	Team pursuit (with Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan)	Izu Velodrome, Japan
4 August 2021	3:42.032^[13]	2020 Summer Olympics		Izu Velodrome, Japan

References

^ Simone Consonni at Cycling Archives (archived)
^ "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. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Trek–Segafredo". UCI. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links

Simone Consonni at UCI
Simone Consonni at Cycling Archives (archived)
Simone Consonni at ProCyclingStats
Simone Consonni at Cycling Quotient
Simone Consonni at CycleBase
Simone Consonni at Olympics.com
Simone Consonni at Olympedia
Simone Consonni at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)

[1] Simone Consonni at Cycling Archives (archived)

[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.

[UCI-6] "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[2018Vuelta-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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v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1990s	1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst
2000s	2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv
2010s	2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien
2020s	2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2024: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e UEC European Track Champions – Men’s team pursuit
Summary
2010: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Queally, Tennant) 2011: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Kennaugh, Tennant) 2012: Russia : (Ershov, Markov, Serov, Kaykov) 2013: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Doull, Tennant) 2014: Great Britain : (Dibben, Clancy, Doull, Tennant) 2015: Great Britain : (Dibben, Wiggins, Doull, Tennant, Burke, Gibson ) 2016: France : (Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Chavanel, Thomas) 2017: France : (Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Pijourlet) 2018: Italy : (Viviani, Bertazzo, Ganna, Lamon) 2019: Denmark : (LN Hansen, Pedersen, Madsen, Johansen) 2020: Russia : (Dubchenko, Gonov, Bersenev, Evtushenko) 2021: Denmark : (Malmberg, Pedersen, T Hansen, Bévort) 2022: France : (Denis, Lafargue, Tabellion, Thomas, Boudat) 2023: Italy : (Ganna, Lamon), Milan, Moro, Consonni) 2024: Great Britain : (Bigham, Hayter, C Tanfield, Vernon, Wood)
Riders in italics rode in heats only