Simone Consonni

Simone Consonni
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 teamLidl–Trek
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur team
2013–2016Team Colpack[1]
Professional teams
2017–2019UAE Abu Dhabi[2]
2020–2023Cofidis[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  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 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
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ballerup Omnium
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
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Points race
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2015 Grenchen Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2016 Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2017 Berlin Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grenchen Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grenchen Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2024 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 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]

  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.
  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.