«It’s always a silver in an Olympic discipline at a World Championship, I already have medals in the Omnium both at world and European level, today I wanted the jersey (the gold medal, ed.)». As Simone Consonni immediately after taking silver at the Track Cycling World Championships in the Omnium. The 30-year-old runner from Bergamo, with three Olympic medals under his belt (the last two in Paris 2024, silver in the Madison and bronze in the team pursuit), today in Ballerup in Denmark stood on a world championship podium for the tenth time. Only once, in 2021 in Roubaix, has he leapt to the top step in the team pursuit.
Already the world bronze in the Omnium in Apeldoorn in 2018. «The Belgian did an incredible race, congratulations to him – added the Lidl-Trek athlete – I came here with the serenity of being able to do well, I demonstrated it: in my head I have a project and this silver is not bad to start with.” Consonni was the protagonist of an exciting day, always at the top of the rankings. Second after the scratch, the thirty-year-old from Ponte San Pietro maintained his position after a timed race and elimination.
In the final round, the points race, Consonni cherished the dream of winning gold but in the final he was preceded by the Belgian Lindsay de Vylder (150 points). The Italian finished at 138. The Dutch Yanne Dorenbos (128) completed the podium. No medal for Simone’s sister, Chiara who, paired with Vittoria Guazzini, finished in fifth place in the Madison (29 points) won by the Danes Amalie Dideriksen-Julie Leth (46 points) ahead of the French Victoire Berteau-Marion Borras (43) and to the British Katie Archibald-Neah Evans