“Today Viviani and Consonni have done justice to the work they have done, in Elia’s omnium the accounts didn’t add up, he changed his way of trainingi, he saw that to run these races you had to use longer gears, we worked hard on it and he put a lot of effort into it: in my opinion he was going strong, after the omnium we went to the hotel and we felt that something was missing”.
This was stated by the coach of the Italian national track cycling team Marco Villa after the silver in the madison of the Viviani-Consonni duo. “Elia wanted to try to take the turn right away, today he brought home a result that repays him for what he has done, but it is the same for Simone, these years he also came close to the world championship, they arrived in good condition”.
Viviani and Consonni: “Silver that is worth a lot”
Elia Viviani and Simone Consonni, after winning gold in the track cycling madison at the Paris 2024 Games, celebrated and appeared beaming in front of the microphones of RaiSport. “I said it. It took courage. And so we did. We also had moments of difficulty. In the last sprint the Portuguese arrived at double speed and we couldn’t do anything. For me it’s the third medal in three Olympics: it’s a great prize, deserved, both for me and for Simone”, said Viviani. “It could have gone better. We had nothing to lose. We wanted to have a good race, for us and for the whole team. It wasn’t an easy race: before today, I worked hard for the quartet and Elia for the Omnium. This medal makes us proud and is worth a lot. The fall ruined the last two sprints a bit”, said Consonni instead.