Simone Consonni

{{Short description|Italian cyclist (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Simone Consonni

| image = UCI Track World Championships 2020 052 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Consonni at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|9|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ponte San Pietro, Lombardy, Italy

| height = 1.76m

| weight = 72 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|TFS}}

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 = 2013–2016

| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|CPK|2013}}{{Cycling Archives|72352}}

| proyears1 = 2017–2019

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|UAD|2017a}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/uae-team-emirates/|title=UAE Team Emirates|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|access-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106013724/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/uae-team-emirates/|archive-date=6 January 2019}}

| proyears2 = 2020–2023

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|COF|2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-cofidis/|title=2020 Team Preview: Cofidis|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|date=30 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2020|work=Cyclingnews.com|archive-date=14 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314165040/https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-cofidis/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15236/1000563/279|title=Cofidis|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101063704/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15236/1000563/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}

| proyears3 = 2024–

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TFS|2024}}

| majorwins = ;Track

: Olympic Games

::Team pursuit (2020)

: World Championships

::Team pursuit (2021)

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's track cycling}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris | Madison}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Roubaix|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Berlin|Scratch}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Roubaix|Madison}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Glasgow|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Ballerup|Omnium}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Hong Kong|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Apeldoorn|Omnium}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Berlin|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Grenchen|Points race}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Grenchen|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Grenchen|2015 UEC European Track Championships – Men's elimination race}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Yvelines|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Berlin|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Munich|Omnium}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Grenchen|Omnium}}

{{Medal|Silver|2023 Grenchen|Madison}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSport|Men's road bicycle racing}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Richmond|2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race}}

}}

Simone Consonni (born 12 September 1994) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TFS}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17728|title=Trek–Segafredo|publisher=UCI|access-date=January 14, 2024}} He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/85/15/20150212_SQEY_ME_EntryListUCIwebsite_English.PDF |title=Entry List: Men |access-date=20 February 2015 |work=UCI |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214628/http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/85/15/20150212_SQEY_ME_EntryListUCIwebsite_English.PDF |url-status=live }} In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.{{Cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2018/startlist |title=2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List |access-date=22 August 2018 |work=Pro Cycling Stats |archive-date=25 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425054056/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2018/startlist |url-status=live }} In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.{{Cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2019/startlist |title=2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List |access-date=8 May 2019 |work=ProCyclingStats |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517060320/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2019/startlist |url-status=live }} In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.{{cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2020/startlist |title=107th Tour de France: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |access-date=27 August 2020 |archive-date=28 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828083425/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2020/startlist |url-status=live }} He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, setting a new world record.{{Cite web|title=Cycling Track - CONSONNI Simone|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1346202-consonni-simone.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=18 September 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918143235/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1346202-consonni-simone.htm}}

His younger sister Chiara Consonni is also a professional cyclist.{{cite web|url=https://www.suiveur.it/interviste/dove-ritmo-e-la-parola-chiave-intervista-a-chiara-consonni/|title=Dove ritmo è la parola chiave: intervista a Chiara Consonni|date=15 February 2019 |access-date=6 February 2022|archive-date=25 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025231824/https://www.suiveur.it/interviste/dove-ritmo-e-la-parola-chiave-intervista-a-chiara-consonni/|url-status=live}}

Career achievements

=Major results=

==Road==

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;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 15px 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 {{cjersey|italy}} 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 {{cjersey|blue}} 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 20px 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

;2025

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

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===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2018

! scope="col" | 2019

! scope="col" | 2020

! scope="col" | 2021

! scope="col" | 2022

! scope="col" | 2023

! scope="col" | 2024

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia

| —

| 131

| 115

| 110

| 121

| 111

| 123

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France

| —

| —

| 112

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España

| 147

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

class="wikitable"

|+ Legend

scope="row" | —

| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

scope="row" | IP

| In progress

==Track==

{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}

;2013

: 1st {{cjersey|italy}} Omnium, National Championships

;2015

: 2nd 15px Elimination, UEC European Championships

;2016

: 1st {{cjersey|italy}} Omnium, National Championships

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

;2017

: 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Pruszków

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

;2018

: UCI World Championships

::3rd 15px Omnium

::3rd 15px Team pursuit

;2019

: 1st Six Days of London (with Elia Viviani)

: 3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Tristan Marguet)

;2020

: UCI World Championships

::2nd 15px Scratch

::3rd 15px Team pursuit

;2021

: 1st File:Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games

: UCI World Championships

::1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} Team pursuit

::2nd 15px Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)

;2023

: UEC European Championships

::1st {{cjersey|europe}} Points race

::1st {{cjersey|europe}} Team pursuit

::2nd 15px Madison (with Elia Viviani)

::2nd 15px Omnium

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

;2024

: 1st Three Days of London (with Elia Viviani)

: Olympic Games

::2nd 15px Madison (with Elia Viviani)

::3rd File:Bronze medal olympic.svg Team pursuit

: 2nd 15px Omnium, UCI World Championships

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

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=World records=

class="wikitable"

|+

DateTimeMeetEventLocation
3 August 20213:42.307{{cite news|first=Martyn|last=Herman|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/cycling-denmark-end-british-reign-mens-team-pursuit-2021-08-03/|title=Cycling-Chaos and intrigue as Denmark end British men's team pursuit dominance|work=Reuters|date=3 August 2021|accessdate=25 September 2021|quote=[...] Italy threw down the gauntlet with an astonishing 3:42.307 to pip New Zealand for a place in the final.|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925121727/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/cycling-denmark-end-british-reign-mens-team-pursuit-2021-08-03/|url-status=live}}rowspan=2| 2020 Summer Olympicsrowspan=2| Team pursuit
(with Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan)
rowspan=2| Izu Velodrome, Japan
4 August 20213:42.032{{cite news|first=Stephen|last=Farrand|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/italian-riders-reveal-how-they-set-up-ganna-to-defeat-denmark-and-win-olympic-team-pursuit-gold/|title=Italian riders reveal how they set up Ganna to defeat Denmark and win Olympic team pursuit gold|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=4 August 2021|accessdate=25 September 2021|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925121713/https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/italian-riders-reveal-how-they-set-up-ganna-to-defeat-denmark-and-win-olympic-team-pursuit-gold/|url-status=live}}

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