The blue quartet in the final beat France. World title to Letizia Paternoster and silver in the pursuit of women
Italy has an edge even at the track cycling world championships, and the Roubaix Velodrome is still tinged with blue. After last night’s gold in scratch with Martina Fidanza, today it was Filippo Ganna and his teammates in the team pursuit who won the world title, as well as Letizia Paternoster who won the world championship in the elimination race. The women’s team has to settle for silver in the final of the women’s pursuit won by Germany.
Jonathan Milan, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni and Filippo Ganna bring Italy back to the top of the world and complete an extraordinary year: world champions after winning the Olympic title. Italy rode in 3.47.192, repelling the onslaught of a France – Thomas, Tabellion, Denis and Boudat – very good at keeping up with the Azzurri up to 400 meters. Italy had not won the world championship since 1997 when Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli won in Perth.
Tomorrow will be Filippo Ganna’s big day in the individual chase race in which Jonathan Milan, fresh from the continental title, has what it takes to aim for the final. In tears Letizia Paternoster wins her first rainbow jersey among the elites in the women’s elimination competition. A perfect race that of the Paternoster, without flaws and conducted with tactical intelligence. In the sprint for gold, the blue clearly surpasses the Belgian Lotte Kopecky, while the bronze is the prerogative of the American Jennifer Valente.
Beautiful silver medal for the Italian quartet in the final of the women’s team pursuit. The blue Martina Alzini, Elisa Balsamo, Chiara Consonni and Martina Fidanza finish in 4’13 “690 against 4’08” .752 of Germany made up of the Olympic champions Franziska Brausser, Lisa Brennauer, Laura Suessemilch and Mieke Kroger. French party in the men’s Scratch final thanks to the victory of Donovan Grondin who overtakes the Belgian Tuur Dens and the English Rhys Britton. Only ninth Elia Viviani who suffered from the exasperated pace in the last five laps and remained trapped in the support positions once the decisive sprint was launched.
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