# Simone Consonni

Simone Consonni (born 12 September 1994) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, setting a new world record.
His younger sister Chiara Consonni is also a professional cyclist.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### Road
##### 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 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 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 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 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

##### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 131 | 115 | 110 | 121 | 111 | 123 |
| Tour de France | — | — | 112 | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 147 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |

#### Track
##### 2013

    1st Omnium, National Championships

##### 2015

    2nd Elimination, UEC European Championships

##### 2016

    1st Omnium, National Championships
    2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

##### 2017

    1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Pruszków
    2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
    3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

##### 2018

    UCI World Championships
       3rd Omnium
       3rd Team pursuit

##### 2019

    1st Six Days of London (with Elia Viviani)
    3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Tristan Marguet)

##### 2020

    UCI World Championships
       2nd Scratch
       3rd Team pursuit

##### 2021

    1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
    UCI World Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)

##### 2023

    UEC European Championships
       1st Points race
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Madison (with Elia Viviani)
       2nd Omnium
    2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

##### 2024

    1st Three Days of London (with Elia Viviani)
    Olympic Games
       2nd Madison (with Elia Viviani)
       3rd Team pursuit
    2nd Omnium, UCI World Championships
    3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

### World records

| Date | Time | Meet | Event | Location |
| 3 August 2021 | 3:42.307 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Team pursuit (with Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan) | Izu Velodrome, Japan |
| 4 August 2021 | 3:42.032 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Team pursuit (with Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan) | Izu Velodrome, Japan |