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Francesco Lamon

Quartetti di inseguimento azzurri a caccia di medaglie iridate

14 Oct

Italian pursuit quartets chasing world championship medals

Alessio Magagnotti, Elisa Balsamo, Philip Ganna, Francesco Lamon, Jonathan Milan, Martina Alzini, Martina Fidanza, Victoria Guazzini

SHANGHAI – The Italian pursuit team is not missing the World Championships; on the first day of competition, they reached the men's final and easily made it through qualifying against the women. This secured them their first medal of the year, although they'll have to wait until tomorrow to see how much it costs. Martina Fidanza finished fourth, albeit with some disappointment, in the Sprint event, while the Team Sprint tournament ended with qualifying. Francesco Lamon, Alessio Magagnotti, Jonathan Milan, and Filippo Ganna, after finishing qualifying with the third-place time of 3:47.272, just 118 thousandths behind Great Britain, corrected several mistakes from the…

Mondiali ciclismo su pista al via con qualifiche dell’inseguimento e team sprint

13 Oct

Track Cycling World Championships kick off with pursuit and team sprint qualifying

Alessio Magagnotti, Edward Salvoldi, Elisa Balsamo, Federica Venturelli, Philip Ganna, Francesco Lamon, Ivan Quaranta, Jonathan Milan, Los Angeles 2028, Martina Alzini, Martina Fidanza, Matilde Cenci, Matthew Bianchi, Mattia Predomo, Miriam Vece, Rachel Barbieri, Simone Consonni, Victoria Guazzini

SHANGHAI - On Wednesday, October 14, at the Shanghai Velodrome, world cycling takes its first step toward the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. At 10:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. in Italy), the pursuit quartets will take to the track in the women's and men's qualifying heats. The Team Sprint qualifiers will follow, and in the evening, the first titles will be awarded, along with the women's scratch race. Italy arrives at these World Championships with a world title to defend, the women's pursuit, and with the return of Filippo Ganna and Jonathan Milan. Also present here in China are Francesco Lamon and Simone Consonni, members of the quartet that won gold in Tokyo and...