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24 Aug

Italian cycling dominates the Junior Track World Championships

Agata Campana, Alberto Veglia., Azzurra Ballan, Cesare Castellani, Cordiano Dagnoni, Elisa Bianchi, Philip Cusumano, Jacopo Vendramin, Linda Rapporti, Lorenzo Ceccarello, Maria Acuti, Matilde Rossignoli, Matthew Ghirelli, Matthew Maggioni, Maya Ferrante, Nicholas Padovan, Paolo Marangon, Ruben Ferrari

Heusden-Zolder - Italian cycling confirmed its position as a world track superpower and swept the Junior World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, winning 16 medals (8 gold, 6 silver, and 2 bronze). It was hard to imagine they could top last year's World Championships in the Netherlands, when the team collected six world titles and 13 medals. A year later, with most of the 2025 contenders now in the Under-23 category, the Italian team has done even better, returning from the Belgian track with an incredible haul: 16 medals, including a whopping 8 world titles.

Italy wins four gold medals at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships

Agata Campana, Alberto Veglia., Azzurra Ballan, Elisa Bianchi, Lorenzo Ceccarello, Maria Acuti, Matilde Cenci, Matilde Rossignoli, Matthew Ghirelli, Matthew Maggioni, Nicholas Padovan, Paolo Marangon, Rebecca Fiscarelli, Ruben Ferrari, Siria Trevisan

HEUSEN.ZOLDER. Italy reclaims the spotlight at the Junior Track World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. Matteo Maggioni wins the points race, Agata Campana eliminates him, and Matteo Ghirelli wins the kilometer. Completing the four-man effort is the fifth consecutive victory for the men's pursuit quartet. After just two days, the Italians thus equal the four world championships they earned in last year's entire edition. The triumphant day concludes with the bronze medal in the women's pursuit. POINTS RACE - Maggioni takes the title with 45 points. The Italian gains two laps on the pack and collects another five in the intermediate sprints: three in the third and two in the seventh.

Two silvers and a bronze for the Italians at the Junior Track World Championships

Agata Campana, Alberto Veglia., Azzurra Ballan, Elisa Bianchi, Philip Cusumano, Jacopo Vendramin, Maria Acuti, Martina De Vecchi, Matilde Rossignoli, Matthew Ghirelli, Maya Ferrante, Junior Track World Championships, Nicholas Padovan, Paolo Marangon, Ruben Ferrari, Sara Peruta

HEUSDEN-ZOLDER - Italy opened the Junior Track World Championships at the Heusden-Zolder velodrome with three medals. Agata Campana and Jacopo Vendramin took silver in the two Scratch events, while the men's Team Sprint took third place. The first medal ever came in the women's Scratch event. Agata Campana finished second behind American Emma Louise Jimenez Palos, the 2025 world champion in the discipline. This was Campana's second world championship medal: last year in Apeldoorn, she won the Team Sprint title. Shortly thereafter, Jacopo Vendramin followed suit in the men's race. The Italian…