In 2021, the Italian pistards returned to the country with a basket of medals furnished like the hood of Santa Claus. Olympic and world champions in team pursuit with stratospheric times, bronze in the omnium for Elia Viviani in Tokyo and nine other charms at the Roubaix Worlds (three gold: Elia Viviani and Letizia Paternoster on the race to the ‘elimination, Martina Fidanza on the scratch; three in silver: Jonathan Milan on the pursuit, Simone Consonni-Michele Scartezzini on the American, the women’s team pursuit; three in bronze: Filippo Ganna on the pursuit, Elia Viviani and Elisa Balsamo on the omnium).
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