- Under 23 cycling world championship: Battistella wins gold in the on-line test
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29 September 2019Arrives a silver medal for Italy from the cycling world championships underway in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. The Italian Matteo Trentin, captain of the Italian team without a big one, was beaten in the final sprint by the Danish Mads Pedersen who took the cycling world champion. The blue captain of Borgo Valsugana has to settle for the silver medal: a second place that smacks of insult, given that Trentin was the fastest in the trio who played the victory in the sprint, but Pedersen slipped him off and sprinted. Nothing to do, however, for two of the most anticipated men on a journey like this, namely the French Julian Alaphilippe and the three-time champion Peter Sagan, surprised at the key moment of the race and remained in the second group. The final race saw a three-point sprint which brought Matteo Trentin to the second place and to follow the Swiss Stefan Kung. Fourth again an Italian: Gianni Moscon, arrived among the applauses.Bad weather and retreats
The race was tough and characterized by bad weather and saw the withdrawal of several weight riders such as the reigning champion Alejandro Valverde, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, the Colombian Nairo Quintana, Philippe Gilbert and the baby-talent Remco Evenepoel. Due to bad weather conditions, the track from Leeds to Harrogate was shortened from 285 to 261 kilometers with a shorter initial stretch offset by two more laps on the final circuit. The International Cycling Federation has decided to reduce the course of the trial due to the bad weather that has hit Yorkshire this morning, diverting the path of Bishopdale Beck, just outside Aysgarth, and passing the cyclists east along Temple Bank and the A684 for Leyburn where the race followed the original route. The decision was taken after a wide consultation, as announced by the UCI on the 2019 world site: "We consider the safety of spectators and cyclists to be fundamental and we want everyone to have fun, but the conditions in the areas put this aspect at risk ".