They went directly

from the podium to the altar:

these are the cyclists

Elena Cecchini

, 30, recent world silver in the team time trial relay and

Elia Viviani,

33, fresh world champion on track in the Elimination, but who also has in the palmares an Olympic title. 

Once the medals they had just won at the world championships were deposited in the drawer for a day, they got married today in Mereto di Tomba (Udine), the Friulian town of which she is originally from. 

Among the guests many big names on two wheels, above all

the record holder of the hour, Filippo Ganna

. 

The parish priest's words are significant: "The gold medal is less precious than life in the name of love. Life is a race and the most beautiful goal, the pink jersey to wear forever, is happiness and love ".