Milan is still gold: in Calì dominates in the World Cup (with record)

UDINE. Now it’s not just back to running, it’s back to flying. Jonathan Milanthe 21-year-old Buiese Olympic and world champion on track with the quartet almost a year ago in Tokyo, in the night he dominated the individual pursuit race in Cali in Colombia in the stage of the Track World Cup two days after dragging the quartet, without from Filippo Gannaemployed in the Tour, to gold.

Bahrain runner Victorious won the final against teammate Davide Plebani (boyfriend of the world road champion Elisa Balsamo) running the 4 km in 4’05 ”373 his new personal best.

The Buiese joined his teammate (who won the chase cup at the end of the three tests in Cali, Milton and Glasgow) at 3,500 meters. For him partial of 1’07 “, a thousand meters, then 2’07”, and 3 km of 3’06 “and the final in 4’05” 373.

The big boy from Friuli qualified “easily” with the first half by running in 4’07 “954, seven seconds less than the other blue, 11 less than the Chinese Cheng, a galaxy behind.

In short, Milan raced with a time even shorter than those recorded in Switzerland in 2021, when he graduated as European champion of the specialty and in Roubaix a few days later when he was beaten only by the American in the World Cup final. Ashley Lambie.

“I am super happy. I was looking forward to this TissotNationsCup because it is so special. The next event is the European Championships, so being here and being competitive with other nations is extremely important! ” he said drunk with joy at the end of the race.

Then the World Cup will come in October.

The success of Jonathan, who obviously ran wearing the continental champion’s jersey, is worth platinum.

After a great Milan Sanremo race in March in the captain’s service Matej Mohoricthen triumphant, the young Bujese champion ran into a series of physical troubles that seemed endless from the Tour of Flanders and that led the technicians who follow him to stop training him.

At the same time, the morale of the boy of 1.94 cm for 84 kg for two months ended up in heels or almost.

Exams, exams and more exams, the pain in the abdomen that didn’t go away, the teammates running around the world while he bit the brake, the memories of recent glories crowding into his head.

Little by little the talent, always supported by the team and his beautiful family, reacted. Once the doctors started, Milan resumed training harder and harder. On May 27, the day of the passage of the Giro d’Italia in Buja, he even transformed his house into a mini-pizzeria to bake pizzas for the passing Bahrain flagships.

A few days later in the San Daniele event the return to the race up to training on the track in Montichiari, spurred on by the national team coach Marco Villawho dotes on him.

“He is recovering, Jonny has an incredible talent, he will return to win and also on the road you will see he will become a good one” told us the “deus ex machina” of the gold quartet at the end of June at the Italian time trial championships in San Daniele.

No sooner said than done. “The beast is back”, the city of Villa confessed at the end of the race immediately briefing in Friuli Roberto Bressanthe patron of Team Friuli where Jonny blossomed among the under 23s.

“The timing of the chase gives the measure of performance – then the analysis from Colombia of the city – a sign that the boy has worked hard. In the last 15 days, in particular, I had noticed a great growth in condition. I thank the Milan team and its trainer who allowed him to train on the track twice a week and the results are coming ”.

By participating in the tests in Cali, after a good run-up made of fatigue, Milan has pocketed the possibility of defending the laurels won a year ago at the October World Cup in Paris, the individual European gold, the world silver and the jersey world champion with the quartet after Olympic gold.

We will race on the 2024 Olympic track, with a nice end of the season on the road in Bahrain jersey, the condition can only go up again and who knows that we may not miss a good final in the chase with TopGanna, the friend who now works hard at the Tour planning the assault on the hour record in August.

But first, on 12 August, there will be the European Championships in Munich, a fundamental step to test oneself again after the run-up to optimal form.

Cali’s 4’03’01, despite being conquered on high ground and not with the main rivals on the track, is technically worth platinum. The Cali velodrome is outdoors not indoors like those of world or Olympic races, in short, the conditions for racing that are not only ideal. Nevertheless. As well as, as well as in the palmares, especially in the head of the bujese d’oro.

Two months ago in the pits now again in Olympus.

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