Cycling World Championships in Zurich, Finn triumphs in the junior race

His name is Lorenzo Mark Finn, he is not yet 18 years old (he was born on 19 December 2006) and he is in his second season in the junior category. With an English father, Lorenzo lives in Avegno (Genoa) and races in the German Grenke team, which is the nursery of Primoz Roglic’s Red Bull. Under the Zurich downpour, on the world championship circuit made very hard and treacherous between narrow roads, steep roads and steep descents, it brings Italy the first gold medal at the Zurich World Championships in the junior road race (the fourth in total after the silver of Ganna and the bronze of Affini in the time trial, and the bronze in the mixed time relay). Finn runs with intelligence, courage and lots of legs. He attacks with 60 km to go, is caught by four riders and then goes away at 20.9 km on the second climb of the circuit, easily overtaking the Spaniard Alvarez. From that moment on it was a triumphal ride: after 127 km of race, Finn won with important gaps: silver to the British Grindley at 2’05”, bronze to the Dutch Remijn at 3’06”. His victory is also a reward for the coach. Dino Salvoldi, the magician who built the Italian women’s movement on road and track, who has been entrusted with the juniors since 2022. Just think that in 2013 Mathieu Van der Poel won in Florence and in Innsbruck in 2018 Remco Evenepoel…

Albo d’oro For Italy it is the twelfth gold in the junior road race after Visentini 1975, Ciampi 1980, Tarocco 1988, Serpellini 1990, Palumbo 1992 and 1993, China 1995, D’Amore 1997, Cunego 1999 and Diego Ulissi in 2006 and 2007. time trial, however, success for Antonio Tiberi at Harrogate 2019.