Coach Pontoni’s national team wins a total of four medals (with the title also in the relay) in the continental event in Pontevedra in Spain. U23 silver for Filippo Agostinacchio, Mattia’s older brother, and jr bronze for Giorgia Pellizotti
In February, in the cyclocross world championship in Tabor (Czech Republic), Italy won the junior world title with Stefano Viezzi, the Friulian giant who has now joined Mathieu Van der Poel’s Alpecin Devolopment team. Federica Venturelli also stood out on the muddy paths, fourth in the 2023 World Junior Championship and fifth in 2022. Important signs, which made it clear what a generation with great potential could be. Now we have had another confirmation from the European Championships which were held in Pontevedra, Spain. The national team of coach Daniele Pontoni, after the continental gold in the relay, achieved three medals today, again with boys and girls protagonists on Saturday in the Team Relay: gold in the juniors with Mattia Agostinacchio, a 17-year-old from Valle d’Aosta, who precedes the Austrian Valentin Hofer and the Belgian Mats Vanden Eynden; silver in the Under 23 with his older brother Filippo Agostinacchio, 21, beaten by the Belgian Jente Michels; bronze in the juniors for Giorgia Pellizotti, a 16-year-old from Friuli, daughter of the former professional Franco and now team manager of the Bahrain Victorious team, who was beaten in the sprint by the Swiss Anja Grossmann and the Czech Barbora Bukovska. Italy’s cycling team, including the Olympics, World Championships and European Championships in all categories, has thus reached 103 medals won in 2024.
Elite results In the elite women’s event, Sara Casasola, a 24-year-old from Friuli, comes fourth preceded only by the phenomenal Dutch, who do a specialty of their own: gold Fem Van Empel, silver Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado and bronze Lucinda Brand. In the elite men’s race, in a hard-fought and spectacular race in front of 9000 spectators who crowded the Pontevedra circuit, victory went to the Belgian Thibau Nys ahead of the Spaniard Felipe Orts Lloret and the other Belgian Eli Iserbyt: 11th Dario Lillo at 1’07 “, Gioele Bertolini 16th at 2’12”. Before departure, a minute of silence was observed in memory, solidarity and closeness to the victims and those affected by the flood in Valencia. The next edition of the European cyclocross championships will be held in Middelkerke (Belgium) from 7 to 9 November 2025.
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