Colnago can cel­e­brate yet another world title after Eva Lechner and Beltrain Schmid helped Italy win the cross coun­try team relay world title in Saalfelden Leogang, Austria.

The Italian quar­tet beat France by a sin­gle sec­ond in a sprint fin­ish, with Germany third at 1:23.

In a tac­ti­cally smart race plan, Elite men rider Marco Aurelio Fontana was the first rider of the Italian quar­tet, blast­ing around the course in a time of 12:39. Junior men rider Beltrain Schmid rode the sec­ond leg on his green and white Colnago, then Lechner took over, rid­ing her Colnago C29 Italia car­bon fibre bike. She lifted Italy from third to sec­ond in the stand­ings. Under 23 men rider Luca Braidot took over for the final leg and secured Italy the world title with an inspired ride and a per­fect final sprint to the line ahead of France.

The Italian team all pulled on world champion’s rain­bow jer­seys on the podium, with Lechner proudly lead­ing the celebrations.

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