Baroncini: My U23 Worlds-winning attack was planned before the race

Filippo Baroncini celebrates winning men's U23 world title with Italian teammate Michele Gazzoli
Filippo Baroncini celebrates winning men's U23 world title with Italian teammate Michele Gazzoli (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

After a year out of the COVID-affected World Championships in 2020, the U23 men's road race made its return on Friday afternoon and on the top of the podium not much had changed since Harrogate in 2019.

In Leuven on Friday, the same tricolor flag flew and the same anthem played as Filippo Baroncini heard Il Canto degli Italiani, two years on from reigning U23 road race champion Samuele Battistella.

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