Already in the individual pursuit qualifying, Milan broke his own individual pursuit world record at the UCI Track World Championships on Friday.
The 26-year-old clocked a time of 3:58.850 in qualifying for the 4km event in Shanghai, China, becoming the first rider in history to go below 3:59.
In the final, the Italian star rider was incredibly impressive, leaving Frederik Rodenberg to settle for a silver medal at the World Championships in Shanghai.
After the first 1,000 meters, the Dane was already trailing Jonathan Milan—who had exploded out of the starting blocks—by more than a second. Rodenberg simply had no answer for that.
Instead, Jonathan Milan extended his lead all the way to the 4,000-meter mark, winning convincingly with a time 5.269 seconds faster than Frederik Rodenberg’s.