The Italian has traveled 56.792 km, Saturday in Granges (Switzerland), to erase tablets the performance of his engineer, Daniel Bigham, carried out in August.
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Filippo Ganna succeeded in his bet. Saturday, October 8, on the Vélodrome de Granges, in Switzerland, the 26 -year -old Italian cyclist broke the legendary hour record. In sixty minutes, the runner of the Ineos-Grenadiers team traveled 56.792 kilometers and improves the previously owned brand… by its own engineer (55.548 km).
In August, Daniel Bigham had indeed created the sensation by breaking the record of Victor Campenaerts, achieved in 2019. The objective of the British engineer was only to collect a maximum of information for the attempted by Filippo Ganna.
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A performance that undoubtedly allowed the double world champion to succeed in his tour de force. Posted perfectly in aerodynamic position on a prototype bike whose frame was printed in 3D, the Transalpin exploded the record. He even does better than Chris Boardman (56.375 km), a former record holder, before his performance achieved in 1996 was erased from the tablets because of a change of equipment settlement.
“Succeeding this fantastic objective is extraordinary, he reacted after the race, visibly moved. This result is incredible.”
a careful departure
In front of an increasingly exalted audience over the towers, he first took a careful start, counting up to four seconds behind Daniel Bigham’s passage times after ten minutes at the chronometer. Filippo Ganna finally passed for the first time ahead of the basics of the record after twenty minutes of running. Then, his advance only increased exponentially: eleven seconds in half, more than thirty seconds in two thirds. He even approached the 57 km/h mark.
See Filippo Ganna attempt and above all succeeding this record is not surprising as it excels in the particular exercise of the time trial. However, his season has been gone through several major disappointments: only seventh in the time trial of the world road championships in Australia, he was also beaten at the European Championships and on the two lap times of the Tour de France.
Filippo Ganna could, in the future, be held in the future to further improve its brand. “Maybe we will choose another moment in the season with better legs and perhaps a little more altitude [which promotes speed],” said the new record holder.
Piedmontese will quickly re -mobilize. It is expected in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines for the World Cycling Worlds who start Wednesday, October 12. Ganna should defend her team prosecution title. His short season on track could then overshadow the road on the road.