Filippo Ganna

Filippo Ganna
	Ganna at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Filippo Ganna
Nickname	Top Ganna
Born	25 July 1996 (age 25); Verbania, Italy
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb)
Team information
Current team	Ineos Grenadiers
Disciplines	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist (road); Pursuitist (track);
Amateur teams
2012	Pedale Ossolano
2014	Aspiratori Otelli Castanese Verbania
2015	Viris Maserati–Sisal Matchpoint
2016	Team Colpack
Professional teams
2015	→ Lampre–Merida (stagiaire)
2017–2018	UAE Abu Dhabi
2019–	Team Sky
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 6 individual stages (2020, 2021) One-day races and Classics World Time Trial Championships (2020, 2021) National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2020)
Medal record
Representing Italy
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Men's road cycling
World Championships
European Championships

Filippo Ganna (born 25 July 1996) is an Italian track and road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.^[6] He is a four-time world champion in the individual pursuit, and has won a total of eight medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He also won the men's individual time trial at the 2020 and 2021 UCI Road World Championships, four stages in the 2020 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the 2021 Giro d'Italia. He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, setting a new world record.

Career[]

The son of former Italian Olympic sprint canoer Marco Ganna, Filippo Ganna burst onto the scene at the 2016 World Indoor Championships with an unusual negative splits pursuit style of starting very slowly and falling behind, then winding up the speed in the second half to win easily. Filippo Ganna rode for Italian amateur team Team Colpack,^[7] before turning professional with UAE Abu Dhabi in 2017.^[8] After two years with the team, he joined Team Sky ahead of the 2019 season.^[9]

Between November 2019 and February 2020, Ganna set a world record for the individual pursuit on three occasions, lowering the mark from over 4 minutes, 5 seconds to a time of 4 minutes, 1.934 seconds at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin.^[10]^[11]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, together with Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon and Jonathan Milan, he won the gold medal in the team pursuit. The team set a new world record two times, both in the 3rd battery round against New Zealand and in the final against Denmark. at 3:42.02. Italy had set the new Olympic record in the qualifications, which Denmark had beat in the next race.

Major results[]

Road[]

2012

1st

Time trial, National Cadet Road Championships

2013

3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

2014

1st

Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

1st Chrono des Nations Juniors

1st Trofeo Emilio Paganessi

4th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

4th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships

2015

1st Chrono Champenois

2016

1st

Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

1st GP Laguna

UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

2nd

Time trial

6th Road race

2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano

2017

9th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

2018

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Overall Vuelta a San Juan

1st

Young rider classification

2019

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de la Provence

1st Stage 6 (ITT) BinckBank Tour

2nd Chrono des Nations

3rd

Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

5th Coppa Sabatini

6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

2020

1st

Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 1 (ITT), 5, 14 (ITT) & 21 (ITT)

Held

&

after Stages 1–2

Held

after Stage 1

Held

after Stages 5–8

1st Stage 8 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico

2nd Overall Vuelta a San Juan

2021

UCI Road World Championships

1st

Time trial

3rd

Team relay

UEC European Road Championships

1st

Team relay

2nd

Time trial

Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 21 (ITT)

Held

&

after Stages 1–3

Held

after Stage 1

Étoile de Bessèges

1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT)

1st Stage 2 (ITT) UAE Tour

4th Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Time trial, Olympic Games

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	61	118
Tour de France	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—

Major championships results timeline[]

Event		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
World Championships	Time trial	—	—	3	1	1
	Road race	—	—	—	—
	Mixed team relay	Did not exist		—	NH	3
European Championships	Time trial	9	12	6	—	2
	Road race	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
	Mixed team relay	Did not exist		—	—	1
National Championships	Time trial	12	2	1	1	4
National Championships	Road race	DNF	DNF	38	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Track[]

2014

1st

Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships

2015

1st

Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

2016

1st

Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

1st

Individual pursuit

2nd

Team pursuit

UEC European Track Championships

2nd

Individual pursuit

2nd

Team pursuit

2017

UEC European Track Championships

1st

Individual pursuit

2nd

Team pursuit

1st

Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup, Pruszków

UCI Track World Championships

2nd

Individual pursuit

3rd

Team pursuit

2018

UCI Track World Championships

1st

Individual pursuit

3rd

Team pursuit

1st

Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

2019

1st

Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

1st

Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup, Hong Kong

2nd

Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

2020

UCI Track World Championships

1st

Individual pursuit

3rd

Team pursuit

2021

1st

Team pursuit, Olympic Games

UCI Track World Championships

1st

Team pursuit

3rd

Individual pursuit

World records[]


Date	Time	Meet	Event	Location
3 November 2019	4:04.252	UCI Track Cycling World Cup	Individual Pursuit	Minsk, Belarus
3 November 2019	4:02.647	UCI Track Cycling World Cup	Individual Pursuit	Minsk, Belarus
28 February 2020	4:01.934	UCI Track Cycling World Cup	Individual Pursuit	Berlin, Germany
3 August 2021	3:42.307	2020 Olympics	Team Pursuit (with Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan)	Izu, Japan
4 August 2021	3:42.032	2020 Olympics	Team Pursuit (with Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan)	Izu, Japan

References[]

^ Branquinho, Lance (2 October 2020). "Filippo Ganna's World Champion Pinarello Bolide TT bike". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
^ "Filippo Ganna – Team INEOS". Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Filippo Ganna". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ Scognamiglio, Ciro (14 February 2016). "Che bravo Ganna: vince in Croazia". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2016.
^ "Saronni reveals how he secured UAE Abu Dhabi's WorldTour licence". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2019. I'm pleased that we'll still important for Italian cycling and have some of the best young Italian riders on our roster such as Ganna, Consonni, Ravasi and Troia," Saronni explained.
^ "Italy's Filippo Ganna joins Team Sky for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ Smythe, Simon (16 February 2020). "Four, the record: Inside the race to smash the Individual Pursuit four-minute barrier". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
^ Long, Jonny (28 February 2020). "Filippo Ganna breaks own individual pursuit world record at Berlin Track World Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

External links[]

Filippo Ganna at Cycling Archives
Filippo Ganna at ProCyclingStats
Filippo Ganna at Cycling Quotient
Filippo Ganna at Olympedia

[1] Branquinho, Lance (2 October 2020). "Filippo Ganna's World Champion Pinarello Bolide TT bike". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

[Filippo_Ganna_-_Team_INEOS-2] "Filippo Ganna – Team INEOS". Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[Filippo_Ganna_-_Procyclingstats-3] "Filippo Ganna". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[4] "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[5] "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[6] "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[7] Scognamiglio, Ciro (14 February 2016). "Che bravo Ganna: vince in Croazia". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[8] "Saronni reveals how he secured UAE Abu Dhabi's WorldTour licence". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2019. I'm pleased that we'll still important for Italian cycling and have some of the best young Italian riders on our roster such as Ganna, Consonni, Ravasi and Troia," Saronni explained.

[9] "Italy's Filippo Ganna joins Team Sky for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[10] Smythe, Simon (16 February 2020). "Four, the record: Inside the race to smash the Individual Pursuit four-minute barrier". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[11] Long, Jonny (28 February 2020). "Filippo Ganna breaks own individual pursuit world record at Berlin Track World Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

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v t UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1990s	: Australia Brett Aitken Stuart O'Grady Billy Shearsby Tim O'Shannessey : Germany Guido Fulst Andreas Bach Jens Lehmann Danilo Hondo : Australia Bradley McGee Stuart O'Grady Rodney McGee Tim O'Shannessey : Italy Adler Capelli Cristiano Citton Andrea Collinelli Mauro Trentini : Italy Cristiano Citton Mario Benetton Adler Capelli Andrea Collinelli : Ukraine Alexander Symonenko Sergiy Matveyev Oleksandr Fedenko Oleksandr Klymenko : Germany Robert Bartko Jens Lehmann Daniel Becke Guido Fulst
2000s	: Germany Guido Fulst Sebastian Siedler Daniel Becke Jens Lehmann : Ukraine Alexander Symonenko Serhiy Cherniavskiy Lyubomyr Polatayko Oleksandr Fedenko : Australia Peter Dawson Brett Lancaster Stephen Wooldridge Luke Roberts : Australia Graeme Brown Peter Dawson Brett Lancaster Luke Roberts : Australia Ashley Hutchinson Luke Roberts Peter Dawson Stephen Wooldridge : Great Britain Steve Cummings Rob Hayles Paul Manning Chris Newton : Australia Peter Dawson Matthew Goss Mark Jamieson Stephen Wooldridge 2007–08: Great Britain Ed Clancy Geraint Thomas Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Færk Christensen Alex Rasmussen Michael Mørkøv
2010s	2010: Australia Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain Ed Clancy Peter Kennaugh Steven Burke Geraint Thomas Andy Tennant 2013: Australia Glenn O'Shea Alex Edmondson Mitchell Mulhern Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia Glenn O'Shea Alex Edmondson Luke Davison Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Alex Frame Marc Ryan 2016: Australia Sam Welsford Michael Hepburn Callum Scotson Miles Scotson Alexander Porter Luke Davison 2017: Australia Sam Welsford Cameron Meyer Alexander Porter Nick Yallouris Kelland O'Brien Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain Ed Clancy Kian Emadi Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Alexander Porter Cameron Scott Kelland O'Brien
2020s	2020: Denmark Lasse Norman Hansen Julius Johansen Frederik Rodenberg Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy Liam Bertazzo Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Jonathan Milan Francesco Lamon
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.