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Filippo Ganna

Filippo Ganna (born 25 July 1996) is an Italian track and road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is a record-breaking six-time world champion in the individual pursuit, winning a total of nine medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and part of the Olympic gold medal-winning team in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won the men's individual time trial at the 2020 and 2021 UCI Road World Championships, and four stages in the 2020 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the 2021 Giro d'Italia, setting the record for most consecutive time trials won at the Giro with five. He was the previous world record holder in individual pursuit and he is the current record holder of the hour record, which he unified with the best human effort since the distinction was first made in 1997.

Career

The son of former Italian Olympic sprint canoer Marco Ganna, Ganna emerged into the scene at the 2016 World Indoor Championships with an uncommon negative splits pursuit style of starting very slowly and falling behind, then winding up the speed in the second half to win. Ganna rode for Italian amateur team , before turning professional with in 2017. After two years with the team, he joined ahead of the 2019 season.

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. 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.

On 8 October 2022, Ganna set a new hour record of at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland, beating the previous record of set by Daniel Bigham on 19 August.

On 19 February 2025, Ganna took part in the first stage of the 2025 Volta ao Algarve. Ganna raised his arms to celebrate the win, but due to multiple riders going the wrong way at the finish, the stage was cancelled with no winner declared.

Major results

Road

2012
1st Time trial, National Cadet Championships
2013
3rd Time trial, National Junior Championships
2014
1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
1st Chrono des Nations Juniors
1st Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
4th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
4th Time trial, UEC European Junior Championships
2015
1st Chrono Champenois
2016
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
1st GP Laguna
UEC European Under-23 Championships
:2nd Time trial
:6th Road race
2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
2017
9th Time trial, UEC European Championships
2018
2nd Time trial, National Championships
2nd Overall Vuelta a San Juan
:1st Young rider classification
2019 <small>(3 pro wins)</small>
1st Time trial, National Championships
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de la Provence
1st Stage 6 (ITT) BinckBank Tour
2nd Chrono des Nations
3rd Time trial, UCI World Championships
5th Coppa Sabatini
6th Time trial, UEC European Championships
2020 <small>(7)</small>
1st Time trial, UCI World Championships
1st Time trial, National 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 <small>(6)</small>
UCI World Championships
:1st Time trial
:3rd Team relay
UEC European 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 Championships
5th Time trial, Olympic Games
2022 <small>(6)</small>
1st Time trial, National Championships
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Étoile de Bessèges
1st Prologue Deutschland Tour
1st Prologue Tour de la Provence
UCI World Championships
:2nd Team relay
:7th Time trial
3rd Time trial, UEC European Championships
2023 <small>(6)</small>
1st Time trial, National Championships
1st Overall Tour de Wallonie
:1st Stages 1 & 4 (ITT)
1st Stage 10 (ITT) Vuelta a España
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Time trial, UCI World Championships
2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
2nd Overall Vuelta a San Juan
2nd Milan–San Remo
4th Gran Piemonte
6th Paris–Roubaix
10th E3 Saxo Classic
2024 <small>(3)</small>
National Championships
:1st Time trial
:4th Road race
1st Stage 14 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 4 Tour of Austria
2nd Time trial, Olympic Games
UCI World Championships
:2nd Time trial
:3rd Team relay
2025 <small>(3)</small>
1st Time trial, National Championships
1st Stage 18 (ITT) Vuelta a España
2nd Time trial, UEC European Championships
2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
:1st Stage 1 (ITT)
2nd Milan–San Remo
3rd E3 Saxo Classic
4th Overall Tour of Belgium
8th Tour of Flanders
2026 <small>(3)</small>
1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Volta ao Algarve

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships results timeline

Track

2014
1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Championships
2015
1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
2016
1st Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships
UEC European Under-23 Championships
:1st Individual pursuit
:2nd Team pursuit
UEC European Championships
:2nd Individual pursuit
:2nd Team pursuit
2017
UEC European Championships
:1st Individual pursuit
:2nd Team pursuit
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Pruszków
UCI World Championships
:2nd Individual pursuit
:3rd Team pursuit
2018
UCI World Championships
:1st Individual pursuit
:3rd Team pursuit
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2019
1st Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2020
UCI World Championships
:1st Individual pursuit
:3rd Team pursuit
2021
1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
UCI World Championships
:1st Team pursuit
:3rd Individual pursuit
2022
Hour record: 56.792 km
UCI World Championships
:1st Individual pursuit
:2nd Team pursuit
2023
UCI World Championships
:1st Individual pursuit
:2nd Team pursuit
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2024
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Adelaide

World records

See also

References

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