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    Hurricane Ganna: first Giro, first stage win, first Maglia Rosa

    03/10/2020

    INEOS GRENADIERS
    riassunto

    World Champion wins opening time trial

    On a day of sirocco wind blowing in Sicily, the ITT World Champion Filippo Ganna, in his first participation to the Giro d’Italia, stormed to victory in the opening individual time trial at the average speed of 58.831km/h. Youngsters Joao Almeida and Mikkel Bjerg, each also making their Giro d’Italia debuts, rounded out the podium. Geraint Thomas placed himself first of the GC favourites in fourth position while Miguel Angel Lopez crashed out.

     

    Filippo Ganna recorded the all-time best average speed of a time trial in a Grand Tour: 58.831km/h. He bettered the 56.218km/h by Ruben Plaza on Stage 20 of the 2005 Vuelta a España. The absolute record in a race against the clock at Grand Tours remains 58.874km/h by Rik Verbrugghe in the 7.5km long prologue of the 2001 Giro d’Italia.

    The last rider to have claimed the win and therefore the Maglia Rosa on his Giro d’Italia debut was Lukas Pöstlberger, in Olbia in 2017.

    The last Italian to win an opening ITT of the Giro d’Italia before Ganna was Paolo Savoldelli in Seraing in 2006.

    Official Results Stage 1

     

    PRESS CONFERENCE

    The stage winner and Maglia Rosa Filippo Ganna, said in the press conference: “This is only pride for myself, for the nation and for Italian cycling. My main concern was to ride clean. I’ve seen some riders had problems. I’ve won four World Championships on the track, one in time trialling and today this wonderful jersey. I hope to not finish my career here and there is more to come. We will now work to help our captain Geraint Thomas.”

     

    The Maglia Azzurra Rick Zabel, said: “One kilometer is an effort I can handle. When I saw the route I thought I had a chance to do a good time and I had nothing else to hope for in a time trial so I had a go. Warming up, I thought Peter Sagan’s time would be hard to beat but I’m very happy to have achieved this.”

    STAGE RESULTS

    1 – Filippo Ganna (Team Ineos Grenadiers) – 15.1km in 15’24”, average speed 58.831km/h

    2 – João Almeida (Deceuninck – Quick – Step) +22”

    3 – Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) s.t.

    4 – Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos Grenadiers) +23”

    5 – Tobias Foss (Team Jumbo – Visma) +31”

     

    GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

    1 – Filippo Ganna (Team Ineos Grenadiers)

    2 – João Almeida (Deceuninck – Quick – Step) +22”

    3 – Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) s.t.

     

    JERSEYS

    Maglia Rosa (pink), general classification leader, sponsored by Enel – Filippo Ganna (Team Ineos Grenadiers)

    Maglia Ciclamino (cyclamen), sprinter classification leader, sponsored by Segafredo Zanetti – Filippo Ganna (Team Ineos Grenadiers), to be worn by João Almeida (Deceuninck – Quick – Step)

    Maglia Azzurra (blue), King of the Mountains classification leader, sponsored by Banca Mediolanum – Rick Zabel (Israel Start – Up Nation)

    Maglia Bianca (white), young rider general classification leader, sponsored by Eurospin – Filippo Ganna (Team Ineos Grenadiers), to be worn by Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates)

     

     

     

    TOMORROW’S STAGE

    Stage 2 – ALCAMO-AGRIGENTO – 149km

    The first part of this short stage is quite intricate, wavy and curvy, cutting across the Trapani area and heading towards the Valle del Belice. The second part runs mostly on fast roads, with no urban areas along the route. After leaving Alcamo, the route undulates continuously through Calatafimi, Salemi, Santa Ninfa and Partanna, all the way to the trunk road that will lead the peloton through some mild undulations along the coast to just outside Agrigento, at the Valley of the Temples, 4km before the finish.

    Final KMs

    The final kilometers run entirely uphill at 5%, with peaks around 9%, 3km before the finish. The road is wide and well-surfaced, featuring two wide hairpins in the first part, followed by a succession of short straight stretches and mild bends. The home straight (250m) is on 8m wide tarmac.

    TV COVERAGE

    The International TV Schedule for Stage 2 of the 103rd Giro d’Italia is available here.

     

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