11/28/2023 0 Comments Bnd bangladesh victory day banners![]() When the GC men finally came, Evenepoel and Primož Roglič got as close to Ganna as anyone would today, with the Belgian finishing 15 seconds behind him and the Slovenian 36 seconds. His time was very, very good and for a long time no other rider would be able to match the 55kph average speed Ganna held throughout his 27-minute effort. This meant that the Italian was in the hot seat for hours, playing a waiting game. Normally, they never do.īy virtue of his low placing on the general classification of this year’s Vuelta a España, Ganna set off early today, hours before the time trial world champion Remco Evenepoel would roll down the start ramp. He then sets the fastest time, this is almost inevitable when the course suits him and he’s on a good day, and walks over to the hot seat where he waits to see if anyone can beat him. Once he’s underway, he makes it look easy, rolling the pedals with such fluidity and style, his head tucked low so that his face is obscured beneath his visor. Ganna rolls down the start ramp and he somehow manoeuvres his broad frame into a narrow aero tuck, one that looks so uncomfortable yet so natural all at the same time. ![]() It’s a sight that cycling fans have become used to by now. That normality came in the form of Ganna, resplendent in his Italian tricolour and on his custom ‘Top Ganna’ white and blue Pinarello Bolide, absolutely obliterating the competition on a flat time trial. His second place in stage five’s bunch sprint behind Kaden Groves shocked many, backed up by his ninth place a few days later in a technical run-in to Oliva, all without any real form of lead-out train at all.Īfter all that, there was talk about Filippo Ganna the bunch sprinter – would the Ineos Grenadiers refocus in a way none of us would have expected ahead of the race to try and set Ganna up with a sprint train to deliver him to the finish line? Did we need to start lining up Ganna as the biggest competitor to Groves, ahead of the rest of the usual fast men?Īs the time trial in Valladolid rolled round, however, when all riders had a rest day to refocus and recover from this crazy opening week, a sort of normality seemed to be restored. In fact, the 27-year-old has been closer than any of his teammates to a stage win even before his favoured terrain on the time trial bike. Ganna himself has come through a hectic Vuelta so far relatively unscathed. Thymen Arensmen’s terrifying crash a few days later meant another big loss for the Grenadiers, while GC leader Geraint Thomas has been struggling throughout the race with subpar form, not helped by his own dates with the tarmac on multiple occasions. They were a man down from the very start of the race after Laurens de Plus fell victim to the treacherously slippery roads of Barcelona in that dreaded team time trial. The last week around Spain has not been kind to the British team.
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