Teams & Riders Filippo Ganna Discussion Thread

[Monte Serra]

Milan and Consonni also look good for the pursuit. Maybe double gold is on?

No chance. Remco will cruise to gold in the ITT. And otherwise there's still Tarling.

 

[Brullnux]

No chance. Remco will cruise to gold in the ITT. And otherwise there's still Tarling.

True, it's not like Remco lost the last important mid-length ITT he had vs Ganna.

Besides, Remco won the last world championships by 12 seconds. This is a pan flat 33km time trial. Evenepoel is not a shoo-in - and you're right, it may well be Tarling who takes gold.

 

[Red Rick]

True, it's not like Remco lost the last important mid-length ITT he had vs Ganna.

Besides, Remco won the last world championships by 12 seconds. This is a pan flat 33km time trial. Evenepoel is not a shoo-in - and you're right, it may well be Tarling who takes gold.

It's only 33km? That's lame.

At any rate, doing a the Tour for GC is really bad prep for the Olympic ITT I think. But it's does work well enough for the road race.

 

[Brullnux]

It's only 33km? That's lame.

At any rate, doing a the Tour for GC is really bad prep for the Olympic ITT I think. But it's does work well enough for the road race.

Yeah it's a terrible length. But with that in mind (and Remco doing the Tour for GC) I really don't think it's a done deal for Evenepoel. He's still likely the favourite but a totally flat 33km TT with a mix of pure straights and a technical (ish) midsection is probably the time trial that is least suited to him, comparatively. It'll mostly be a test of pure power with a hint of bike handling (quite a few <90° corners where you can accumulate a few seconds).

 

[SafeBet]

Can Milesi ride on the track?

Not that I know.
Milesi is a late starter to the sport. He was nursing a football injury doing some indoor cycling and found out he had potential.

I wouldn't touch Tokyo's quartet unless one of them is visibly out of shape.

 

[jmdirt]

Ganna! Congrats!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

It's in Italiano but ...

Perché Filippo Ganna è un campione oltre la medaglia d'argento. A Mattarella: «Mi scusi se l'ho fatta aspettare»

Filippo Ganna ha conquistato l'argento nella cronometro. Emozionato ma inconsolabile per l'oro sfumato

www.corriere.it

Some reporters using the old technique had positioned themselves next to Daniela Ganna, a beautiful red-haired lady, counting that after arriving her son would stop by her, to hug her, to say something to her. Instead he kept going. He was too annoyed, obviously not with his mother but with himself. However, he greeted Italian President Mattarella, introduced to him by the head of Coni Malagò. Not intimidated but polite, Ganna said: "President, I'm sorry to make you wait in the rain."

 

[RJH]

What does Ganna suffer from? Is it ME/CFS - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

Good recovery btw.

 

[RJH]

Anyone knows when he‘ll return to racing?

 

[Berniece]

Anyone knows when he‘ll return to racing?

This sunday

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Masterful performance today. Chapeau.

 

[RedheadDane]

Masterful performance today. Chapeau.

According to the Danish commentators on Max, the finale was a bit technical.
So he was nice enough to get to the front, to ensure everyone made it safely across the line.
As we learned from Algarve; when it doubt, follow Ganna.

 

[tobydawq]

Masterful performance today. Chapeau.

Yeah, it could have worked. But I also think he might have had a chance in the sprint.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Yeah, it could have worked. But I also think he might have had a chance in the sprint.

Perhaps, but since I value initiative infinitely higher than speculation, I'll stick with masterful.

 

[tobydawq]

Perhaps, but since I value initiative infinitely higher than speculation, I'll stick with masterful.

Understandable. It was a good effort. I wonder if he should maybe have waited a little to optimise the chance of survival.

 

[Rule #9 apostle]

Understandable. It was a good effort. I wonder if he should maybe have waited a little to optimise the chance of survival.

Agreed, going all out in the downhill while the peloton was freewheeling 50 meters behind, maybe 5 kmh slower, was not ideal. Still I think it was a pretty close thing, the reason why mvdp goes and sacrifices his own sprint is because it was the last moment to catch him.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Magnificient effort today. Tomorrow its Milan time and then MSR next weekend. Moving on I see no reason why Ganna in this form couldn't win PR.

 

[Sciatic]

Magnificient effort today. Tomorrow its Milan time and then MSR next weekend. Moving on I see no reason why Ganna in this form couldn't win PR.

Because MVDP?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Because MVDP?

obsticle, but Ganna has never been stronger imo.

 

[Rule #9 apostle]

Because MVDP?

See several scenarioes where he bests mvdp. If I were Ganna, bling, jasper and mads would be more annoying.

 

[Gratemans]

See several scenarioes where he bests mvdp. If I were Ganna, bling, jasper and mads would be more annoying.

If he ends up in the last run to the finish line with them, sure.
Thing is, there's a pretty big chance Mathieu has already crossed that line by then.

 

[Sciatic]

See several scenarioes where he bests mvdp. If I were Ganna, bling, jasper and mads would be more annoying.

At a Paris-Roubaix??

 

[SafeBet]

86 kg and still finishing less than a minute behind Ayuso on a real MTF.
Bring on Cipressa.

 

[KZD]

Very impressed with Ganna's performance this Tirreno Adriatico.

His TT seems to be better than ever, at least on a short course, his consistency during this week was great and of course his climbing performance yesterday was the best of his career.

He also seemed pretty fast in the Algarve sprints and Ineos seem to be on the rise again.

I dare to say that he will win either Sanremo or Roubaix in the next years (maybe already in 2025) and regain the TT rainbow jersey

 

[Red Rick]

I wanna see him in RvV.

That said, I think his issue on the cobbles is just gonna be technicality and positioning. I don't know if he has the hard endurance for these kinds of races.