Teams & Riders Filippo Ganna Discussion Thread

[Mayomaniac]

I bet the team are as well. This is his job and the Classics are supposed to be the focal point of his season this year. Doesn't take a week to 'celebrate' a graduation.

Yeah, but travelling to Italy for it (I think it was yesterday) and then travelling back to Belgium + race recon and everything is a bit of a hassle.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

well, Ganna and Tarling should put the hammer down together, sort of mid race, create significant chaos, and after some excitement handle over the action to others, bail early and start focussing on PR, a race Ineos can win,

 

[postmanhat]

Yeah, but travelling to Italy for it (I think it was yesterday) and then travelling back to Belgium + race recon and everything is a bit of a hassle.

Sorry, I misunderstood and assumed it was last weekend he went to Italy. He should have raced G-W, which was much more suited to him, and missed RVV. Seems like a strange lack of planning/communication between him and the team?

 

[Peyroteo94]

Overrated as hell.

 

[Brullnux]

Overrated as hell.

Nah, he's just not at the level of the Gods and went too deep across March. 2nd in Tirreno, 2nd in Milano Sanremo, 3rd in E3 Prijs, and then a totally pointless 8th in Ronde. Pedersen is the only one who has been able to keep that form across March and April (other than Pogi and Mathieu), and Pedersen was off the pace at Milano Sanremo. Ganna didn't have the legs that he had in March, clearly.

I don't think he has it in him to do what he did this spring and keep form throughout. I think if he actually gets his preparation right, he's in the Van Aert group, but needs a much more tactical race to drop the first two.

 

[Extinction]

Ganna did a turd today.

 

[Red Rick]

Ganna did a turd today.

He Kristoff'd the sprint in both RVV and Roubaix but lost it for the win in Sanremo.

 

[MJR]

We all knew this was gonna be the vdP-Pogacar show, but I didn't expect Ganna to finish five minutes back.

 

[SafeBet]

Pippo has resumed training and is targeting la Vuelta.
He has no recollection of his crash.

 

[Red Rick]

My body is ready for GC/Sprinter/TT Ganna all in one glorious Vuelta. The earth shall see a Red Giant soon.

 

[red_flanders]

Didn't look too happy today. Thought it was interesting to see that reaction.

 

[OneManGrupetto]

On Remco “He’s like a bullet. He’s super aero, and the material that he uses makes for a lot." Last bit is super interesting if it implies he's throwing a bit of shade on his equipment. He's been with Ineos for years and you'd think they'd have a TT set-up dialled in for him,

 

[Sciatic]

On Remco “He’s like a bullet. He’s super aero, and the material that he uses makes for a lot." Last bit is super interesting if it implies he's throwing a bit of shade on his equipment. He's been with Ineos for years and you'd think they'd have a TT set-up dialled in for him,

Thanks for posting this. Enjoy hearing rider’s own commentary on races, but sometimes that only appears in the local (I.e. the country or region) media so I don’t see them unless posted here.

 

[Cycling111]

Why isn't Ganna participating in the Chrono des Nations? Not having participated in WC , I don't understand why he's not going.

 

[red_flanders]

Why isn't Ganna participating in the Chrono des Nations? Not having participated in WC , I don't understand why he's not going.

I think it could be fairly said that no/few teams or riders give a flying fig about that event anymore.

 

[jmdirt]

FG!
The kit looks/is pretty fast!

 

[Gratemans]

Nah, he's just not at the level of the Gods and went too deep across March. 2nd in Tirreno, 2nd in Milano Sanremo, 3rd in E3 Prijs, and then a totally pointless 8th in Ronde. Pedersen is the only one who has been able to keep that form across March and April (other than Pogi and Mathieu), and Pedersen was off the pace at Milano Sanremo. Ganna didn't have the legs that he had in March, clearly.

I don't think he has it in him to do what he did this spring and keep form throughout. I think if he actually gets his preparation right, he's in the Van Aert group, but needs a much more tactical race to drop the first two.

Funny, I just read an interview with Ganna where he says exactly this. This year, he's gonna take it a bit slower in T-A in order to reach his peak form later.

 

[Unchained]

This guy is a monster. Rides as fast as the wind. He has a decent GC standing right now.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Thanks for pulling Rogla on gravel.