Teams & Riders Filippo Ganna Discussion Thread

[proffate]

He rode the last 4 km in 4'04" which is only 5" slower than his IP time on the track.
Not bad.

Tailwind..

Anyway, why no rvv? Perhaps a sign he's all in on pr. But he actually did better last year at rvv than pr. That doesn't mean he has a better chance at rvv, it just feels weird to sit out a major race when the form is right. He's got a rare chance to sneak away given that he's maybe 5th favorite.

 

[Unchained]

Ganna is a big dude, don't know what the rotation is for one piece cockpits, but broken handlebars are completely unacceptable, Don't know if under the Trek product umbrella the cockpit is Bontrager but if your bars break without crashing that is BS. Riders as violent as Milan are ripping at the handlebars with all his might, they better hope that is a one off piece that got passed quality control.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Ganna is a big dude, don't know what the rotation is for one piece cockpits, but broken handlebars are completely unacceptable, Don't know if under the Trek product umbrella the cockpit is Bontrager but if your bars break without crashing that is BS. Riders as violent as Milan are ripping at the handlebars with all his might, they better hope that is a one off piece that got passed quality control.

I may be misunderstanding your post, but Ganna rides a Pinarello with their branded kit. Not sure which factory it comes from. Reason for breakage has been stated as overtighting the lever.
Personally if I was Ganna's mechanic I would use the biggest spanner in the box to tighten his bars.

 

[Unchained]

I may be misunderstanding your post, but Ganna rides a Pinarello with their branded kit. Not sure which factory it comes from. Reason for breakage has been stated as overtighting the lever.
Personally if I was Ganna's mechanic I would use the biggest spanner in the box to tighten his bars.

Pinarello plays the game like majority of bicycle companies, frames, forks, seat posts and cockpits primarily made in Taiwan. Pinarello has an accessory brand, Most which is there in house brand for components.
I am not surprised that handlebars are no longer fool proof and that routine over torque from brake-shifter assembly could cause a failure and possible death or injury.
I would guess that there would have to be two specs, one from Sram and Shimano specifying torque for lever assembly and another from bar manufacturer saying our bars are weak and cheesy so go easy with non torque wrench hex key

 

[Mayomaniac]

Tailwind..

Anyway, why no rvv? Perhaps a sign he's all in on pr. But he actually did better last year at rvv than pr. That doesn't mean he has a better chance at rvv, it just feels weird to sit out a major race when the form is right. He's got a rare chance to sneak away given that he's maybe 5th favorite.

Did a 160km Roubaix recon ride 2 days ago, he's all in on Roubaix.

 

[canina82]

Did a 160km Roubaix recon ride 2 days ago, he's all in on Roubaix.

Did the same in 2023.