Filippo Ganna

Filippo Ganna (born 25 July 1996) is an Italian track and road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. He is a record-breaking six-time world champion in the individual pursuit, winning a total of nine medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and part of the Olympic gold medal-winning team in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won the men's individual time trial at the 2020 and 2021 UCI Road World Championships, and four stages in the 2020 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the 2021 Giro d'Italia, setting the record for most consecutive time trials won at the Giro with five. He is the current world record holder in individual pursuit, team pursuit and of the hour record, which he unified with the best human effort since the distinction was first made in 1997.

Filippo Ganna
Personal information
Full nameFilippo Ganna
NicknameTop Ganna
Born (1996-07-25) 25 July 1996
Verbania, Italy
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Time trialist (road)
  • Pursuitist (track)
Amateur teams
2012Pedale Ossolano
2014Aspiratori Otelli Castanese Verbania
2015Viris Maserati–Sisal Matchpoint
2016Team Colpack
Professional teams
2015→ Lampre–Merida (stagiaire)
2017–2018UAE Abu Dhabi
2019–Team Sky
Major wins
Road

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
6 individual stages (2020, 2021)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2023)

Stage races

Tour de Wallonie (2023)

One-day races and Classics

World Time Trial Championships (2020, 2021)
National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Track
Team pursuit, Olympic Games (2021)
Individual pursuit, World Championships
(2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Team pursuit, World Championships (2021)
Hour record 56.792 km (8 October 2022)
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