Filippo Ganna (born 25 July 1996) is an Italiantrack androad cyclist who currently rides forUCI WorldTeamIneos Grenadiers.[6] He is a record-breaking six-time world champion in theindividual pursuit, winning a total of nine medals at theUCI Track Cycling World Championships, and part of the Olympic gold medal-winning team in theteam pursuit at the2020 Summer Olympics. He also won the men'sindividual time trial at the2020 and2021UCI Road World Championships, and four stages in the2020 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the2021 Giro d'Italia, setting the record for most consecutive time trials won at the Giro with five. He was the previousworld record holder in individual pursuit and he is the current record holder of thehour record, which he unified with thebest human effort since the distinction was first made in 1997.
The son of former Italian Olympic sprint canoerMarco Ganna, Ganna emerged into the scene at the 2016 World Indoor Championships with an uncommonnegative splits pursuit style of starting very slowly and falling behind, then winding up the speed in the second half to win. Ganna rode for Italian amateur teamTeam Colpack,[7] before turning professional withUAE Abu Dhabi in 2017.[8] After two years with the team, he joinedTeam Sky ahead of the 2019 season.[9]
Between November 2019 and February 2020, Ganna set aworld record for the individual pursuit on three occasions, lowering the mark from over 4 minutes, 5 seconds to a time of 4 minutes, 1.934 seconds at the2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin.[10][11]At the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, together withSimone Consonni,Francesco Lamon andJonathan Milan, he won the gold medal in the team pursuit. The team set a new world record two times, both in the 3rd battery round againstNew Zealand and in the final againstDenmark, at 3:42.02. Italy had set the new Olympic record in the qualifications, which Denmark had beat in the next race.
On 8 October 2022, Ganna set a newhour record of 56.792 kilometres (35.289 mi) at the Tissot Velodrome inGrenchen, Switzerland, beating the previous record of 55.548 kilometres (34.516 mi) set byDaniel Bigham on 19 August.[12][13]
On 19 February 2025, Ganna took part in the first stage of the 2025Volta ao Algarve. Ganna raised his arms to celebrate the win, but due to multiple riders going the wrong way at the finish, the stage was cancelled with no winner declared.[14]
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| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2028 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 61 | 118 | — | DNF | 101 | — |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | |
 Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | 104 | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||
| Race | 2017 | 2028 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tirreno–Adriatico | 148 | 132 | 103 | 116 | 70 | 71 | 76 | 88 | 2 |
 Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | 84 | 80 | — | — | — | ||
 Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse | — | DNF | — | NH | — | — | — | — | |
| Monument | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | 161 | 114 | 74 | 64 | 51 | 2 | 40 | 2 |
| Tour of Flanders | DNF | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | OTL | DNF | — | — | 35 | 6 | — | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | |||||||
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| Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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 Olympic Games | Road race | Not held | — | Not held | — | NH | ||||
| Time trial | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
 World Championships | Road race | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Time trial | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| European Championships | Road race | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | 61 | 37 | — | |
| Time trial | 9 | 12 | 6 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | ||
| National Championships | Road race | DNF | DNF | 38 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | |
| Time trial | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| NH | Not Held |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
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56.792 km| Date | Time | Meet | Event | Location |
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| 3 November 2019 | 4:04.252 | UCI Track Cycling World Cup | Individual Pursuit | Minsk, Belarus |
| 3 November 2019 | 4:02.647 | UCI Track Cycling World Cup | Individual Pursuit | Minsk, Belarus |
| 28 February 2020 | 4:01.934 | UCI Track Cycling World Cup | Individual Pursuit | Berlin, Germany |
| 3 August 2021 | 3:42.307 | 2020 Olympics | Team Pursuit (withSimone Consonni,Francesco Lamon &Jonathan Milan) | Izu, Japan |
| 4 August 2021 | 3:42.032 | 2020 Olympics | Team Pursuit (withSimone Consonni,Francesco Lamon &Jonathan Milan) | Izu, Japan |
| 14 October 2022 | 3:59.636 | UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individual Pursuit | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France |
I'm pleased that we'll still important for Italian cycling and have some of the best young Italian riders on our roster such as Ganna, Consonni, Ravasi and Troia," Saronni explained.
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