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EFE · Road Competition · 09/25/2020
The Italian cyclist Filippo Ganna was proclaimed this Friday the World Champion of the time trial by being by far the best in the 31.7 kilometers starting and finishing in Imola (Italy), he prevented a third consecutive title from the Australian Rohan Dennis, who finished in the fifth place, and achieved the first title of this test for his country.
Ganna, 24, who was the penultimate to go on the track, had a winning time of 35 minutes and 54 seconds. He beat second-placed Belgian Wout van Aert by 26.72 seconds and Swiss Stefan Kung by 29.80 seconds.
Dennis, champion in 2018 and 2019, was fifth at 39.76 seconds, just behind Britain’s Geraint Thomas, fourth at 37.02 behind Ganna. The only Spaniard who competed, Pello Bilbao, finished in 26th place at 2 minutes and 33 seconds.
Filippo Ganna, who was third in the World Time Trial Championship last year, achieved his fifth title of world champion, but his first on the road. He treasures three gold medals on the track, always in individual presentation (2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020).
He is the first Italian to win the men’s time at a World Cup. The one who came closest to achieving it was Adriano Malori, runner-up in 2015 behind the Belarusian Vasil Kryienka.
“It’s a dream for me, I’m very happy,” Ganna said right after finishing the race. “In the end I had a lot of support from the car and I thank the whole Italian team and mine, Ineos Grenadeirs. It’s a dream. I won four rainbow jerseys on the track and this is my first time in the time trial.” , I remembered.
The World Cups continue this Saturday with the women’s cross-country road event.
Classifications [Clasificaciones completas]
Classification of the men’s time trial:
1. Filippo Ganna (ITA) – 35:54
2. Wout Van Aert (BEL) at 0:26
3. Stefan Kung (SUI) at 0:29
4. Geraint Thomas (GBR) at 0:37
5. Rohan Dennis (AUS) at 0:39
6. Kasper Asgreen (DEN) at 0:47
7. Remi Cavagna (FRA) at 0:48
8. Victor Campenaerts (BEL) at 0:52
9. Alex Dowsett (GBR) at 1:06
10. Tom Dumoulin (NED) at 1:14
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