Cycling: As expected, Filippo Ganna improved the hour record on Saturday in Grenchen, Switzerland. The Italian set a new record of 56,792 kilometers.
Ganna takes the record away from Bigham
Although a new hour record of Filippo Gana was to be expected, the Italian's performance is nothing short of incredible. With a 60.000D-printed racing machine costing around 3 euros and a cycling stadium heated to 28 degrees, “Top Ganna” smashed the old record by more than a kilometer. Daniel Bigham managed to cover 55,548 kilometers in one hour. Filippo Ganna has now covered 56,792 kilometers in Grenchen, Switzerland. And as the 26-year-old announced after his record run, he does not consider this new record to be the limit.
Filippo Ganna:
"Next time I'll try at a different time of the season when the legs are even fresher."
Even Boardman's record fell
They keep getting faster and faster. Jens Voigt broke Ondřej Sosenka's hour record on September 18, 2014, triggering a series of attempts. At that time, the German drove 51,110 kilometers in Grenchen within one hour – a world record! Since then, the hour record has been shattered time after time. The record holders Matthias Brandle, Rohan Dennis, Alex Dowsett, Bradley Wiggins, and Victor Campenaerts and Daniel Bigham were gradually replaced. Now the new record man is called Philippo Ganna. The Italian drove 56,792 km in one hour. He was even faster than that Chris Boardman. On September 7, 1996, the Briton covered 56,375 km on a special bike. However, since records with special bikes do not conform to UCI rules, this hourly world record has been included in a separate list. Now he's history anyway.
malgrado i pronostici,
when there is a lot of contro,
quando a puntare il ditto e criticare è più facile di porgere la mano e supportare,
quando c'è da tirare fuori le palle è lì che chi conta davvero ti aiuta a far la difference! #mifamilia ! pic.twitter.com/CX3xb3QGE6— Filippo Ganna © (@GannaFilippo) October 8, 2022