Filippo Ganna tests positive for coronavirus

Time trial world champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) races to victory on the final stage of the 2020 Giro d'Italia
Time trial world champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) races to victory on the final stage of the 2020 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The reigning time trial world champion, Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), has tested positive for COVID-19, the Italian cycling federation, Federciclismo, confirmed on Thursday evening, and has returned home to self-quarantine from a national track team training camp in Montichiari, Lombardy.

The Italian squad was in Lombardy to prepare for the 2020 UEC Track European Championships, which will be held at the Kolodruma velodrome in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, from November 11-15.

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